State School Chiefs Fret Over U.S. Plan To Require Testing. (cover story)

Focuses on the complaints of state education officials concerning the imminent federal requirement for annual reading and math tests of students. How the tests threaten to undermine the testing systems that most states have created; Fear that the legislation will not fully pay for the new tests it requires; Lack of staff to enforce low-performance schools and districts; Support of the Senate version of the education bill.