September 1, 2006

Lengthy Fights Are Expected Over Measures on Accountability

By KARIN FISCHER

Higher-education leaders are divided over proposal for student-tracking system

A federal advisory panel on higher education did not, as many college officials had feared, propose a college-level version of the No Child Left Behind Act, the 2002 law that instituted nationwide accountability standards for public schools.

But although the Commission on the Future of Higher Education stopped short of calling for mandatory testing of college students, other provisions in the final

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