THIS MONTH'S FOCUS: 
Testing For Results

• Mapping Success
  For Superintendent James Barker, test data help to keep his students in the City of Erie, Pa., Public Schools on the road to success.

• No Child Left Behind Plan Becomes Law
  On Jan. 8, President Bush signed into law the most sweeping education reforms in more than three decades.

• Satellite Town Meeting

The January broadcast explored the role of testing in education reform.

• Quantitative Measures for Quality Results
  Cheryl Krehbiel, a fourth-grade teacher at Broad Acres Elementary School in Maryland, discovers how using student scores aids her in her first year at a new and troubled school.

• Va. School Finds Business Support Key to Performance
  A member of the Department of Education's Partnership for Family Involvement in Education (PFIE), Stonewall Jackson High School in Virginia teams up with its business neighbors to prepare students for high-tech demands

• A Roundup of Recent Activities
  A roundup of recent activities of PFIE members, including The Accelerated School in Los Angeles, the Boston Private Industry Council and IBM.

• Calendar

• Testing for Results
  A sample of organizations specializing in testing and data analysis to help educators translate scores into results.