11.   Davis, whose education agenda dominated the first part of his administration, tied the financial incentives to student performance on standardized tests.

12.   He is also a champion of the NAEP test, allowing states to use the national test to measure student performance as part of his education policy agenda.

13.   He criticized Republicans for not embracing his education agenda.

14.   He praised state and local political leaders, made a speech promoting his education agenda and greeted an ethnically diverse throng of flag-waving kids.

15.   His education agenda, now in a conference committee, has been severely compromised.

16.   It is part of a larger effort by house Republicans to have an education agenda.

17.   Last week, Republican front-runner George W. Bush spelled out his education agenda during a campaign swing in California.

18.   McGreevey appeared on Monday to be pressing ahead with his education agenda even before he appoints an education commissioner.

19.   Republicans are also assembling their own education agenda.