May 5, 2005

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• Electronic Transfer: Economic and policy forces are moving educational technology dollars in new directions.
- Chart: Dividing the Pot
- Table: Financing Educational Technology:

• 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
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• 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 |
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