Percent of public and private schools having access to selected telecommunication capabilities, by location of access site and control of school: 1995 and 1998-99

Table 420.

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                                       |  Percent  |   Percent of schools with telecommunications access,
                                       |    of     |                    by location
          Telecommunications           |  schools  |__________________________________________________________________________
             capabilities              |  having   |Administa- |  Teacher  |Classrooms | Computer  | Library/  |Other instruc-
                                       |  access   |   tive    | workrooms |           |   labs    |   media   |tional rooms
                                       |           |  offices  |           |           |           |  centers  |
_______________________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|______________
                   1                   |     2     |     3     |     4     |     5     |     6     |     7     |      8
_______________________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|______________
                                       |                 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 two-way audio ......|        13 |        24 |        17 |        57 |        37 |        69 |          ---
One-way video with two-way audio or    |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  computer link .......................|         7 |        26 |        15 |        63 |        41 |        54 |          ---
                                       |___________|___________|___________'___________|___________|___________|______________
                                                         All private schools, 1998-99
                                       _______________________________________________________________________________________
Computer connected to a local          |           |           |           |           |           |           |
   area network .......................|        49 |        79 |       --- |        51 |        68 |        45 |           31
Computer with modem ...................|        73 |        81 |       --- |        41 |        50 |        31 |           18
Computer with connection or access     |           |           |           |           |           |           |
   to the Internet ....................|        67 |        79 |       --- |        44 |        56 |        41 |           21
Computer with connection or access     |           |           |           |           |           |           |
   to the Intranet ....................|        19 |        86 |       --- |        61 |        75 |        54 |           30
Stand-alone computer (i.e., not connect|           |           |           |           |           |           |
   to any network) ....................|        85 |        68 |       --- |        83 |        52 |        42 |           39
Computer with multimedia capabilities  |           |           |           |           |           |           |
   (e.g., CD-ROM, speakers) ...........|        81 |        83 |       --- |        69 |        70 |        48 |           35
Interactive television/computer with   |           |           |           |           |           |           |
   two-way audio/visual................|        12 |        12 |       --- |        54 |        65 |        38 |           28
_______________________________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|______________

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NOTE: 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. 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, Advanced Telecommunications in U.S. Public Elementary and Secondary Schools, 1995; and Advanced Telecommunications in U.S. Private Schools: 1998-99. (This table was prepared May 2001.)

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