Quality Counts 2001 provides a classroom-eye view of how the standards movement is playing out.

This special report, subtitled A Better Balance: Standards, Tests and the Tools to Succeed, is based on a new, nationally representative survey of 1,019 public school teachers conducted especially for Education Week. It also includes the most comprehensive survey to date of what the 50 states are doing to set academic standards, create testing and accountability systems linked to those standards, and provide support for students and educators to reach the higher expectations.

Today, 49 states have academic standards in at least some subjects; 50 test how well their students are learning; and 27 hold schools accountable for results, either by rating the performance of all schools or identifying low-performing ones.

	Charting Progress In addition to looking at student achievement, this year's edition of Quality Counts also grades the 50 states in four areas: standards and accountability, efforts to improve teacher quality, school climate, and resources.

	Education: A Top Priority for Gov. Davis California Gov. Gray Davis in his state-of-the-state address January 9, outlined an ambitious plan to train every principal and every teacher who teaches math or reading.

	Digital Divide Still a Problem at School In America's poorest schools, where 71% or more of the kids qualify for a reduced-price or free lunch, only 39 percent of the classrooms are wired.

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