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National Center for Education Statistics (2000, April).  Teacher Use of Computers and
the Internet in Public Schools.  U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational
Research and Improvement, NCES 2000-090.

This Statistics in Brief discusses public school teachers use of computers and 
the Internet and their feelings of preparedness to do so.  Using the Fast Response 
Survey System that was conducted in the spring of 1999, the survey found that
99 percent of full-time regular public school teachers reported they had access to 
computers on the Internet somewhere in their schools.  Thirty-nine percent of 
public school teachers with access to computers or the Internet in their classroom 
or elsewhere indicated they used computers or the Internet a lot.  Sixty-six 
percent of public school teachers reported using computers or the Internet for 
instruction during class time.  Also, 23 percent of public school teachers reported 
feeling well prepared and an additional 10 percent reported feeling very well 
prepared to use computers and the Internet in their teaching.


National Center for Education Statistics (2001, May).  Internet Access in U.s. Public
Schools and Classrooms: 19942000.  U.S. Department of Education, Office of
Educational Research and Improvement, NCES 2001-071.

Since 1994, NCES has surveyed public schools to measure what proportion of 
them are connected to the Internet.  In the fall of each academic year, a new 
nationally representative sample of approximately 1,000 public schools has been 
surveyed about Internet access and, since 1996, about the type of Internet 
connections used.  In this survey, questions were also asked about access to the 
Internet at times outside of regular school hours and on acceptable use 
policies.  The survey found that there were virtually no differences in public 
school access to the Internet by school characteristics.  There was, however, a 
difference in the ratio of students to instructional computers between schools
with the highest concentration of poverty (9 to 1) and the lowest concentration of 
poverty (6 to 1).


	

	
		
			
				
					
						




						
							
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