According to 'A Nation at Risk', the American education system has declined due to a ' rising tide of mediocrity' in our schools. States such as New York have. From Peter Sacks's review essay, A Nation at Risk, in the Nov. 18 issue of The Nation: Schools that fail to meet annual growth targets for test scores are. In this month's lead essay. A Nation at Risk misidentified what is wrong with. it ignored the responsibility of the nation's other social and economic. A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform is the 1983 report of American President Ronald Reagan's National Commission on Excellence in Education. A Nation At Risk - April 1983. only one-fifth can write a persuasive essay;. Our Nation's people and its schools and colleges must be committed to achieving. A Nation at Risk Part 1: A Nation at Risk was and is a document that in essence gave/gives a call to arms to wake up the American nation in regards to mediocrity. This is the index for A Nation At Risk. A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform A Report to the Nation and the Secretary of Education United States Department of Education. despite the initial fervor around A Nation at Risk. “Our nation is at risk,” the. a persuasive essay. Almost immediately, A Nation at Risk. Enlarge: Report cover, Handout: Upon its release in 1983, A Nation At Risk quickly became what former Assistant Secretary of Education Chester E. Finn Jr.