1.   Bush would have schools publish achievement data by race, gender and income status, giving parents added information about school performance.

2.   Others have failed to gather and present achievement data, making it impossible to judge whether they have succeeded or failed.

3.   The education reform bill passed last week by the House takes the vital first step of requiring the states to report achievement data by race and income.

4.   When the government releases test results, journalists report contradictory achievement data and even experts often do not distinguish which test was reported.