Larisa Bezak and Brian Power of Addison and Scott Bartolo and Maureen O’Malley of Wood Dale received degrees from the University of Iowa during its commencement ceremony last month. In addition, Bartolo was named to the college’s spring 2007 dean’s list.

More and more these days, a school administrator’s success isn’t measured in letter grades and conduct marks — it’s gauged by an ability to implement a mounting wall of mandates while producing positive test scores and receiving little to no financial assistance along the way.