Forest Area School District

Annual Report Card

2002-2003 School Year

                As a requirement under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, every school district must make available to parents and community and an annual school report card that includes the following information:

ü       Student achievement results by proficiency level

ü       Percent of students tested

ü       Two year trend data by subject and grade level tested

ü       If the school made adequate yearly progress

ü       Graduation rates for high school

ü       Attendance rates for elementary schools

ü       Professional qualifications of teachers

ü       Number and percent of schools identified for school improvement

ü       Student achievement compared to students in the same state and students in the same district.

    All schools in Forest Area School District have made adequate yearly progress in achievement, attendance and graduation rates.  Initially East Forest Elementary was determined by the Department of Education to have not made adequate yearly progress in attendance rates and the school was put on the warning list (first year of school improvement).   Elementary schools must maintain a 95% attendance rate or have shown improvement of attendance rate from the previous school.  East Forest Elementary filed an appeal to the Department of Education stating that the rates they used to determine adequate yearly progress were inaccurate.  East Forest has won this appeal and has been taken off the warning list for not making adequate yearly progress in attendance.

                The information for Forest Area School District is available in the following school tables.  The assessment information and data was gained from the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment, which was administered to students at targeted grade levels in April of 2003.  If you have any questions about this report, please contact Nancy Cherico, Assessment Coordinator, at 755-3302.