EDUCAUSE Core Data Service Fiscal Year 2007 Summary Report summarizes much of the data collected through the 2007 EDUCAUSE core data survey about campus information technology (IT) environments at 994 colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad. The report presents aggregates of data through more than 100 tables and accompanying descriptive…

The 2017 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 53rd in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The "Digest" has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field…

A survey undertaken in June 1980 sought to determine the types of computers used for instructional purposes in the Ontario schools. A brief questionnaire was sent to elementary and secondary schools, both public and private. The study revealed that the present use of computers in instruction is confined almost exclusively to secondary schools.…

In fall 1995, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) conducted a survey of advanced telecommunications in private schools to provide baseline data on computer and Internet availability, and allow for comparisons with public schools. To revisit the issue of computer and Internet availability in private schools and measure changes since…

In response to the federal goal to connect all of the nation's school classrooms, libraries, hospitals, and law enforcement agencies to the information superhighway, the U.S. Department of Education commissioned a survey to obtain current data to compare with baseline data (obtained in 1994) on the status of advanced telecommunications in public…

Information for the 1986-87 school year presented in this fifth annual report on microcomputer use for 1,178 public and private K-12 schools in Louisiana indicates that, overall, 92% of the schools are using computers for instruction or other purposes. Detailed survey results are presented in 15 data tables, which show: (1-2) the number and…

This statistical brief on microcomputers in Florida public schools includes data on the following: (1) the number of instructional microcomputers from 1987-88 to 1991-92; (2) the number of instructional microcomputers for each school district from 1987-88 to 1991-92, including net change from 1990-91 to 1991-92; (3) percentages of instructional…

The North Carolina State Board of Education, as part of the Quality Assurance Program, established a computer proficiency requirement for students in grade eight for the 1996-97 school year and beyond in order to receive a North Carolina high school diploma. The first opportunity to meet the requirement is during the eighth grade. Passing the…

This appendix of state-by-state results is designed as a companion reference to two National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reports containing national data from the 1992 mathematics assessment. It contains a selected set of state-by-state data tables that focus on the school and classroom contexts for learning mathematics in grades 4…

The four papers in this volume are four parts of a series on the status of recent work on measuring instruction, curriculum content, and instructional resources. These papers are intended to identify aspects of instruction, to analyze the approaches used in several leading studies, and to describe the implications of recent work for National…

Computers have become an essential tool in society. Early exposure to computers may help students gain the computer literacy that will be crucial for future success in the workplace. Access to computers at school and at home allows students to retrieve information, manipulate data, and produce results efficiently and in innovative ways. Examining…

In October 1994, the New Hampshire Department of Education, in conjunction with the Legislative Study Committee on Interactive Communications, conducted a survey to determine the technology infrastructure of New Hampshire Schools. The survey elicited information about technology plans, instructional and administrative use of personal computers and…

During the 1998-99 academic year, the Milken Family Foundation undertook the second annual survey of district technology coordinators. This report presents the following survey data from 3,800 districts in 27 states: response rates; size of districts; student uses of technology; student outcomes; teacher uses of technology; percentage of student…

This report, the third in a series from the spring 1998 national survey, "Teaching, Learning, and Computing," focuses on how teachers have incorporated computers into their instructional practices. The study is comprised of completed questionnaire responses from teachers, principals, and school technology coordinators from 1,616 schools. Part 1…

This fifth annual survey of computers and their use in South Carolina schools covers the 1978-88 school years. A questionnaire inventoried computer equipment and software, and dealt with such issues as instructional and administrative uses of computers, and availability of funding. The forms were distributed to all South Carolina public school…