District 107 Superintendent Mark Fredisdorf is thrilled the schools in his district met Adequate Yearly Progress – one of the few Illinois districts to do so.
“I am pleased to report that we are one of the few districts to do so,” Fredisdorf said. “And the fact that we were able to do it with our special education students as well is great progress. It shows that administrators, teachers and students are working really hard to benefit those students.”
Taken as a whole, the district fared well with an overall score of 95.6 percent in reading and math.
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Adequately Yearly Progress is the measurement for reading and math performance for the federal educational reform initiative No Child Left Behind. Lawmakers and education activists are scrambling to make changes to NCLB standards before the 100 percent requirement sets in 2014.
In Illinois AYP is measured by the Illinois Student Achievement Tests. NCLB requires that every child meet standards in reading and math by 2014. Students are divided into various subgroups for testing purposes. If any subgroup fails to meet AYP, then the whole school does not meet AYP. For 2010 NCLB regulations called for 85 percent of each subgroup to meet AYP goals. The subgroups defined by NCLB are: Racial/Ethnic: Whites, Blacks, Hispanics, Native American, Asian/Pacific Islander, and multi-ethnic; Economically Disadvantaged: Students on free or reduced lunch; Students with Disabilities: Students with IEPs; and Limited English Proficient students.
