A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n
National Education Goals
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, 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 modern economy.
- U.S. students will be first in the world in mathematics and
science 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 and violence and
will offer a disciplined environment conducive to learning.