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Education Statistics Quarterly, 1999
Presents rates of student computer use by grade level, frequency of use, reason for use, and family income. In 1996, 79% of 4th graders, 91% of 8th graders, and 96% of 11th graders were using a computer at home or at school to write stories and papers. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Bracey, Gerald W. – Electronic Learning, 1988
Describes results of a study conducted by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to determine the computer competence of elementary and secondary students. Questions in the areas of knowledge of computer technology, computer applications, and computer programing are discussed, gender and ethnic differences are examined, and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Watt, Dan – Popular Computing, 1984
Discusses the need for researchers to determine what should be tested and how when evaluating educational computing programs, describes efforts of Educational Testing Service's National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to measure the impact of computers on achievement, and concludes that it will not be easy to evaluate computers' effects.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Computer Literacy, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
