DRDP Resource Links

This is the starting point for DRDP Overall

• DRDP Assessment Steps and Timeline Overview: https://draccess.org/timeline
• Essential Steps in using the DRDP for Special Education: https://draccess.org/EssentialStepsUsingDRDP.html
• DRDP Data Path for Special Education: https://draccess.org/DataPath.html
• DRDP for Preschool and above: https://draccess.org/drdp2025_ptk
• DRDP for Infant: https://draccess.org/drdp2025_it

Provider Workflow

This information is sourced from https://draccess.org/timeline.

Key Dates

Which students are eligible to assess for DRDP?

• Any infant or toddler receiving services from an LEA with a signed IFSP and receiving special education services must be assessed.
• Any child who is 3, 4, or 5-years old, has a signed IEP, and is receiving special education services must be assessed.
• If the child turns 6 at any point during the school year (July 1 through June 30), the DRDP is not required in either the fall or spring assessment periods.
• Children must begin special education services before November 1 for the fall assessment and before April 1 for the spring assessment.

Staff of districts using SIRAS will need to enter the ratings into SIRAS. See How to create DRDP.

Complete the DRDP for Each Eligible Child

• The assessment should be initiated within the first 60 calendar days of services.
• Observe & document children’s skills on the DRDP measures throughout the fall and spring.
• In the six-week period before your SELPA’s fall and spring deadlines, focus on the measures for which you do not have sufficient observations and documentation. Observations should be current with a child’s skills.
• Complete an Information Page/Rating Record for each eligible child.

Produce Reports of Results

Using SEIS or SIRAS? Once you input your DRDP data in the IFSP/IEP your DRDP results will automatically transfer nightly to DRAccessReports.org if you enter your Reports account email while entering records.

Produce DRDP reports for children at any time to plan instruction; inform goals, outcomes, and learning targets; share with families; and track progress

How to find DRDP candidates

1. Click Search
2. Click on Predefined Queries
3. Open the Statewide Assessments (CAASPP, ELPAC & DRDP) section

Then Use the DRDP query buttons to identify students by their DRDP status:

• DRDP Eligible: This list includes all potentially eligible including students who turn 6 later in the year.
• DRDP Required: This list will not include any students turning 6 during 2026-2027.
• DRDP Optional (turning 6 this year): This list are completely optional records for review.
• DRDP Not Started OR Incomplete: Eligible records that have either not been started at all or have been started but not completed.
• DRDP Complete: Those records that have been created and all needed fields filled in.
• DRDP Unable To Rate: Finds DRDPs with answers marked Unable To Rate.

Click on DRDP Required; this is the list to complete or remove records from the list.

'Show Me' Examples on how to use the DRDP area in SIRAS

NOTE: If Assessor Name is blank on a completed DRDP, delete DRDP, go back to MIS Summary, assign a Case Manager and recreate DRDP.

• Assessor Name is sourced from Case Manager Name.
• Assessor Name can be entered by hand if no Case Manager is applicable or if DRDP was already filled out.

DRDP Tool Buttons

• Validate - Validate DRDP record for data entry errors. (shown in upper right hand corner)
• Set all unable to rate - For those records where we can't rate but it is not for absence.
• Set all absent - Will fill out all Unrated Reasons with 'Absence'.
• Clear all - Will clear out all data entry.
• Delete DRDP - Will completely remove DRDP record if filled out in error.

Once the DRDP ratings are put into SIRAS, they will become available for the providers to use for running reports at https://draccessreports.org/.

Bubble check vs Menu Interface

Use checkbox interface [] checkbox toggles between menus or check boxes.

Historical DRDP

To find previous years DRDP ratings, go to /student info/student history. Then scroll down to the Archived DRDPs area.

Feel free to contact [email protected] if you have any questions on above procedure or validation errors.

Questions and Answers

Why are DRDP required for some students who started on IEP after the cutoff date of 4/1 or 11/1?

• Issue: When students are newly found eligible around the cut off date but don't start participating until after the cutoff date.
• Resolution: What we need to do is have your district SPED clerk enter the date they started participating as the District Enrollment date on the MIS page.

How and why would we use the ‘set all’ Unable to Rate button

When to use Unable to Rate

We want to make sure all eligible students have a DRDP, even if they are all Unable to Rate.

• This is used only when the child is absent from the program for an extended period of time during the four to six weeks prior to submitting DRDP.
• The following are NOT valid reasons to indicate Unable to Rate:
  • Not having enough time or enough information
  • The nature of a child’s disability or the severity of a child’s disability
  • Student never began Special Ed. services, which is an indicator the active status is not correct and the student should be pending or inactive.
  • Make sure the District SPED Clerk for your district is informed and the SSID of this student sent to them for their SELPA exception list.

How do I check for errors?

• When you are on the MIS Summary page, you may see a list of DRDP errors assuming the DRDP was created when we last ran an error report of data entered so far.
• When you are on the DRDP page, look for the Validate button to click on.

Screenshot below of validate button

Screenshot of validation errors, missing ratings.