Included in this combined report are the results from two studies conducted by the
Arkansas Department of Education. One study covers business leaders’ opinions on the
preparedness of high school graduates entering the workforce. The second study
focuses on college professors’ assessment of the preparedness of high school graduates
for post-secondary school.

College professors (N=315) “graded” the overall academic quality of the Arkansas
public high schools in preparing students for college with mostly Ds (50.2%) and Cs
(38.6%). One in 10 college professors gave public high schools an F (9.6%) in overall
academic quality.

Arkansas Department of Education
75 pages
May 2006