LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Across the board, Kentucky is showing improvements in testing and education rates, but there is still room for more to be done. The Assessment and Accountability Report, released Wednesday, shows an increase in schools are underperforming on state tests. A vast majority of them are in Jefferson County.
What You Need To Know
- The annual Assessment and Accountability Report has been released by the Kentucky Department of Education
- The report identifies 53 schools that are underperforming and are in the bottom five percent of the state’s schools for test scores
- Forty-one of those campuses are in the Jefferson County Public School district
- This marks an increase from 34 underperforming schools in 2022
The state identifies schools that are federally classified as Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI), meaning they are in the bottom five percent of all schools in the state for test scores and/or low attendance.
Of the 53 schools listed in this year’s assessment, 41 are in the state’s largest district, Jefferson County Public Schools. That’s roughly a quarter of all the district’s 168 schools and is an increase from 34 CSI schools in 2022…