2.  Will the standards-based reform movement improve education or discriminate against poor and disadvantaged students?

3.  All children will start school ready to learn.  The high school graduation rate will increase to at least 90 percent.  All students in grades four, eight, and twelve will demonstrate competency in English, math, science, civics, foreign language, economics, arts, history, and geography.  U.S. students will be first in math and science achievement.  Every adult will be literate.  Every school in the U.S. will be free of drugs and violence, and the unauthorized presence of firearms and alcohol