Report
First Look / ED TAB
Internet Access in U.S. Public Schools and Classrooms: 1994-2001
NCES
Author(s):
Anne Kleiner and Elizabeth Farris
Publication date:
September 2002
Survey areas:
Publication number:
NCES 2002018
Summary
This report presents data on Internet access in U.S. public schools from 1994 to 2001 by school characteristics. It provides trend analysis on the progress of public schools and classrooms in connecting to the Internet and on the ratio of students to instructional computers with Internet access. For the year 2001, this report also presents data on the types of Internet connections used; student access to the Internet outside of regular school hours; laptop computer loans; and operating systems, memory capacity and disk space found most frequently on instructional computers. It also contains information on special hardware and software for students with disabilities, school-sponsored e-mail addresses, school Web sites, and technologies and procedures to prevent student access to inappropriate material on the Internet.