The mission of the National Education Goals Panel is to catalyze fundamental change in schools, communities, states and the nation in order to achieve the National Education Goals.

The Goals Panel will achieve this mission by reporting on Goal achievement, encouraging the development of voluntary educational content standards, performance standards, as well as reporting on promising or effective policies and practices.

The Goals Panel will strive to build a nationwide, bipartisan consensus on the necessity of achieving the National Education Goals and on effective ways to achieve them.