On Wednesday, we brought you some of the findings of the 2023 Kentucky school report card.

Kentucky's interim commissioner of education said a lot of work needs to be done to bring student scores back up to pre-pandemic levels.

But she says there were signs of progress.

Among the areas of improvement.

The number of schools exiting what's called comprehensive support and improvement status.

Now, those are schools that have state assessment scores ranked in the bottom 5% statewide.

A graduation rate below 80% or needed additional targeted support for at least three years.

Once the school receives a CSI identification, it is audited and a turnaround team is put together to develop and implement a plan to improve learning conditions, according to the report.

Two new schools were identified for comprehensive support and improvement.

Close to two dozen schools exited that status during the 2022 23 school year, including some schools in Jefferson County.

This year we had nine schools exit CCI status, meaning they went out of pass to other schools and went out of the bottom 5%.

Along with our data from last year, we've now had 22 schools exit CCI status in the past two years.

Furthermore, 23 schools previously identified as CSI, that comprehensive school improvement have exited this status and 185 schools previously identified as TSA that targeted school improvement but have exited as well.

These schools, the staff and students are to be congratulated and commended for this work.

Another positive the results of student surveys measuring how they felt about their school environment.

The report found most elementary, middle and high schools ranked in the middle or higher when it came to school, climate and safety.