New Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich plans to rate the entities he audits on a scale of excellent to poor.
Schweich said Friday his grading scale is intended to provide an evaluation that's easy to understand both for the general public and the agency being audited. He hopes the new system will provide some context about the severity of problems that get pointed out in audits.
The best rating will be excellent, followed by good, fair and poor.
He plans to start using the rating scale for audits released in February.
Schweich took office earlier this month after defeating Democratic Auditor Susan Montee in the November elections.
