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Preschool Desired Results Developmental Profile-Revised (PS DRDP-R) for Children with IEPs Rating Booklet
Copyright 2007 by the California Department of Education
The PS DRDP-R Rating Booklet was developed by the Desired Results access Project to support the implementation of the Desired Results system based on the guidelines and specifications of the Special Education Division.
The PS DRDP-R Rating Booklet presents the descriptors and rating options for 39 Measures. There are no examples in this tool. If you need more detailed information and examples, please refer to the PS DRDP-R for Children with IEPs Manual.
Instructions
Step 1 – Mark the child’s highest level of mastery for each Measure.
Step 2 – Mark “Emerging” if the child is emerging to the next level. This step is optional. Note that you cannot mark “Emerging” if you have selected the Measure's highest level.
In the rare circumstance that you are unable to rate the Measure, mark “Unable to Rate” and select one of the reasons, absence or other.
Table of Contents
Top | Self-Concept (SELF) | Social and Interpersonal Skills (SOC) | Self-Regulation (REG) | Language (LANG) | Learning (LRN) | Cognitive Competence (COG) | Math (MATH) | Literacy (LIT) | Motor Skills (MOT) | Safety and Health (SH)
Desired Result 1: Children are personally and socially competent
Indicator: Self-Concept (SELF)
Measure 1—SELF 1: Identity of self
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Shows recognition of self as individual, recognizing own name and names of familiar people |
Level 2
Descriptor: Describes self or others in terms of basic physical characteristics |
Level 3
Descriptor: Describes self and others in terms of preferences |
Level 4
Descriptor: Accurately compares self to others |
Select a reason: or
Measure 2—SELF 2: Recognition of own skills and accomplishments
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Shows interest and/or pleasure when someone reacts to something he or she has done |
Level 2
Descriptor: Characterizes self positively in terms of specific activity that he or she is doing or has just finished |
Level 3
Descriptor: Characterizes positively own skills involved in doing a task |
Level 4
Descriptor: Characterizes self positively in terms of generalized ability or skills |
Select a reason: or
Indicator: Social and Interpersonal Skills (SOC)
Measure 3—SOC 1: Expressions of empathy
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Shows awareness when others are unhappy or upset |
Level 2
Descriptor: Offers simple assistance when he or she thinks it is needed-even if not really needed |
Level 3
Descriptor: Accurately labels own and others’ feelings |
Level 4
Descriptor: Uses words or actions to demonstrate concern for what others are feeling |
Select a reason: or
Measure 4—SOC 2: Building cooperative relationships with adults
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Seeks interaction with familiar adult for company, help, or comfort |
Level 2
Descriptor: Attempts to establish a relationship with an adult by cooperating and interacting |
Level 3
Descriptor: Seeks to share experience or get information from adult |
Level 4
Descriptor: Works cooperatively with an adult to plan and organize activities and to solve problems |
Select a reason: or
Measure 5—SOC 3: Developing friendships
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Interacts with another child side-by-side as they play with similar materials |
Level 2
Descriptor: Names another child as a friend or seeks out a particular child with whom to play |
Level 3
Descriptor: Engages in social games and pretend play with a particular child |
Level 4
Descriptor: Prefers to play with a particular child who also expresses preference for him or her |
Select a reason: or
Measure 6—SOC 4: Building cooperative play with other children
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Interacts with other children side-by-side as they play with similar materials |
Level 2
Descriptor: Engages with another child or children in play involving a common idea or purpose |
Level 3
Descriptor: Shows preference for particular playmates, but plays cooperatively with a variety of children |
Level 4
Descriptor: Leads or participates in planning cooperative play with other children |
Select a reason: or
Measure 7—SOC 5: Conflict negotiation
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Asserts self using facial expression, words, or actions in conflict situations, but needs an adult to suggest resolutions |
Level 2
Descriptor: Starts to use appropriate words and actions to express own desires and, when needed, seeks adult help to resolve a conflict |
Level 3
Descriptor: Expresses own needs and desires about a conflict and suggests simple solutions based mainly on own needs |
Level 4
Descriptor: Considers the needs or interests of another child when there is a conflict and accepts or suggests some mutually acceptable solutions |
Select a reason: or
Top | Table of ContentsMeasure 8—SOC 6: Awareness of diversity in self and others
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Shows awareness of physical differences in others |
Level 2
Descriptor: Identifies physical differences and similarities between self and others |
Level 3
Descriptor: Expresses awareness of differences and similarities between self and others, such as language, culture, or special needs |
Level 4
Descriptor: Demonstrates an understanding of inclusion or fairness through actions or words |
Select a reason: or
Indicator: Self-Regulation (REG)
Measure 9—REG 1: Impulse control
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Accepts active adult guidance and support to stop self from acting impulsively on desires or needs |
Level 2
Descriptor: Sometimes follows simple social rules and routines to refrain from acting impulsively but often needs adult guidance and support |
Level 3
Descriptor: Tries to refrain from acting impulsively by using simple strategies such as distracting self, verbal reminders to self, or asking for adult help |
Level 4
Descriptor: Consistently uses a variety of socially acceptable strategies to stop self from acting impulsively |
Select a reason: or
Measure 10—REG 2: Taking turns
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Needs adult prompting or support to wait for turn |
Level 2
Descriptor: Uses adult-structured turn-taking procedures, including rules and cues |
Level 3
Descriptor: Demonstrates knowledge of turn-taking rules and procedures and abides by them most of the time |
Level 4
Descriptor: Routinely proposes turn-taking as a solution to conflicts over materials and equipment |
Select a reason: or
Measure 11—REG 3: Shared use of space and materials
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Tries to keep control over space and materials he or she is using |
Level 2
Descriptor: Maintains control of materials or space that he or she cares about, but allows others to use the rest |
Level 3
Descriptor: With adult prompting, shares with another child material or space he or she is using or wants to use |
Level 4
Descriptor: Without adult prompting, invites others to share materials or space he or she is using |
Select a reason: or
Indicator: Language (LANG)
Measure 12—LANG 1: Comprehends meaning
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Understands the meaning of simple words, phrases, stories, and songs |
Level 2
Descriptor: Understands more complex words and phrases (Including words that tell location, color, body parts, noun and adjective combinations, and basic grammatical units) in conversations, stories, and learning activities |
Level 3
Descriptor: Understands language that refers to imaginary, past, or future events |
Level 4
Descriptor: Understands language that describes how and why things happen |
Select a reason: or
Measure 13—LANG 2: Follows increasingly complex instructions
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Understands one- and two-step instructions and requests about familiar routines |
Level 2
Descriptor: Understands one- and two-step instructions and requests about unfamiliar routines or unrelated events |
Level 3
Descriptor: Understands three-step instructions and requests that are part of a familiar routine |
Level 4
Descriptor: Understands three step instructions and requests that are about a new or unfamiliar situation |
Select a reason: or
Measure 14—LANG 3: Expresses self through language
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Produces phrases and simple sentences that communicate basic ideas and needs |
Level 2
Descriptor: Uses three- to five-word sentences that contain nouns, verbs, and recently learned vocabulary |
Level 3
Descriptor: Uses words that are relatively precise and makes longer sentences by connecting shorter sentences |
Level 4
Descriptor: Uses more complex language or vocabulary to describe events that are imaginary, to explain, or to predict |
Select a reason: or
Measure 15—LANG 4: Uses language in conversation
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Communicates with others, using language for basic purposes, such as requesting, refusing, describing, and answering questions |
Level 2
Descriptor: Has short conversations |
Level 3
Descriptor: Has extended conversations about real or imaginary experiences |
Level 4
Descriptor: Has extended conversations that build on emotions, ideas, and information shared with the other person |
Select a reason: or
Desired Result 2: Children are effective learners
Indicator: Learning (LRN)
Measure 16—LRN 1: Curiosity and initiative
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Shows interest in new materials or activities by intently watching others and/or handing the materials |
Level 2
Descriptor: Actively engages with new materials or activities by asking questions and performing simple investigations |
Level 3
Descriptor: Uses a variety of strategies to learn more about objects or activities of interest |
Level 4
Descriptor: Puts materials or objects together in new and inventive ways to learn what will result or to create something |
Select a reason: or
Measure 17—LRN 2: Engagement and persistence
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Continues self-selected activities on own for a while, but needs help and reminders to keep doing activities requested by another person |
Level 2
Descriptor: Continues self-selected activities on own even in a distracting environment |
Level 3
Descriptor: Usually works through difficulties encountered in activities |
Level 4
Descriptor: Returns to challenging or multi-step activities |
Select a reason: or
Indicator: Cognitive Competence (COG)
Measure 18—COG 1: Memory and knowledge
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Remembers a few key features of familiar objects and routines |
Level 2
Descriptor: Communicates memories about an unfamiliar event that happened earlier that day |
Level 3
Descriptor: Communicates memories about an unfamiliar event that happened on a previous day |
Level 4
Descriptor: Communicates memories about a sequence of related events that happened in the past |
Select a reason: or
Measure19—COG 2: Cause and effect
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Tries out actions to see what will happen |
Level 2
Descriptor: Anticipates that a routine action will have a specific result |
Level 3
Descriptor: Shows understanding of familiar cause and effect through language or action |
Level 4
Descriptor: Explains or predicts the result of a familiar action—will not always be accurate, but will be reasonable |
Select a reason: or
Measure 20—COG 3: Engages in problem solving
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Tries to solve simple problems, including using trial and error |
Level 2
Descriptor: Tries a strategy he or she saw someone else use to help solve a problem |
Level 3
Descriptor: Uses familiar objects or actions in a deliberate way to solve problems |
Level 4
Descriptor: Tries out a set of actions to develop a strategy for solving problems |
Select a reason: or
Measure 21—COG 4: Socio-dramatic play
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Engages in brief pretend play on own |
Level 2
Descriptor: Engages in brief pretend play with peer, sharing materials or ideas |
Level 3
Descriptor: Takes a role in play situation with other children, but without planning the role or the pretend play |
Level 4
Descriptor: Takes a role in a play situation with other children where they have agreed on roles and how they will pretend play |
Select a reason: or
Indicator: Math (MATH)
Measure 22—MATH 1: Number sense: Understands quantity and counting
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Uses numbers up to three to describe quantities without counting |
Level 2
Descriptor: Correctly recites numbers in order up to five |
Level 3
Descriptor: Counts at least five objects correctly, without counting an object more than once |
Level 4
Descriptor: Counts at least ten objects correctly |
Select a reason: or
Measure 23—MATH 2: Number sense: Math operations
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Demonstrates that items can be grouped and counted |
Level 2
Descriptor: When two groups are different by a large amount, correctly says one group has more objects than the other |
Level 3
Descriptor: Adds or takes away objects to solve everyday problems with groups of at least three objects |
Level 4
Descriptor: Does simple addition and subtraction problems with groups of up to five objects |
Select a reason: or
Measure 24—MATH 3: Shapes
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Recognizes differences among shapes without naming them |
Level 2
Descriptor: Correctly names at least two shapes (circles, squares, triangles) |
Level 3
Descriptor: Recognizes shapes when they are presented in new orientation or as part of other objects |
Level 4
Descriptor: Describes characteristics and differences of several shapes |
Select a reason: or
Measure 25—MATH 4: Time
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Shows initial understanding of order of events over time |
Level 2
Descriptor: Knows that events can be in the past or future |
Level 3
Descriptor: Indicates time of past, present, and future events |
Level 4
Descriptor: Connects some events with specific times |
Select a reason: or
Measure 26—MATH 5: Classification
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Recognizes when two things are the same |
Level 2
Descriptor: Sorts objects into three or more different groups |
Level 3
Descriptor: Sorts objects by different attributes (size, shape, or color), but not at the same time |
Level 4
Descriptor: Sorts objects by two attributes at the same time |
Select a reason: or
Measure 27—MATH 6: Measurement
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Understands or uses words that describe some measurable property such as size, length, weight, or capacity (big or little) |
Level 2
Descriptor: Understands or uses words that compare size, length, weight, or capacity of objects (bigger or smaller) |
Level 3
Descriptor: Tries to measure using tools (standard or nonstandard) |
Level 4
Descriptor: Describes and compares using standard or nonstandard measures |
Select a reason: or
Measure 28—MATH 7: Patterning
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Recognizes or identifies simple patterns created by others (Simple patterns are in the form A-B, A-B, such as red-blue, red-blue.) |
Level 2
Descriptor: Builds or copies simple patterns |
Level 3
Descriptor: Builds or copies a pattern using different objects |
Level 4
Descriptor: Creates or extends a more complex pattern (more than two repeating elements) |
Select a reason: or
Indicator: Literacy (LIT)
Measure 29—LIT 1: Interest in literacy
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Participates in literacy activities |
Level 2
Descriptor: Seeks out and engages in a variety of group and individual literacy activities |
Level 3
Descriptor: Initiates and listens to reading materials and links content to own experiences |
Level 4
Descriptor: Participates in reading activities, including discussions that relate the story to the outside world and predicts what will happen next in the story |
Select a reason: or
Measure 30—LIT 2: Letter and word knowledge
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Recognizes simple symbols (numbers, letters, logos) in the environment |
Level 2
Descriptor: Knows some letters by sight and by name, or recognizes own name in print |
Level 3
Descriptor: Knows ten or more letters by sight and by name, and understands that letters make up words and have corresponding sounds |
Level 4
Descriptor: Knows most of the letters by sight and by name, and recognizes some familiar whole written words |
Select a reason: or
Measure 31—LIT 3: Emerging writing
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Makes scribble-pictures to represent people, things, or events |
Level 2
Descriptor: Makes letter-like symbols as pretend writing to represent ideas, and attributes meaning to writing |
Level 3
Descriptor: Writes own name with some letters formed correctly |
Level 4
Descriptor: Writes own name and simple words (mostly using correct letters) |
Select a reason: or
Measure 32—LIT 4: Concepts of print
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Understands the way books are handled and organized |
Level 2
Descriptor: Understands the role of print in telling a story and uses print materials to pretend to read |
Level 3
Descriptor: Understands that print is organized into units, such as words, and knows some vocabulary that describes print |
Level 4
Descriptor: Understands how print is used in various ways in books, and understands the organization and purposes of different print materials |
Select a reason: or
Measure 33—LIT 5: Phonological awareness
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Engages in play with sounds in words and songs |
Level 2
Descriptor: Shows awareness of words and syllables as units of sounds |
Level 3
Descriptor: Shows awareness of rhymes and sounds at the beginning of words |
Level 4
Descriptor: Blends and segments parts of words |
Select a reason: or
Desired Result 3: Children show physical and motor competence
Indicator: Motor Skills (MOT)
Measure 34—MOT 1: Gross motor movement
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Makes basic movements with confidence and ease |
Level 2
Descriptor: Uses movement skills to go smoothly up, down, and through a variety of spaces |
Level 3
Descriptor: Uses complex movement skills in active play |
Level 4
Descriptor: Participates in extended or integrated physical activities |
Select a reason: or
Measure 35—MOT 2: Fine motor skills
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Manipulates large objects with fingers and wrists on both hands to accomplish a simple task |
Level 2
Descriptor: Uses fingers and both hands, with each hand doing something different, to smoothly accomplish simple tasks |
Level 3
Descriptor: Uses fingers to manipulate smaller objects or objects requiring precise eye-hand coordination |
Level 4
Descriptor: Shows increasing refinement and detail in fine motor movements requiring finger strength or control |
Select a reason: or
Measure 36—MOT 3: Balance
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Shows a developing sense of balance and the ability to carry an object while moving |
Level 2
Descriptor: Balances without support |
Level 3
Descriptor: Maintains balance while moving |
Level 4
Descriptor: Coordinates multiple movements involving balance |
Select a reason: or
Desired Result 4: Children are safe and healthy
Indicator: Safety and Health (SH)
Measure 37—SH 1: Personal care routines
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Participates in own personal cleanliness, with help or supervision from adult |
Level 2
Descriptor: Follows through on personal cleanliness, with some reminders |
Level 3
Descriptor: Takes care of personal cleanliness on his own |
Level 4
Descriptor: Shows an understanding of why personal cleanliness is important |
Select a reason: or
Measure 38—SH 2: Personal safety
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Cooperates when requested to follow simple safety rules |
Level 2
Descriptors: Usually follows simple safety rules on her own |
Level 3
Descriptors: Applies known safety rules in a variety of situations |
Level 4
Descriptors: Communicates an understanding of safety rules to others |
Select a reason: or
Measure 39—SH 3: Understanding healthy lifestyle
Mark the highest developmental level the child has mastered.
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Level 1
Descriptor: Follows guidance given by adults about rest, health, food choices, and physical activity |
Level 2
Descriptor: Begins to communicate about and take care of own health needs (food and rest), with occasional reminders from an adult |
Level 3
Descriptor: Independently takes care of some basic needs like rest, healthy food choices, and physical activity |
Level 4
Descriptor: Communicates to others about making healthy choices |
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