The purpose of this report is to outline what parents can do to ensure their child will make the transition from learning to read to reading to learn by the end of 3rd grade. This is their report. In September 1989, President George Bush met with the nation's governors in the first National Education Summit. Released last week, the 1999 National Education Goals Report reveals that these goals will not be met, but the report does indicate that many states have made steady improvement on the 34 state indicators that measure progress toward the goals.
Viewers can also see how their state rated via fact sheets and score cards.
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