Because of this fact, more attention needs to be given to expanding and developing high quality education programs for children ages three to five, including age-appropriate activities that build science and mathematics skills. As federal and state agencies restructure welfare support for children and families, educators wonder how these changes will affect the National Education Goal related to readiness. Recognizing the need to build science and mathematics skills at the preschool level, the South Dakota Office of Comprehensive Services, in partnership with the South Dakota Headstart Association, is seeking foundation funding for a proposal related to strengthening science and mathematics in preschool programs. Rather than deciding on appropriate strategies to meet the needs of each school or student, many educators and equity advocates think that model equity programs alone are the way to solve equity problems. SEAs are still grappling with how to design an annual evaluation system that shows how well they and their LEAs and schools are doing in terms of infusing equity and excellence into SMT systemic reform.
Many SEAs disaggregate their data by race and gender.
In addition, most states use the format developed by the National Education Goals Panel to determine if the United States is building a world class education system.