A: In the process of continuous education reform in the United States, the quality of education has always been the difficulty of reform. 1983 the investigation Committee on the quality of primary and secondary education in the United States put forward a report entitled "The country is in crisis: education reform is imperative". The report puts forward the following reform suggestions for American education: First, to strengthen the teaching of five "new basic courses" in middle schools, middle school students must offer mathematics, English, natural science, social science and computer courses. Second, improve education standards and requirements. Primary schools, middle schools and universities should adopt stricter and measurable standards for students' academic performance and behavior performance, and put forward higher expectations. Third, improve the training of teachers, improve the training standards of education majors that teachers should meet before employment, so that they have both the tendency and the ability to teach, and at the same time improve their social status and material treatment. Fourth, the federal government, state and local officials, school principals and inspectors must play a leading role in leading the implementation of educational reform. This report has become a programmatic document of the educational reform in the United States since the mid-1980s, with the focus on improving the quality of education. Although some people criticize the United States for attaching importance to the quality of education, there are also problems such as ignoring flexibility and emotional training. But overall, the effect of "the country is in crisis: education reform is imperative" is positive.