Desired Results Developmental Profile
The Desired Results Developmental Profile (2025) is a developmental continuum from infancy through grade three that is designed to assess the progression of skills across multiple domains of learning.The Desired Results Developmental Profile Updates (2025)
The Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP) (2025) is a developmental continuum from infancy through third grade that is designed to assess the progression of skills for all children, including those with an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) or an Individualized Education Program (IEP). The assessment results are intended to be used by the teacher to plan curriculum for individual children and groups of children and to guide continuous program improvement. The tool was recently revised to reflect recent research in the field of child development and to be more inclusive of children with disabilities as well as dual language learners. The DRDP (2025) is fully aligned to the California Preschool/Transitional Kindergarten Learning Foundations (PTKLF) as well as the California Infant/Toddler Learning and Development Foundations.
The DRDP (2025) will have three versions: DRDP Infant/Toddler (I/T) (2025), DRDP Preschool, Transitional Kindergarten, Kindergarten (PTK) (2025), and DRDP Preschool through Third Grade (P-3) (2025).
- The DRDP I/T (2025) includes the developmental continuum of children birth to age three in the domains of Social and Emotional Development, Approaches to Learning, Cognition, Foundational Language Development, Physical Development, and Health. In California State Preschool Programs (CSPPs), the DRDP I/T is used for children 2 years, 8 months and younger.
- The DRDP PTK (2025) includes the developmental continuum of children in preschool, transitional kindergarten (TK), and kindergarten in the domains of Social and Emotional Development, Approaches to Learning, Cognition, Foundational Language Development, English Language Development, Physical Development, Health, and Science. In CSPP, the DRDP PTK is used for children 2 years, 9 months and older.
- The DRDP P-3 (2025) is an extended version of the tool and covers the developmental continuum of birth to Third Grade in the domains of Social and Emotional Development and Approaches to Learning.
The DRDP (2025) is now available:
(PDF)Major changes to the DRDP (2025) include the following:
- Renaming and reorganization of measures to align more closely to the PTKLF strands and the addition of the Approaches to learning Domain in the PTKLF.
- Reduction in the total number of measures to address educator burden and ensure measurement of the most salient skills, according to child development assessment experts. The total number of measures is similar to that of the DRDP Preschool (2015) Essential View. As a note, while there is a reduction in measures, it is the expectation of the California Department of Education (CDE) that educators continue to include all skills covered in the PTKLF or the California Infant/Toddler Learning and Development Foundations in their program's curriculum. Just because a skill no longer appears in the DRDP does not mean it should not be taught.
- Addition of throughline examples where the first example in each level of a measure aligns across the developmental continuum to more easily see the progression of skills.
- More examples and inclusive descriptor language that reflect children with disabilities, such as children demonstrating skills non-verbally, using mobility aids, using sign language, or using alternative augmentative communications supports.
- More examples of children's speech in languages(s) other than English, including code-switching.
- Extension to the continuum of Social and Emotional Development and Approaches to Learning through third grade.
- Combining the DRDP (2015) preschool and kindergarten levels to create one tool that is more inclusive of transitional kindergarten, now labeled the DRDP PTK (2025).
DRDP Requirements
The DRDP is required for:
- All California State Preschool Program (CSPP) children enrolled in the program for at least 10 hours per week.
- In the California Code of Regulations, Title 5, Section 17702, CSPP contractors are required to complete the age-appropriate DRDP for each child enrolled in the program for at least 10 hours per week and submit it to DRDP Online, as directed by the CDE.
- The DRDP must be completed between 60 and 90 calendar days of the child's first day of attendance in the program and at least once every six months thereafter.
- Every child with exceptional needs enrolled in CSPP regardless of the hours per week they are certified for.
- All three-, four-, and five-year-old students served by local educational agencies (LEAs) with an IEP or IFSP even in TK and kindergarten
Those listed above are required to use the DRDP (2025) beginning July 1, 2026.
At this time, the DRDP (2025) is not required for general education students in TK through third grade.
Training Opportunities for the DRDP (2025)
CDE Trainings:
WestEd Trainings: