AYP report cards irk local administrators

Erin McCarthy

Education officials expressed little surprise, and some frustration, that 11 of 13 area school districts and high schools failed to make Adequate Yearly Progress, according to the newly released Illinois State Report Cards.

"It's just a matter of time before every school is going to be on it," said Joel Estes, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction for Galesburg School District 205, in response to his district's academic warning standing.

Estes said the district has been on the list for "quite some time" due to being a more diverse and larger district.

Adequate Yearly Progress, or AYP, is determined by two standardized tests and is part of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at November 4, 2010 3:04 AM
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