Goals 2000: Reforming Education to Improve Student Achievement (April 1998) looks at how Goals 2000 supports State efforts to develop clear and rigorous standards for what every child should know and be able to do, and supports comprehensive state- and district-wide planning and implementation of school improvement efforts focused on improving student achievement to those standards.
The National Education Goals Report - 1993 Building a Nation of Learners (September 1993) Text Version: Volume One: The National Report (This document includes the text for the Foreword, Introduction, and Chapters 1 and 2 of the Report. The exhibits, appendices, and the text for Chapters 3 and 4 are not included.)
Here are sites that host or point to academic and skill standards, developed by states and others, describing what students should know and be able to do; and documents about standards. Our pointing to these sites does not represent an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education of standards presented there. The U.S. Department of Education does not endorse or approve these -- nor any other -- academic standards.
Find out about the parent information and
resource center in your state or region. These 28 centers are funded under
Goals 2000 to expand opportunities for parents to be involved in children's
learning.
The full text of the Goals 2000:
Educate America Act as signed into law by President Clinton on March 31,
1994.
Please note that the 1996 budget bill signed into law on April 26, 1996, amends
the Act in important ways. It:
authorizes six additional "Ed-Flex" states, giving states unprecedented
authority to waive federal rules and regulations;
allows districts in states not participating in Goals 2000 as of October
20, 1995, to apply directly to the Secretary for Goals 2000 grants as long as
the state education agency approves (states eligible for this option were NH,
VA, AL, MT, and OK and districts in NH, MT, OK are taking advantage of the new
option);
eliminates the National Education Standards and Improvement Council, which had
never been established;
eliminates provisions governing the composition of state and local education
improvement panels;
eliminates opportunity-to-learn standards or strategy requirements within
the state plans;
provides an alternative to Secretarial approval of state plans giving the
states an option to submit, instead, assurances that there is a plan and
timelines and benchmarks for accomplishing it; and
expressly states that Goals 2000 may not be construed to require a state,
local district, or school to provide outcome based education or school-based
health clinics.
Teachers and GOALS 2000 describes how
teachers can use the unusual opportunity presented by Goals 2000 to step forward
and lead the journey toward high standards for all students in their
schools and communities.
Visit the National Education
Goals Panel web site, for the most recent information on how much progress the nation and states are making toward the National Education Goals. It allows users to compare state progress and describes what is being done to improve education in states and communities across the country.