The NETP or National Educational Technology Plan of 2010 includes two main goals by the year 2020: raise the number of college graduates from 39% to 60%, and work so that all students, regardless of race, income, or neighborhood will graduate from high school having the skills necessary for college. To reach these goals is it believed that an all out effort/intervention must be made rather than simply applying stop-gap measures or allowing these changes to evolve over a long course of time.
“It urges our education system at all levels to
• Be clear about the outcomes we seek.
• Collaborate to redesign structures and processes for effectiveness, efficiency, and flexibility.
• Continually monitor and measure our performance.
- Hold ourselves accountable for progress and results every step of the way.”
Atkins, Daniel E. et al, (March 5, 2010) Transforming American Education: Learning Powered By Technology p.5
The NETP focuses on five specific areas: learning, assessment, teaching, infrastructure, and productivity. After conducting studies of college ready programs, awareness was raised of how students learned, what they learned, and when they learned. Student responsibility for project based lessons, identifying real-world problems and designing plausible solutions, and collaborating with a variety of agencies, entities, and professionals in higher education, would play a great part in the success of such a focused concentration for change. The plan outlines recommendations for change that will hopefully bring about the desired results.
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