The board of directors of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science (AAAS) released a "Resolution on
Intelligent Design Theory" that states, in part, that Whereas,
the ID movement has failed to offer credible scientific evidence
to support their claim that ID undermines the current
scientifically accepted theory of evolution; Whereas the ID
movement has not proposed a scientific means of testing its
claims; The Board of Education in Ohio is preparing to approve
new state standards for public school science classes. Proposed
standards were approved by the Standards Committee on October
14, 2002 and forwarded to the full board for consideration and
adoption before the end of the year. The topic of evolution has
been by far the most contentious element in the science
standards throughout their development. Most Ohio scientists and
teachers who have been following events consider the new
standards a great improvement over previous treatments,
especially regarding evolution. Dr. Eugenie C. Scott, Exe