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Internet Sites:

• Annual State-of-the-States Survey
The goal of the survey was to gather state-level information about educational technology in each of the 50 states plus the District of Columbia.
http://www.thejournal.com/magazine/stateofthestates/

• Young Children’s Access to Computers in the Home and at School in 1999 and 2000
This report uses data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998–99 (ECLS-K) kindergarten and first grade data collections to examine young children’s access to and use of computers in different settings.
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2003036

• National Center for Education Statistics Electronic Catalog
These sites include a list of NCES products on computers, technology use in education, and telecommunications in schools.
Computers:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/getpubList.asp?L1=114&L2=0
Technology Use in Education:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/getpubList.asp?L1=79&L2=0
Telecommunications in Schools:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/getpubList.asp?L1=107&L2=0

• Internet Access in U.S. Public Schools and Classrooms: 1994-2000
This Statistics in Brief presents data on Internet access in U.S. public schools from 1994 to 2000 by school characteristics. It provides trend analysis on the progress of public schools and classrooms in connecting to the Internet, the ratio of students to instructional computers and to instructional computers with Internet access, and the types of Internet connections used.
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2001071

• The Presence of Computers in American Schools
by Ronald E. Anderson and Amy Ronnkvist
Results from a survey of public, private, and parochial schools in Spring 1998.
http://www.crito.uci.edu/tlc/findings/computers_in_american_schools/html/startpage.htm

• State of the Internet 2001
The United States Internet Council and International Technology and Trade Associates (ITTA), Inc. are proud to announce the release of the State of the Internet 2001 edition. The 2001 edition includes a comprehensive review of international Internet development, emerging policy issues, online business expansion, and e-government adoption.
http://www.itta.com/internet2001.htm

• Cisco Systems Government Affairs
A collection of Internet related statistics, including use of the Internet in education and e-commerce stats.
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/779/govtaffs/factsNStats/

• Science Education Statistics
Includes statistics on technology use at home and in school. Compiled by the National Science Teachers’ Association.
http://www.nsta.org/pressrel/stats.asp

• State Technology Profiles
Includes discussions of the educational technology situation and outlook in each state. Also lists state-level technology contacts, amount spent on technology, etc.
http://www.edweek.org/sreports/tc/policy/states/usmap.htm

• Campus Computing Project
The annual Campus Computing Survey is the largest continuing study of the role of information technology in US higher education. Each year more than 600 two-and four-year public and private colleges and unversities participate in this survey, which focuses on campus planning and policy affecting therole of information technology in teaching, learning, and scholarship.
http://www.campuscomputing.net

• Computers and Classrooms: The Status of Technology in U.S. Schools
This report from the ETS Policy Information Center provides a snapshot of the use and effectiveness of technology in American schools. Available as a pdf document.
http://ftp.ets.org/pub/res/compclss.pdf

• NUA Internet Surveys
Summaries of surveys of Internet usage in variety of areas.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi