How does the Desired Results Developmental Profile-Revised relate to the foundations?
Foundations focus on four domains: social-emotional development, language and literacy, English-language development, and mathematics. The foundations provide early childhood educators, parents and the public with a clear understanding of the wide range of knowledge and skills that preschool children typically attain when participating in a high-quality preschool program. The Desired Results Developmental Profile-Revised is a child observation tool that is being aligned with the foundations. The DRDP-R provides teachers with a means to assess children’s learning along a continuum of four different developmental levels. When completed, the Desired Results Developmental Profile-Revised2 (DRDP-R2) will be implemented. The foundations and the DRDP-R2 will be used together to plan the environment, play, learning activities and instruction to meet the needs of the children and provide a high-quality preschool experience.
