 Striving for Excellence: The National Education Priorities of the President and the U.S. Department of Education,
Volume IV
This fourth volume of Striving for Excellence represents the collective efforts of the sixteen clearinghouses that constitute the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC). Each ERIC Clearinghouse covers a specific area of education, selecting materials for the database, developing publications, and responding to requests for information on related topics from educators and the public. In addition, each ERIC Clearinghouse regularly synthesizes research reports, conference papers, books, journal articles, and other materials and compiles the information into short ERIC Digests. More than 2,000 full-text ERIC Digests can be accessed online.
The eighty ERIC Digests in this volume provide an overview of issues, programs, and research related to the seven education priorities established by the President and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. The Digests are grouped into seven sections by priority and are organized alphabetically within each section. The materials in this volume are in the public domain and may be reproduced and disseminated freely.
ERIC is a nationwide information system sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI). As part of the National Library of Education (NLE), ERIC maintains the largest education database in the world, containing more than one million bibliographic records of documents and journal articles. Since 1966, ERIC has provided users with ready access to this literature by collecting, analyzing, and distributing education information from local, state, federal, and international sources. Users can access the ERIC database online through the Internet, through commercial vendors, on CD-ROM, or through print and microfiche indexes.
Readers are encouraged to call ACCESS ERIC at 1–800–LET–ERIC (538–3742) for further information about the ERIC system and its products and services. For information about the National Library of Education's services, call 1–800–424–1616 or send e-mail to library@inet.ed.gov. The Library, located at 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20202–5523, is open to the public on weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Introduction
Priority 1: Reading
All students will read independently and well by the end of 3rd grade.
Priority 2: Mathematics
All students will master challenging mathematics, including the foundations of algebra and geometry, by the end of 8th grade.
Priority 3: College Preparation
By 18 years of age, all students will be prepared for and able to afford college.
Priority 4: Standards for Achievement and Accountability
All states and schools will have challenging and clear standards of achievement and accountability for all children, and effective strategies for reaching those standards.
Priority 5: Teacher Quality
There will be a talented, dedicated, and well-prepared teacher in every classroom.
Priority 6: Technology in the Classroom
Every classroom will be connected to the Internet by the year 2000 and all students will be technologically literate.
Priority 7: Safe and Drug-Free Schools
Every school will be strong, safe, drug-free, and disciplined.
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