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As many as 40 percent of the nation's high school graduates say they are inadequately prepared to deal with the demands of employment and postsecondary education, according to a recently released national survey of nearly 1,500 recent high school graduates, 400 employers and 300 college instructors.

Among the findings:

• More than 80% of high school graduates say they would work harder and take tougher courses if they could do high school over again.
  
  
• Eight in 10 recent graduates say that they would have worked harder if their high school had demanded more of them.
  
  
• A majority of graduates who took Algebra 2 in high school say they feel more prepared for the math they need in college or on the job.
  
  
• Seven in 10 college instructors spend at least some or a significant amount of class time reviewing material and addressing skills that they think should have been taught in high school.
  
  
• College instructors estimate that half of the students at their schools are inadequately prepared to do college-level math and writing.
  
  
• 84% of high school graduates not in college believe they will need to go to college or get more formal training in order to get the jobs they want in the future.
  
  
• Employers estimate that 39% of recent high school graduates are unprepared for the expectations they face in entry-level jobs. Employers also estimate that an even larger proportion (45%) of recent workforce entrants is not adequately prepared to advance beyond entry-level jobs.