More than half of Kentucky's public high school students last year were not prepared for college or careers based on the results of an assessment released Friday. Despite that alarming finding, Education Commissioner Terry Holliday said the results showing that 47 percent of high schoolers are ready to advance are a significant improvement over the previous year's 38 percent.
"This increase is a direct result of Kentucky's schools' and districts' focus on college and career readiness," Holliday said. "The overriding goal of the state's public education system is to prepare students for the paths they want to take after high school, and these data show that we are making progress toward that goal."
Of the more than 43,000 high school students who received diplomas last spring, 18,741 were deemed college ready and 3,413 career ready. That's up from 15,056 found to be college ready and 1,142 career ready the previous year.
Here's a look at how some key parts of our listening area did under the Unbridled Learning test scores released Friday:
Warren County and Bowling Green Independent:
Distinguished:
Greenwood
Potter Gray Elementary (BG Independent)
South Warren High
W.R. McNeill Elementary (BG Independent)
Proficient:
Bowling Green High
Bowling Green Junior High
Briarwood Elementary
Cumberland Trace Elementary
Drakes Creek Middle
South Warren Middle
Warren East Middle
William H. Natcher Elementary
Daviess County and Owensboro Independent:
Distinguished:
F.T. Burns Elementary
Highland Elementary
Proficient:
Audubon Elementary
College View Middle
County Heights Elementary
Daviess County Middle
Deer Park Elementary
East View Elementary
F.T. Burns Middle
Sorgho Elementary
Southern Oaks Elementary
Tamarack Elementary
West Louisville Elementary
Whitesville Elementary
Newton Parrish Elementary (Owensboro Ind.)
Sutton Elementary (Owensboro Ind.)
Barren County and Glasgow Independent
Distinguished:
North Jackson Elementary (Barren Co.)
North Jackson Elementary (Barren Co.)
Proficient:
Barren County Middle
Glasgow High
Glasgow Middle
South Green Elementary (Glasgow Ind.)
Elizabethtown Independent and Hardin County Schools:
Distinguished:
Elizabethtown High
Proficient:
Central Hardin High
East Hardin Middle
G.C. Burkhead Elementary
Heartland Elementary
John Hardin High
Lincoln Trail Elementary
Pulaski County and Somerset Independent:
Distinguished:
Nancy Elementary
Northern Elementary
Shopville Elementary
Southern Elementary
Southwestern High
Proficient:
Burnside Elementary
Eubank Elementary
Oak Hill Elementary
Pulaski County High
Pulaski Elementary
Meece Middle (Somerset Ind.)
Somerset High (Somerset Ind.)