A front-page story discusses how state officials want to crack down on Michigan\'s colleges to ensure they are preparing future teachers to meet the state and nation\'s rising education standards. According to the story, until recently, Michigan didn\'t report the number of prospective teachers from each university who flunked certification exams, and it ignored a federal requirement to identify low-performing teacher colleges. Michael Flanagan, the state superintendent of public instruction, now plans by June to have a way to rate low-performing colleges and is developing a process to more thoroughly evaluate how well they prepare new teachers. State officials say the plans ultimately could mean taking away universities\' authority to certify teachers if, for example, they have too many graduates teaching in failing schools and too few passing certification exams. Flanagan also wants them to produce more instructors in subjects such as math and science, where the needs are greatest. At five of the state\'s colleges, fewer than 80 percent of first-time teacher candidates pass certification tests. Wayne State and University of Detroit officials said they are working to raise their scores, but part of the reason they are low is some students may take the tests before they are done with most of their coursework, and others suffer because they returned to college later in life. A sidebar includes a listing of Michigan colleges and universities and their passing rates on the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification for October 2001 through July 2004. Wayne State is included among the institutions.