KY Shows Slight Improvement In College Readiness

{Kentucky}...According to new Kentucky Department of Education data, more than 60 percent of Kentucky high school graduates left school this spring unprepared for college or the workforce. Just 38 percent of Kentucky’s 41,784 graduates in 2011 were deemed prepared for college or careers. In 2010, 34 percent of graduates were deemed college or career ready. Education Commissioner Terry Holliday says Kentucky’s rates are unacceptable, especially considering that the state is pushing for 67 percent of students to be college ready by 2015. Holliday says, although schools are not where we they need to be, they're heading in the right direction.