This document presents the hearing of the Subcommittee on Research, Committee on Science, House of Representatives, held May 2, 2001. The content of the hearing focuses on the educational improvement of science education at the K-12 level and includes the following speakers' statements: (1) Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Research, Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives; (2) Education Department Chair, Phil Sadler, Science Education Department, Director Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; (3) Eugene Carl Schaffer, Education Department, Chair, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; (4) David Garner, Urban Systemic Program, Director, Oklahoma City Schools, Curriculum and Instruction Department; and (5) Carl Parravano, Merck Institute for Science, Director. (YDS)