A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n
National Education Goals
In 1989, the President and the governors adopted six National Education Goals. Those six were
put into law and two added by the Congress in the Goals 2000: Educate America Act enacted
in 1994.
The Goals now 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.
- All students will leave grades 4, 8, and 12 having demonstrated competency over 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.
- United States 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 the United States will be free of drugs, violence, and
the unauthorized presence of firearms and alcohol and will offer a disciplined environment
conducive to learning.
- 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.
- Every school will promote partnerships that will increase parental
involvement and participation in promoting the social, emotional, and academic growth of
children.
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