Goals 2000 abandons the American competitive tracking system. It is replaced by new national achievement standards which assess students' behavior and attitude. Students are not allowed to excel independently. The brighter students will tutor slower students until the entire unit can move to a higher level. In order not to harm any student's self esteem, no one fails and no one excels.
Report cards are out.
Brighter students tutor the slower ones. A computer tracking system will track teachers' training and performance, school performance and students from pre-kindergarten through technical training and into the workforce. All information will be made available to interested government officials and prospective employers. Any school district accepting Goals 2000 funding is mandated to accept the curriculum dictated by the National Board. This concept has been around since at least the 1960s and perhaps as far back as the 1930s.