Executive Summary, Advanced Telecommunications in U.S. Private Schools: 1998-99

Advanced Telecommunications in U.S. Private Schools: 1998-99

NCES: 2001037
January 2001

List of Figures and Tables

Tables | Figures

Table 1.—Public and private elementary and secondary enrollment and schools, by selected characteristics: Fall 1997
Table 2.—Percent of private schools in which selected types of advanced telecommunications equipment are available, and of these schools, percent in which equipment is also available in at least one classroom, by type of equipment: Fall 1995 and school year 1998-99
Table 3.—Among private schools with Internet access, percentage distribution of schools indicating the number of instructional rooms with Internet access, by selected school characteristics: School year 1998-99
Table 4.—Among private schools with Internet access, percent of schools reporting various types of Internet connection: Fall 1995 and school year 1998-99
Table 5.—Among private schools with Internet access, percent of schools reporting various types of Internet connection, by selected school characteristics: School year 1998-99
Table 6.—Percent of schools indicating that e-mail was available in the school and to members of the school community, by selected school characteristics: School year 1998-99
Table 7.—Percent of schools indicating that the World Wide Web was available in the school and to members of the school community, by selected school characteristics: School year 1998-99
Table 8.—Among private schools with Internet access and e-mail availability, percentage distribution of schools indicating the extent of e-mail use for various members of the school community, by selected school characteristics: School year 1998-99
Table 9.—Among private schools with Internet access and World Wide Web availability, percentage distribution of schools indicating the extent of World Wide Web use for various members of the school community, by selected school characteristics: School year 1998-99
Table 10.—Percent of private schools offering or participating in advanced telecommunications training for teachers, by type of training and selected school characteristics: School year 1998-99
Table 11.—Among private schools that offered or participated in advanced telecommunications training for teachers, percent of schools using various methods of encouragement for teacher training, by selected school characteristics: School year 1998-99
Table 12.—Among private schools with at least one individual providing support for advanced telecommunications, percent of schools indicating various numbers of individuals providing support, by level of support and selected school characteristics: School year 1998-99
Table 13.—Among private schools with at least one individual supporting advanced telecommunications that may help teachers integrate technology into the curriculum, percentage distribution of schools indicating the extent of support, by school characteristics: School year 1998-99
Table 14.—Among private schools with at least one individual supporting advanced telecommunications that may provide network support, percentage distribution of schools indicating the extent of support, by school characteristics: School year 1998-99
Table 15.—Among private schools with at least one individual supporting advanced telecommunications that may involve students in the maintenance of telecommunications systems, percentage distribution of schools indicating the extent of involvement, by selected school characteristics: School year 1998-99
Table 16.—Percentage distribution of private schools reporting the extent to which various factors were barriers to either the acquisition or use of computers/advanced telecommunications: School year 1998-99
Table 17.—Percent of private schools indicating the various programs, organizations, or individuals that support advanced telecommunications in the school: School year 1998-99
Table 18.—Percent of private schools indicating the various types of support for advanced telecommunications in the school, by selected school characteristics: School year 1998-99
Table 19.—Percent of private schools that did not apply for the 1998 E-rate discount program, and percent giving various reasons for not applying, by selected school characteristics: School year 1998-99
Table 20.—Percentage distribution of private schools indicating their decision to apply or not apply for the 1999-2000 E-rate discount program, by selected school characteristics: School year 1998-99

Figures

Figure 1.—Percentage distribution of private schools, by religious affiliation: 1997-98
Figure 2.—Percentage distribution of private school students, by religious affiliation: 1997-98
Figure 3.—Ratio of private school students to instructional computers, by selected school characteristics: School year 1998-99
Figure 4.—Percentage distribution of private schools with Internet access and future plans for access: School year 1998-99
Figure 5.—Percent of private schools with Internet access, by selected school characteristics: School year 1998-99
Figure 6.—Among private schools with Internet access, the mean number of instructional computers with Internet access, by selected school characteristics: School year 1998-99
Figure 7.—Ratio of private school students to instructional computers with Internet access in private schools, by selected school characteristics: School year 1998-99
Figure 8.—Percent of private school instructional rooms with Internet access, by selected school characteristics: School year 1998-99
Figure 9.—Percent of private school teachers who regularly use computers/advanced telecommunications for teaching as reported by private schools, by selected school characteristics: School year 1998-99
Figure 10.—Percentage distribution of private schools indicating the various individuals primarily responsible for supporting advanced telecommunications in the school: School year 1998-99
Figure 11.—Percent of private schools that applied for the 1998 E-rate discount program, by selected school characteristics: School year 1998-99
Figure 12.—Among private schools that applied for the 1998 E-rate discount program, percent reporting various discounts for which they were eligible: School year 1998-99
Figure 13.—Ratio of students to instructional computer and ratio of students to instructional computer with Internet access, by school sector: Fall 1998 and school year 1998-99
Figure 14.—Percent of schools with Internet access, by school sector: Fall 1994 to school year 1998-99
Figure 15.—Percent of instructional rooms with Internet access, by school sector: Fall 1994 to school year 1998-99
Figure 16.—Percent of schools with Internet access, by type of Internet connection and school sector: Fall 1998 and school year 1998-99
Figure 17.—Among schools with Internet access, percent reporting that the World Wide Web was available to students, by school sector: Fall 1995 to school year 1998-99
Figure 18.—Among schools with Internet access, percent reporting that the World Wide Web was available to teachers, by school sector: Fall 1995 to school year 1998-99
Figure 19.—Percent of schools with Internet access reporting that teachers and students used the World Wide Web (WWW) and e-mail to a large extent, by school sector: Fall 1998 and school year 1998-99

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