National Education Goals Panel
The National Education Goals
Panel, an independent agency in the Executive Branch, is a unique bipartisan and
intergovernmental body created in 1990 to assess and report on state and national
progress toward achieving the National Education Goals.
These goals state that by the year 2000:
- All children in America will start school ready to learn.
- The high school graduation rate will increase to at least 90 percent.
- American students will leave grades 4, 8, and 12 having demonstrated
competency in
challenging subject matter, including English, mathematics, science, foreign
languages, civics
and government, economics, arts, history, and geography; and every school in
America will
ensure that all students learn to use their minds well, so they may be prepared
for responsible
citizenship, further learning, and productive employment in our Nation's modern
economy.
- The Nation's teaching force will have access to programs for the continued
improvement
of their professional skills and the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and
skills needed to
instruct and prepare all American students for the next century.
- U.S. students will be first in the world in science and mathematics
achievement.
- Every adult American will be literate and will possess the knowledge and
skills necessary
to compete in a global economy and exercise the rights and responsibilities of
citizenship.
- Every school in America will be free of drugs, violence and the unauthorized
presence
of firearms and alcohol and will offer a disciplined environment conducive to
learning.
- Every school will promote partnerships that will increase parental
involvement and
participation in promoting the social, emotional, and academic growth of
children.
Each year the Panel releases a report that updates the nation's and individual
states' progress toward the Goals. The 1995 National Education Goals Panel
Report is scheduled
to be released in early November 1995.
In addition, the Panel supports states and communities in their efforts to
improve education and
help our students accomplish high standards of academic achievement by providing
resources
and tools to assist them in:
- Developing academic standards and assessments
- Producing state and local reports on the Goals
- Organizing to reach the Goals
Panel membership includes eight governors, four legislators, four members of
Congress, and
two members of the Administration.
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