It is the purpose of this part to establish a bipartisan mechanism for--
(1) building a national consensus for education improvement;
(2) reporting on progress toward achieving the National Education Goals; and
(3) reviewing the voluntary national content standards, voluntary national student performance standards and voluntary national opportunity-to-learn standards certified by the National Education Standards and Improvement Council, as well as the criteria for the certification of such standards, and the criteria for the certification of State assessments certified by the National Education Standards and Improvement Council, with the option of disapproving such standards and criteria not later than 90 days after receipt from such Council.