Ridgeland School District #122 makes Adequate Yearly Progress for 2003-2004
State Board of Education announces results of district’s appeal

Springfield, Ill. –The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has announced that Ridgeland School District #122 in Oak Lawn made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in 2003-2004, meeting all the assessment and accountability requirements under the federal No Child Left Behind law. Ridgeland School District #122 was initially labeled as not making AYP in ISBE’s December 2004 announcement of Illinois’ 2003-2004 district and school results.

Upon the district’s appeal and ISBE staff’s review of the district’s data, discrepancies in Ridgeland School District #122 data were corrected. After these corrections, ISBE has found that the district made AYP in 2003-2004.

The district’s successful appeal is extremely important, as AYP is the critical measure of success under the federal No Child Left Behind law.

Illinois State Board of Education
100 North First Street
Springfield, IL 62777