INTERESTED LISTENERS--Ten year-old Chelsea Cox, right, and her sister Erica, 8, of Lordstown, Ohio attend a news conference concerning a resolution offered by legislators that would halt and review the current proficiency testing for students, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, March 15, 2000. The girls were with their parents George and Lisa Cox. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

PROFICIENCY RESOLUTION--Rep. Ronald Gerberry, D-Canfield, gestures as he speaks about a proposed resolution that would halt the state's proficiency testing until a study can be conducted, during a news conference, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, March 15, 2000. Also seen are: from left, Sen. Rober Hagan, D-Youngstown, Sen. Michael Shoemaker, D-Bourneville, and Sen. Leigh Herrington, D-Kent. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)