The National Education Goals Report

Building a Nation of Learners

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This page presents excerpts from the NEGP's National Education Goals Report: Building a Nation of Learners. 1997. These excerpts are those exhibits (i.e., tables and graphs) that relate to Goal 1: Ready to Learn.

The full text of the National Education Goals Report for 1997 is available at the Web site of the NEGP. Go to the NEGP Home Page, choose "Publications List," and then choose "Available Reports." [ReadyWeb Editor's note: The NEGP has been dissolved pursuant to congressional mandate.]

Note that the 1997 Goals Report is available only in Adobe Acrobat format. If you have an Adobe Acrobat reader, just click on the link to "1997 National Education Goals Report" and view the report. If you do not have an Adobe Acrobat Reader, then click on the "Get Acrobat Reader" button at the top of the NEGP Reports page to download the reader. Follow the instructions given on the Adobe Acrobat page for installing the Reader with your Web browser. Then return to the NEGP Reports page and select the "1997 National Education Goals Report" to read the report.

Table of Contents

• Information about the National Education Goals Panel
• Interpreting the Exhibits
• Exhibit 1 and Table1: Children's Health Index
• Exhibit 2: Immunizations
• Exhibit 3: Family-Child Reading and Storytelling
• Exhibit 4: Preschool Participation
• Excerpts from Appendix B

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February 16, 1998