EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• Electronic Transfer: Economic and policy forces are moving educational technology dollars in new directions.

• Chart: Dividing the Pot
• Table: Financing Educational Technology:

FEATURE STORIES
• NCLB Focuses on Data Tools: The demands of the No Child Left Behind Act are spurring states to invest in data-management technologies.

• Chart: NCLB Influence
• Chart: Funding Crunch
• Sidebar: Bush vs. Clinton

• State Support Varies Widely: As states struggle with budget deficits, they try a mix of funding approaches to pay for educational technology programs.

• Chart: Funding for Equity
• Sidebar: Cyber Schools' Status
• Chart: Cyber Schools

• Federal Role Seen Shifting: The leaders who steer federal decisions about school technology investments appear to be establishing new priorities.

• Chart: NCLB Technology Funds
• Sidebar: E-Rate: The Road Ahead
  • Chart: E-Rate Allocations

• Schools Eye Future Costs: Educators are using a business concept called "total cost ownership" to forcast the cost of technology.

• Chart: Updating Technology
• Sidebar: Big-District Priorities
  • Chart: State Priorities

• Tracking U.S. Trends: There is now almost no difference in the availability of Internet access between poor schools and wealthy ones.

• Chart: Tech Savy
• Chart: Narrowing the Gap
• Chart: The New Frontier

STATE DATA TABLES
Education Week examines how states fare on access, capacity, and use of technology.

• Technology Leaders (Ranking the States) Excel | PDF

• Access to Technology Excel | PDF

• Capacity to Use Technology Excel | PDF

• Use of Technology Excel | PDF

• Sources and Notes for State Data Tables

• Map: Individual State Data

STATE SNAPSHOTS

• United States • Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • District of Columbia • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi

• Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming

• Sources for State of the States