News in Brief: A State Capitals Roundup

Kentucky will revise its testing system to comply with the new federal education law.

The Kentucky state board of education voted unanimously on Oct. 2 to add reading and mathematics tests at several new grade levels so that it can measure student progress in grades 3-8.

Currently, the state has tests that are based on its standards for reading in grades 4, 6, and 9 and on its math standards in grades 5 and 8. Starting in the 2004-05 school year, the state will fill in the missing grades that the "No Child Left Behind" Act of 2001...