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Table 410.Percent of public schools having access to selected telecommunication capabilities, by location of access site and level of school: 1994 and 1995

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                                       |  Percent  |   Percent of schools with telecommunications access,
                                       |    of     |                    by location\1\
          Telecommunications           |  schools  |-----------------------------------------------------------
             capabilities              |  having   |Administa- |  Teacher  |Classrooms | Computer  | Library/
                                       |  access   |   tive    | workrooms |           |   labs    |   media
                                       |           |  offices  |           |           |           |  centers
---------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------
                   1                   |     2     |     3     |     4     |     5     |     6     |     7
---------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------
                                       |                 All public schools, 1994
                                       |-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Computer with any telecommunication    |           |           |           |           |           |
  capabilities via local area network .|        56 |        67 |        17 |        38 |        59 |        60
Computer with any telecommunication    |           |           |           |           |           |
  capabilities via modem ..............|        57 |        55 |         9 |        28 |        38 |        56
Broadcast television ..................|        70 |        36 |        31 |        83 |        41 |        84
Cable television ......................|        74 |        31 |        24 |        70 |        39 |        85
Closed circuit television .............|        25 |        49 |        31 |        94 |        59 |        89
Two-way video with 2-way audio ........|         6 |        27 |        14 |        63 |        21 |        61
One-way video with two-way audio or    |           |           |           |           |           |
  computer link .......................|        10 |        28 |        14 |        58 |        36 |        67
                                       |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------
                                       |                 All public schools, 1995
                                       |-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Computer with any telecommunication    |           |           |           |           |           |
  capabilities via local area network .|        77 |        73 |        20 |        45 |        71 |        64
Computer with any telecommunication    |           |           |           |           |           |
  capabilities via modem ..............|        76 |        61 |        10 |        30 |        41 |        64
Computer with any telecommunication    |           |           |           |           |           |
  capabilities via wide area network ..|        61 |        58 |        14 |        35 |        41 |        68
Broadcast television ..................|        71 |        35 |        28 |        82 |        47 |        88
Cable television ......................|        76 |        33 |        25 |        72 |        42 |        91
Closed circuit television .............|        28 |        50 |        32 |        91 |        60 |        89
Two-way video with 2-way audio ........|        13 |        24 |        17 |        57 |        37 |        69
One-way video with two-way audio or    |           |           |           |           |           |
  computer link .......................|         7 |        26 |        15 |        63 |        41 |        54
---------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------

\1\Location estimates are based on those schools having access to each type of telecommunication capability. Percents of schools reporting telecommunication locations do not sum to 100 because many schools have access in more than one location.

NOTE.--Data are derived from a sample survey and are subject to sampling error.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Response Survey System, Survey on Advanced Telecommunications in U.S. Public Schools, K-12; and Advanced Telecommunications in U.S. Public Elementary and Secondary Schools, 1995. (This table was prepared September 1996.)


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