Dr. Georgina Rettinger, executive director of the Literacy Council of Mercer County Inc., has been notified that the agency's Even Start Family Literacy Program has received a state ranking for fiscal year 2001-02 of fourth out of 31 Even Start programs.

Danielle J. Guyer, director of the Bureau of Adult Basic and Literacy Education, said the performance profile gives agencies a simple overview of how they performed against the state standards and their peers.

The determination of the state ranking was based on a weighted formula that included the most reliable data for scoring Administrative Performance (Reporting & Enrollment), Program Performance (Retention, Assessment & Outcomes) and Summer Reading Program Administrative Performance (Reporting, Enrolled and Non-Enrolled).

The Literacy Council offers Even Start programs in Greenville at 222 Main St.; Hope VI, 102 Wallis Ave., Farrell; and at First Presbyterian Church in Mercer.