Heads of Two Standards Panels for Science Named

By Peter West

PASADENA, Calif--The body coordinating the development of national standards for science teaching, curriculum, and assessment has chosen the heads of two of the panels that will develop the standards and expects to name the third soon.

Although an announcement has yet to be made, officials of the National Academy of Sciences said at a meeting here this month that they have chosen Karen Worth, the principal investigator with the Insights Project at the Education Development Center in Newton, Mass., to head the teaching-standards panel.

They added that Henry Heikkinen, a chemistry professor at the University of Northern Colorado, will...