This special issue of "Catalyst", entitled Testing Programs in Schools: What's New?, was published jointly by the Nebraska Council of School Administrators and the Nebraska Association for Supervision and Curriculum. The articles emphasize desirability of designing testing programs to meet the information needs of educators and the community. Articles included are: a guest editorial, Toward Improved Testing Programs, by L. James Walter; Testing Programs in Nebraska School Districts, by Conrad Carlberg; So, You're Going to Buy Another Standardized Test... Whose? Why?? Who Cares???, by H. James Funk and Charles R. DuVall; Practical Uses and Interpretations of Achievement Testing, by Paul G. Monkowski; A Helping Hand in Testing: The Mental Measurements Yearbook, by James V. Mitchell, Jr.; Evaluating Student Achievement: New Technology Applied to Old Measurement Problems, by Mardel R. Kolls; So You Want to Get a Student Tested? Tips for the Building Administrator, by James M. Boland; A Review of a Testing Program: The Fremont Public Schools, by James Windeshausen; and The Testing Program of the Omaha Public Schools, by Paul J. Malcom. (BW)