A hearing, held in Marietta, Georgia, on February 20, 2001, before the Committee on Education and the Workforce, House of Representatives, 107th Congress, dealt with reading and accountability and improving 21st century schools. These proceedings of the hearing contain the following: Statement of Congressman Bob Barr, 7th District of Georgia, U.S. House of Representatives; Statement of Congressman Johnny Isakson, 6th District of Georgia, U.S. House of Representatives; Opening Statement of Chairman John Boehner, Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives; Opening Statement of Ranking Member George Miller, Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives; Statement of the Honorable Roy Barnes, Governor, State of Georgia; Statement of Linda Schrenko, Georgia State School Superintendent, Atlanta, GA; Statement of Bill Hammond, Instructional Coordinator, DeKalb County Public Schools, Decatur, GA; Statement of Pat Biggerstaff, Assistant Principal, J.A. Maxwell Elementary School, Thomson, GA; Statement of Michael Vollmer, Executive Director, Office of Education Accountability, Georgia State Department of Education, Atlanta, GA; Statement of Alvin Willbanks, Superintendent of Schools, Gwinnett County, Lawrenceville, GA; Statement of Cindy Loe, Associate Superintendent for Organizational Advancement, Gwinnett County, Lawrenceville, GA; Appendix A--Written Opening Statement of Chairman John Boehner, Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives; Appendix B--Written Statement of the Honorable Roy Barnes, Governor, State of Georgia; Appendix C--Written Statement of Linda Schrenko, Georgia State School Superintendent, Atlanta, GA; Appendix D--Written Statement of Bill Hammond, Instructional Coordinator, DeKalb County Public Schools, Decatur, GA; Appendix E--Written Statement of Pat Biggerstaff, Assistant Principal, J.A. Maxwell Elementary School, Thomson, GA; Appendix F--Written Statement of Michael Vollmer, Executive Director, Office of Education Accountability, Georgia State Department of Education, Atlanta, GA; Appendix G--Written Statement of Alvin Willbanks, Superintendent of Schools, Gwinnett County, Lawrenceville, GA; and Appendix H--Written Statement of Cindy Loe, Associate Superintendent for Organizational Advancement, Gwinnett County, Lawrenceville, GA. (Contains a table of indexes.) (NKA)