"The Achiever" is a monthly publication for parents and community leaders. Each issue contains news and information about school improvement in the United States. Highlights of this issue include: (1) "Promising Gains" among Urban School Districts: Nation's Report Card Reveals Greatest Increases in Math; (2) Tying Names to Numbers--Data Analysis, Reform Model Turn Around Atlanta School (Nicole Ashby); (3) Spellings Discusses Character Education; (4) New Report on Title I Achievement; (5) New National Education Center; (6) Around the Country--California and Texas; (7) Calendar; (8) Q&A--School Report Cards; (9) Education News Parents Can Use; and (10) "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act." ["The Achiever" is published by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Communications and Outreach. For Volume 6, Number 8 of "The Achiever," see ED499024.]