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U.S. Department of Education


STRATEGIC PLAN 2002 - 2007

(Mission ( Strategic Goals ( Strategic Objectives ( Targets)

Department of Education Mission:

To ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence
throughout the nation


(всеобщая доступность и высокое качество)

"In this great land called America, no child will be left behind."
--President George W. Bush

Department of Education Strategic Goals:

Goal One: Create a Culture of Achievement


Create a culture of achievement by effectively implementing the president's
plan, No Child Left Behind, and by basing all federal education programs on
its principles: accountability, flexibility, expanded parental options, and
doing what works.


Goal Two: Improve Student Achievement


Improve achievement for all groups of students by putting reading first,
expanding high quality math and science teaching, reforming high schools,
and boosting teacher and principal quality, thereby closing the achievement
gap.


Goal Three: Develop Safe Schools and Strong Character


Establish safe, disciplined, and drug-free educational environments that
foster the development of good character and citizenship.


Goal Four: Transform Education into an


Evidence-Based Field


Strengthen the quality of educational research.


Goal Five: Enhance the Quality of and Access to Postsecondary and Adult
Education


Increase opportunities for students and the effectiveness of institutions.


Goal Six: Establish Management Excellence


Create a culture of accountability throughout the Department of Education.



Department of Education Strategic Objectives:



Goal One: Create a Culture of Achievement

1. Link federal education funding to accountability for results.
2. Increase flexibility and local control.
3. Increase information and options for parents.
4. Encourage the use of scientifically based methods within federal
education programs.

Goal Two: Improve Student Achievement

1. Ensure that all students read on grade level by the third grade.
2. Improve math and science achievement for all students.
3. Improve the performance of all high school students.
4. Improve teacher and principal quality.

Goal Three: Develop Safe Schools and Strong Character

2. Ensure that our nation's schools are safe and drug-free and that
students are free of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
3. Promote strong character and citizenship among our nation's youth.

Goal Four: Transform Education into an Evidence-Based Field

1. Raise the quality of research funded or conducted by the Department.
2. Increase the relevance of our research in order to meet the needs of
our customers.

Goal Five: Enhance the Quality of and Access to Postsecondary and Adult
Education

1. Reduce the gaps in college access and completion among student
populations differing by race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and
disability while increasing the educational attainment of all.
2. Strengthen accountability of postsecondary institutions.
3. Establish effective funding mechanisms for postsecondary education.
4. Strengthen Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic
Serving Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and Universities.
5. Enhance the literacy skills of American adults.

Goal Six: Establish Management Excellence

1. Develop and maintain financial integrity and management and internal
controls.
2. Improve the strategic management of the Department's human capital.
3. Manage information technology resources, using e-gov, to improve
service for our customers and partners.
4. Modernize the Student Financial Assistance programs and reduce their
high-risk status.
5. Achieve budget and performance integration to link funding decisions
to results.
6. Leverage the contributions of community- and faith-based
organizations to increase the effectiveness of Department programs.
7. By becoming a high performance, customer-focused organization, earn
the President's Quality Award.


Strategic Goal 1 Create a Culture of Achievement


Objective 1.1 Link federal education funding to accountability for results

To create a culture of achievement, we must demonstrate that achievement
counts, at the local, state and federal levels. In alignment with No Child
Left Behind, states will develop systems that hold local schools
accountable for results. State progress on a number of achievement
indicators will be reported annually. Federal education programs will also
be held accountable; those that do not demonstrate results in terms of
student outcomes will be reformed or eliminated.

Strategies for Objective 1.1

Provide technical assistance. The Department will offer technical
assistance for states to help them develop robust school accountability
systems that fulfill the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act.
These systems must include rigorous academic standards, annual assessments
in reading and math in grades three through eight, real accountability for
schools and greater options for parents.
Publish a national education performance report. The Department will
publish an annual report detailing each state's progress over time on a
number of K-16 performance indicators. These indicators will be drawn from
the student achievement reporting requirements of No Child Left Behind, as
well as other existing data sources.
Create performance-based grants. Within upcoming reauthorizations, the
Department will work with Congress to transform formula-based state grants
into performance-based grants that award bonuses to states for significant
progress and impose sanctions for lack of results.
Support Department programs that work. We will provide an annual list, in
conjunction with our GPRA annual performance report and budget submission
to Congress, of Department programs that have and have not demonstrated
effectiveness in terms of outcomes and propose reforming or eliminating
ineffective programs. Effectiveness will be determined by program
performance indicators or through rigorous program evaluations. (See
objective 6.5 for more on this topic.)
Performance Measures for Objective 1.1

|Objective 1.1 Link Federal Education|Performance Targets |
|Funding to Accountability for | |
|Results | |
| |'02 |'03 |'04 |'05 |'06 |'07 |
|State |The percentage of |30 |40 |50 |75 |100 |100 |
|Accountability |states with | | | | | | |
|Systems |complete school | | | | | | |
| |accountability | | | | | | |
| |systems in place as| | | | | | |
| |required by the No | | | | | | |
| |Child Left Behind | | | | | | |
| |Act.* | | | | | | |
|Federal Program|The percentage of | | | | | | |
|Accountability |Department programs|Base|Base|Base|Base|Base |70 |
| |that demonstrate | | | | |line | |
| |effectiveness in |line|line|line|line|+ | |
| |terms of outcomes, | | | | |40 PP| |
| |either on |+ |+ |+ |+ | | |
| |performance |5 PP|10 |20 |30 | | |
| |indicators or | |PP |PP |PP | | |
| |through rigorous | | | | | | |
| |evaluations. | | | | | | |
| |The percentage of | | | | | | |
| |Department program |Base|Base|Base|Base|Base |80 |
| |dollars that are in| | | | |line | |
| |programs that |line|line|line|line|+ | |
| |demonstrate | | | | |50 PP| |
| |effectiveness in |+ |+ |+ |+ | | |
| |terms of outcomes, |10 |20 |30 |40 | | |
| |either on |PP |PP |PP |PP | | |
| |performance | | | | | | |
| |indicators or | | | | | | |
| |through rigorous | | | | | | |
| |evaluations. | | | | | | |

* For this indicator, a complete accountability system includes annual
assessments in grades three through eight in math and reading; the
publication of adequate yearly progress targets for each student subgroup;
the publication of student achievement data (by school, district, and
statewide) disaggregated by race/ethnicity, poverty, disability, and
limited English proficiency; and the choice provisions for students in low-
performing schools. This entire system is not required to be in place until
2005-2006.
PP = Percentage Points
The baseline year is FY 2001.