If ethanol production eventually takes 30 percent of the U.S. crop, as now predicted, much of that increase will come at the expense of the 25 percent now going to cattle feed. That means producers might face higher costs.

Research has clearly shown that good formative assessment practices lead to more effective instruction and increased student achievement. This partnership takes that process one step further, leading teachers to the precise lessons in this excellent core program that address each student's specific needs.

It's a compromise. It doesn't provide all the revenue that Joe was figuring on but it still does produce a significant amount of revenue and we need that.

In 2007 they will be playing a game that they can win.

I don't know if there will ever be a national database to track them.

How much better can it get? I find it hard to believe next year we will be talking about earnings that are up 20 percent.