The National Education Goals Panel is an independent executive branch agency of the federal government charged with monitoring national and state progress toward the National Education Goals. Under the legislation, the Panel is charged with a variety of responsibilities to support systemwide reform, including:

• Reporting on national and state progress toward the Goals over a 10-year period;
• Working to establish a system of high academic standards and assessments;
• Identifying actions for federal, state, and local governments to take; and
• Building a nationwide, bipartisan consensus to achieve the Goals.