What is the Desired Results System?

1. What is the Desired Results System? • The Desired Results System is a project of the California Department of Education. It helps make sure that children benefit from a program and services. It helps programs improve their quality. The letters “DRDP” stand for the “Desired Results Developmental Profile.”

2. What does DRDP mean? • The DRDP is an assessment tool that is part of the Desired Results System. The DRDP helps the California Department of Education evaluate its programs for young children It helps teachers document children’s progress in areas such as learning, getting along with others, and being safe and healthy. Knowing how well children are progressing helps the California Department of Education understand how well its programs are doing.

3. The DRDP has been used for a number of years with the California Department of Education’s child development programs for children birth through 13 years old. Since spring 2007, the DRDP has also been used with 3, 4, and 5 year-old preschool children who have Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).

4. What is the DRDP access? • DRDP access, is the version that is used with all children who begin preschool services after September 1, 2009. The DRDP access looks at children’s development from birth to kindergarten and is completed twice a year, in the fall and in the spring.