1. ALASKA DEVELOPMENTAL PROFILE Department of Education & Early Development September 2012, District Test Coordinator Training

2. Overview of the Alaska Developmental Profile Aligned with Early Learning Guidelines Five Domains (Physical Well-Being, Health, and Motor Development; Social and Emotional Development; Approaches to Learning; Cognition and General Knowledge; Communication, Language, and Literacy) 13 Goals to be rated within those domains 2 Consistently Demonstrates 1 Progressing 0 Does Not Demonstrate 2 The Alaska Developmental Profile is required by state law as part of the statewide comprehensive system of student assessments, Sec. 14.07.020.

3. Example of Domain, Goal, Indicators 3 Domain: Approaches to Learning Goal: Shows curiosity and interest in learning new things and having new experiences Indicators: Engages in discussions and asks questions about new events and occurrences (e.g., Why did this happen?) Looks for new information and wants to know more about personal interests Uses familiar materials in new ways (e.g., materials from nature in an art project or for imaginative play)

4. Principles of Kindergarten Readiness Assessments* No high stakes Traits are not easily quantifiable Strong preferences for criterion-referenced, observational (children performing tasks that are part of their daily experiences) assessment in naturalistic settings repeated across time Multiple domains (measures of child development across at least 5 domains) Teachers should be used as assessors *from Developing and Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Statewide Kindergarten Readiness presentation, Samuel Meisels, President Erikson Institute, Student Assessment Conference, June 2012 4

5. All DP Materials on EED Web Page 5 Classroom recording form Implementation Guide Website Users Guide Training PowerPoint Link to reporting web site

6. Classroom Recording Form 6

7. DP Reporting Web Site Teachers must have current teaching certificate to log into DP reporting website Teacher certificate status and name on certificate can be checked at http://www.eed.state.ak.us/TeacherCertification/Certif icationsSearch.cfm (link provided on login page) http://www.eed.state.ak.us/TeacherCertification/Certif icationsSearch.cfm Login process simplified from last year Website available to teachers Monday, Sep. 17 School list generated by information entered into Alaska State ID System 7

8. DTC Responsibility for DP Administration All kindergarten students and any first grade student who did not attend a public kindergarten must have a DP completed Ratings must be submitted to EED by regulation by November 1 Districts have a district login and password District login allows monitoring of teacher progress at school level of DP completions Reporting website shows estimated student enrollment 8

9. District DP Website 9 District Login will be located below teacher login

10. Website Tracks Total Number Completed by District and School 10 This will be a running total

11. Website Shows Numbers Completed by Teacher 11 Clicking on a school will show the school level detail, which shows number completed by each teacher

12. Final Reminder! All DPs must be completed by November 1! Send me an email to certify that all DPs have been completed for your district. Jeanne.Foy@alaska.gov 12