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The DRDP access Project engages in systematic research to improve outcomes for young children served in Early Childhood Special Education Programs in the State of California. Research activities focus on strategic areas:
- Coordination of data collection and analysis to support California’s indicator 7 for state and federal reporting including: scaling investigations, equating studies, item testing and other descriptive and inferential analysis of statewide datasets.
- Ongoing instrumentation research to enhance the implementation and utility of the DRDP access instrument.
- Specialized educational and psychometric studies including the ongoing Part-C investigation to evaluate the utilization of the DRDP access instrument for children served in Part-C programs.
- Collaboration with state and national partners to disseminate research based practices to the field.
Current Research Activity: Pilot Study of the DRDP access for Infants and Toddlers
The Desired Results access Project is currently conducting a two-year study of the Desired Results Developmental Profile access (DRDP access) with a number of infant and toddler programs statewide.
The primary purposes of this study are to:
- Better understand the extent to which the DRDP access can provide valid and reliable data for infants and toddlers;
- Assure that the DRDP access is adequate to measure progress made by infants and toddlers;
- Assure that the DRDP access is a meaningful and acceptable instrument for children served by Early Start/Part C services;
- Assess children without disabilities using the DRDP access — which is important for planning for children who have disabilities.
For more information about the study, refer to the Research Overview.
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Last updated: 10/26/2011