This document provides an overview of the alignment between the Implementation Development Map (IDM)—a central tool in the Partnership for Pre-K Improvement (PPI) toolkit designed to describe, assess, and identify priority improvement areas for state pre-K infrastructure and program/policy implementation—and the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Program Standards and Professional Standards and Competencies. This is an outside resource that is not created, updated, or endorsed by the California Department of Education.