Student use of computers, by level of enrollment, age, and student and school characteristics: 1993, 1997, and 2003

Click link to see chart:

nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d07/tables/dt07_417.asp

Technology in Schools Suggestions, Tools and Guidelines for Assessing

Technology in Elementary and Secondary Education - November 2002

nces.ed.gov/pubs2003/2003313.pdf

"Purpose of This Guide

This guide has been developed to help answer those questions listed on the

previous page and many others related to them. It is meant to fulfill several

purposes:

❚ to provide guidelines and tools to gather information on the presence and

use of technology in schools;

❚ to facilitate the development and maintenance of data on technology in

schools;

❚ to help reduce the redundancy and diversity in data collection and,

simultaneously, to facilitate comparability in the information obtained; and

❚ to increase awareness of the breadth of issues related to the deployment of

technology in educational settings.

As it fulfills these purposes, the guide should help focus questions asked about

computer technology in education so that more meaningful policy and discussion

can emerge."

How Does Technology Affect Access to Postsecondary Education? 

Technology14.pdf

Discusses issues of poverty when discussing the following 3 major themes.

Theme I: Access to Postsecondary Education in General

Theme II: Access to Technology-Based Learning

Theme III: Preparation for Using Technology