The contract was awarded to Cox Business Services, part of the Cox Education Network, a company providing educational technology resources to the state of Arizona.

Select Beyond Books online curriculum programs will be accessible to all 440,000 middle and high school students in the Arizona public school system beginning in September 2001.

"Beyond Books is proud to be part of this historic initiative," says Jim Cassano, President and CEO of New Forum Publishers. "We are completely confident that our content will meet the needs of Arizona teachers and students, allowing them to effectively meet their state education standards."

Beyond Books provides standards-based online curriculum for secondary school students in a number of academic disciplines.