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ALASKA DEVELOPMENTAL PROFILE
Department of Education & Early Development
September 2012, District Test Coordinator Training
Overview of the AlaskaDevelopmental 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
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The Alaska Developmental Profile is required by state law as part of the statewide comprehensive system of student assessments, Sec. 14.07.020.
Example of Domain, Goal, Indicators
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Domain: Approaches to LearningGoal: 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)
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
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All DP Materials on EED Web Page5
Classroom recording form
Implementation Guide Website User’s Guide Training PowerPoint Link to reporting web
site
Classroom Recording Form6
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/CertificationsSearch.cfm (link provided on login page)
Login process simplified from last year Website available to teachers Monday, Sep.
17 School list generated by information entered
into Alaska State ID System
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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
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District DP Website9
District Login will be located below teacher login
Website Tracks Total Number Completed by District and School10
This will be a running total
Website Shows Numbers Completed by Teacher
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Clicking on a school will show the school level detail, which shows number completed by each teacher
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.
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