Higher education, demographics among proposed changes to school grading system

By Benjamin Wood. A proposal unveiled Tuesday by Gov. Gary Herbert's education adviser could see Utah's controversial school grading system swapped for a report card that accounts for demographics and college-level coursework. The report cards, as presented by Tami Pyfer during this week's meeting of the Governor's Education Excellence Commission, would also expand to include higher education, charting the progress of Utah's colleges and universities toward the state goal of two-thirds of adults holding a degree or certificate by 2020. More...