The Ridgway Area School District uses portfolios to monitor all K-12 subjects.

Report of Progress

* 100% of staff members are Pennsylvania Certified.  0% of District teachers have emergency certifications.

100% of Ridgway's teachers are highly qualified .

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)

The PSSA ranks student achievement in reading, math, and writing by using the following rating systems:  below basic, basic proficient, and advanced.  Adequate yearly progress is defined as the progress needed to bring all children to the "proficient level" in 12 years.  In order for a district to make adequate yearly progress, each school within the district (the elementary, middle school, and high school, in our case), any disaggregate groups comprised of 40 students or more, and the collective scores from the district itself have to be analyzed.  In order to make adequate yearly progress the scores must be above the levels stated below:

State Assessment Information (2003 Disaggregate Data):

The state requires each school district to disaggregate PSSA test data for several groups of students (provided the district has at least 40 students in each group).  The groups include: race, ethnicity, gender, disability status, migrant status, English proficiency, and economically disadvantaged.  Currently, Ridgway does not have 75 students in any of these groups at the grade levels tested.  Therefore, no disaggregated data of PSSA test scores are available.

2003-04 High School Report Card

**Percentages are rounded to the nearest percent.

2003-04 Middle School Report Card

**Percentages are rounded to the nearest percent.

Annual Title I Progress Report
For the 2003-2004 School Year

Title I is the largest federal aid program for elementary and secondary schools.  Under the Title I program, school districts receive federal funds through a multi-step allocation process.  The federal funds are allocated according to a legislative formula based mainly on the distribution of low-income children.  Once the funds reach the participating schools, children in those schools are selected for services on the basis of low academic performance, regardless of income.  The Title I Program involves students in both the public and non-public schools.

In the Ridgway School District, the primary focus for use of the Title I funds for the 2003-04 school year was for supplemental instruction in Reading/Communications at the Elementary and Middle School levels.  During the 2003-04 school year, 89 students in grades K-5 participated in the Reading/Communications program at the Elementary School and 36 students in grades 6-8 participated in the Reading/Communications program at the Middle school.

As an indicator of yearly progress, each Title I student is assessed on an annual basis regarding his/her performance relative to the established state/district standards.  It is important to note that the Title I students are assessed on the same state and district standards that apply to all students.

Based on a comparison of Spring 2003 to Spring 2004 assessment data, the progress for the Title I program is listed below:

Reading/Communications (grades K-5)
31% of the Title I students reached the proficient level or beyond.

Reading/Communications (grades 6-8)
56% of the Title I students reached the proficient level or beyond.

Should you wish additional information regarding the Title I program in your school, please contact your school principal or the Title I teacher(s).

2003-04 Elementary School Report Card