AASL's School Libraries Count! annual longitudinal survey is an online survey that is open to all primary and secondary school library programs to participate. The 2012 survey was launched on January 24th and closed on March 20th. The survey was publicized through various professional organizations and events and through word of mouth. Data…

This report provides national data on the availability and use of educational technology in public elementary and secondary schools during fall 2008. The data are the results of a national school-level survey that is one of a set that includes district, school, and teacher surveys on educational technology. Every year between 1994 and 2005 (with…

EDUCAUSE Core Data Service Fiscal Year 2007 Summary Report summarizes much of the data collected through the 2007 EDUCAUSE core data survey about campus information technology (IT) environments at 994 colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad. The report presents aggregates of data through more than 100 tables and accompanying descriptive…

Based on the recommendations of previous research, this study discusses and analyzes the usage of technology and instructional materials in a broad level in the United States. The National Education Longitudinal Study: 1988-96 (NELS88) is a longitudinal study of the 1988 eighth graders by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The…

This report, the fifth in a series from the spring 1998 national survey, "Teaching, Learning, and Computing," provides a framework for defining the various dimensions of technology support. Research has shown that teachers lack adequate support for the use of information and communication technologies (ICT). In this report, the term…

Information for the 1986-87 school year presented in this fifth annual report on microcomputer use for 1,178 public and private K-12 schools in Louisiana indicates that, overall, 92% of the schools are using computers for instruction or other purposes. Detailed survey results are presented in 15 data tables, which show: (1-2) the number and…

This statistical brief on microcomputers in Florida public schools includes data on the following: (1) the number of instructional microcomputers from 1987-88 to 1991-92; (2) the number of instructional microcomputers for each school district from 1987-88 to 1991-92, including net change from 1990-91 to 1991-92; (3) percentages of instructional…

A Technology in Texas Public Schools 1998 Survey instrument was integrated into a Web-based response system enabling the instrument to be accessed, completed, submitted, and instantaneously analyzed over the Internet. A mark-sense or optical scan paper version of the instrument was also developed for mail-out distribution to each school district…

In October 1994, the New Hampshire Department of Education, in conjunction with the Legislative Study Committee on Interactive Communications, conducted a survey to determine the technology infrastructure of New Hampshire Schools. The survey elicited information about technology plans, instructional and administrative use of personal computers and…

This summary of the 1982-83 School Utilization Study updates and extends the results of a 1976-77 study of school utilization of instructional television and examines changes in instructional television availability and use patterns between 1977 and 1983. The study reported surveyed 619 school superintendents, 1,350 principals, and 2,700 teachers…

This Issue Brief presents data from two surveys conducted through the National Center for Education Statistics' (NCES) Fast Response Survey System (FRSS)a 1999 survey of public school Internet access and a 1999 survey of public school teachers use of computers and the Internetto examine whether teachers who report having classroom access and…

This report, the third in a series from the spring 1998 national survey, "Teaching, Learning, and Computing," focuses on how teachers have incorporated computers into their instructional practices. The study is comprised of completed questionnaire responses from teachers, principals, and school technology coordinators from 1,616 schools. Part 1…

To follow up an initial statewide computer survey (1983-84), the State Department of Education conducted an investigation of microcomputers and their use in elementary, middle, and secondary schools in South Carolina. The survey was conducted in two phases: an inventory of computer equipment was taken as a component of the Statewide Basic…

The technology data collection provides fundamental information on Iowa public schools with respect to various aspects of technology. Responses to the survey were received from 100% of the 379 Iowa public school districts during the 1996-97 school year. The survey was conducted to provide baseline information on a central core of technology…

This study examined the relationships between ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) adoption in universities and four organizational variables: university size, type, finances, and information processing maturity. Another purpose of the study was to identify the current status of ATM adoption in campus networking. Subjects were university domain LAN…