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 * National Educational Technology Plan**

According to the National Education Technology Plan (NETP) website, this plan calls for “applying the advanced technologies used in our daily personal and professional lives to our entire education system to improve student learning, accelerate and scale up the adoption of effective practices, and use data and information for continuous improvement.”

Recommendations have been given for states, districts, the federal government, and other stakeholders for implementing this plan. The sub-goals of this plan address “five essential components of learning powered by technology: Learning, Assessment, Teaching, Infrastructure, and Productivity.”

According to the Executive Summary on the NETP website, “education is the key to America’s economic growth and prosperity and to our ability to compete in the global economy.” Clearly, education is important and the NETP is how the government plans to implement better education in the United States. There are two main goals behind the NETP, as implemented by the Obama administration. The first goal is to raise the number of college graduate students from 41% (currently) to 60% by 2020. The second goal is to close the achievement gap and increase the number of high school graduates.

As part of the NETP 2010, the American education system is urged to:
 * Be clear about the outcomes [they] seek
 * Collaborate to redesign structures and processes for effectiveness, efficiency, and flexibility.
 * Continually monitor and measure [their] performance
 * Hold [themselves] accountable for progress and results every step of the way
 * Technology is important to this plan because the government believes that technology in education will be crucial to improving student learning.

In-depth look at the Goals and Recommendations
 * Learning: Engage and Empower – All learners will have engaging and empowering learning experiences both in and out of school that prepare them to be active, creative, knowledgeable, and ethical participants in our globally networked society.
 * Assessment: Measure What Matters – Our education system at all levels will leverage the power of technology to measure what matters and use assessment data for continuous improvement.
 * Teaching: Prepare and Connect – Professional educators will be supported individually and in teams by technology that connects them to data, content, resources, expertise, and learning experiences that enable and inspire more effective teaching for all learners.
 * Infrastructure: Access and Enable – All students and educators will have access to a comprehensive infrastructure for learning when and where they need it.
 * Productivity: Redesign and Transform – Our education system at all levels will redesign processes and structures to take advantage of the power of technology to improve learning out comes while making more efficient use of time, money, and staff.

National Educational Technology Plan
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