Kentucky Education Commissioner Stephen Pruitt issued a report Thursday on the state’s educational successes and challenges. In The State of K-12 Public Education in the Commonwealth of Kentucky report, he praised the 88% graduation rate and the 66% of students who are graduating college and career ready.
"Six years ago, we were in the 30s, so we've almost doubled. In doing that, we're finding those kids are doing better in postsecondary," Pruitt told WKU Public Radio. "Their GPAs are higher, their tendency to come back for a second year is higher."
Commissioner Pruitt said some changes will be made to state education standards based on public comments. Calculus and cursive writing will be added to math and English standards.
Pruitt added that closing the achievement gap remains one of Kentucky’s biggest challenges and he also noted that per-student spending trails the national average.
