The engine that drives the America 2000 strategy is the Community Challenge--a nationwide movement designed to help America move itself, community by community, toward the six National Education Goals. A community can do four things to become an America 2000 community: (1) adopt the six national education goals; (2) develop a communitywide strategy to achieve them; (3) design a report card to measure progress; and (4) plan for and support a new American School. This booklet contains questions that communities might ask about planning a strategy, and offers a starting place to evaluate their progress toward becoming an America 2000 community. (LMI)