This survey, which covers the 1986-1987 school year, is conducted by the South Carolina State Department of Education. Two separate questionnaires, both of which inventoried computer equipment and software and dealt with the instructional and administrative uses of computers, funding, and software inventory, were distributed to all South Carolina…

Based on information reported to the New Jersey State Department of Education in 1983, this report is intended to foster communication on educational uses of computers between and among school districts, county offices, and the department's central office. The first of four sections summarizes data from the department's Survey of Instructional…

The sixth statewide survey of school principals (1,094) and district superintendents (92) was conducted in April 1989 by the South Carolina State Department of Education Office of Instructional Technology with response rates of 99% and 100% respectively. This report uses tables, charts, and graphs to illustrate the results of the survey and…

This report presents the results of a modified version of the 1983 Gallup Poll survey of parents of school-aged children in South Dakota. Parents of elementary and secondary school students were asked to grade the nation's and their state's schools and were surveyed on the following topics: their perceptions of the causes of discipline problems,…

This statewide survey (parelleling a 1983 study) was conducted by the Oregon Department of Education in 1985 to assess the status of microcomputer usage and instructional microcomputing in the public schools of the state. A total of 1,181 principals responded to the mailed questionnaire for a response rate of 96% as opposed to 90% in 1983. The…

Designed to follow up a 1981-82 study which established base line information on microcomputers and their use for K-12 schools in Louisiana and two subsequent annual surveys, this report presents information for the 1984-85 school year. After a brief introduction describing the population surveyed and instruments used, survey findings are…

This fifth annual survey of computers and their use in South Carolina schools covers the 1978-88 school years. A questionnaire inventoried computer equipment and software, and dealt with such issues as instructional and administrative uses of computers, and availability of funding. The forms were distributed to all South Carolina public school…

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…

A stratified random sample of Virginia's 4,000 employers with over 100 employees was surveyed about workplace-based foundational basic skills (oral and written communication, reading, math, thinking skills, teamwork, English proficiency, and basic computer literacy). A total of 446 surveys were sent with a usable response rate of 18 percent.…