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National Education Goals Panel
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 system-wide reform, including the following: * 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

National Institute on the Education of At-Risk Students
The National Institute on the Education of At-Risk Students (At-Risk Institute) is one of five Institutes created by the Educational Research, Development, Dissemination and Improvement Act of 1994. These Institutes are located within the Office of Educational Research and Improvement at the U.S. Department of Education.

The At-Risk Institute supports a range of research and development activities designed to improve the education of students at risk of educational failure because of limited English proficiency, poverty, race, geographic location, or economic disadvantage.

National Center for Educational Statistics
NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and other nations.