Authors of 'Report Card' Urge Its Cautious Use

The report card issued last fall that graded the states on their higher-education services should be used only as a first step -- and not as a blueprint -- when trying to push for reform in legislatures, the authors of the evaluation warned in July at the annual meeting of the Education Commission of the States.

Lawmakers in several states have used their low grades on the first survey to propose policy changes. That's fine, the authors of the report card said, as long as officials

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