20 U.S.C. § 5801
Section 5801 · Purpose
Current version, with additions and removals from the March 31, 1994 version.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide a framework for meeting the National Education Goals established by subchapter I of this chapter by—
The purpose of this chapter is to provide a framework for meeting the National Education Goals established by subchapter I of this chapter by—
(1) promoting coherent, nationwide, systemic education reform;
(1) promoting coherent, nationwide, systemic education reform;
(2) improving the quality of learning and teaching in the classroom and in the workplace;
(2) improving the quality of learning and teaching in the classroom and in the workplace;
(3) defining appropriate and coherent Federal, State, and local roles and responsibilities for education reform and lifelong learning;
(3) defining appropriate and coherent Federal, State, and local roles and responsibilities for education reform and lifelong learning;
(4) establishing valid and reliable mechanisms for—
(4) establishing valid and reliable mechanisms for—
(A) building a broad national consensus on American education reform;
(A) building a broad national consensus on American education reform;
(D) assisting in the development and certification of high-quality assessment measures that reflect the internationally competitive content and student performance standards;
(5) supporting new initiatives at the Federal, State, local, and school levels to provide equal educational opportunity for all students to meet high academic and occupational skill standards and to succeed in the world of employment and civic participation;
(5) supporting new initiatives at the Federal, State, local, and school levels to provide equal educational opportunity for all students to meet high academic and occupational skill standards and to succeed in the world of employment and civic participation;
(6) providing a framework for the reauthorization of all Federal education programs by—
(6) providing a framework for the reauthorization of all Federal education programs by—
(A) creating a vision of excellence and equity that will guide all Federal education and related programs;
(A) creating a vision of excellence and equity that will guide all Federal education and related programs;
(B) providing for the establishment of high-quality, internationally competitive content and student performance standards and strategies that all students will be expected to achieve;
(B) providing for the establishment of high-quality, internationally competitive content and student performance standards and strategies that all students will be expected to achieve;
(C) providing for the establishment of high-quality, internationally competitive opportunity-to-learn standards that all States, local educational agencies, and schools should achieve;
(7) stimulating the development and adoption of a voluntary national system of skill standards and certification to serve as a cornerstone of the national strategy to enhance workforce skills; and
(7) stimulating the development and adoption of a voluntary national system of skill standards and certification to serve as a cornerstone of the national strategy to enhance workforce skills; and
(8) assisting every elementary and secondary school that receives funds under this chapter to actively involve parents and families in supporting the academic work of their children at home and in providing parents with skills to advocate for their children at school.
(8) assisting every elementary and secondary school that receives funds under this chapter to actively involve parents and families in supporting the academic work of their children at home and in providing parents with skills to advocate for their children at school.