Published: October 15, 2004

Technology Counts Archive

Technology Counts is Education Week's annual 50-state report on educational technology.

2008: STEM: The Push to Improve Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Technology Counts 2008—the 11th edition of Education Week’s annual report on educational technology—finds that even though states have ratcheted up their expectations for education in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, their efforts have yet to yield top-notch performance in those subject areas.

Featured Content:

The Push to Improve STEM Education
Business leaders, governors, and others are urging a redoubled commitment to strengthening U.S. students’ preparation to succeed in the subjects known by the increasingly familiar shorthand of STEM.
Detailed State Reports
A special state-focused online supplement to Technology Counts 2008. This new State Technology Report assembles key findings in an accessible format that allows readers to examine a particular state’s performance on this year’s indicators.
State Technology Grades
These interactive maps offer a quick way to examine state-by-state grades by categories. The grades break down into three categories: access, capacity, and use.

Prior Years

2007: A Digital Decade (March 2007)

2006: The Information Edge: Using Data to Accelerate Achievement (May 2006)

2005: Electronic Transfer: Moving Technology Dollars in New Directions (May 2005)

2004: Global Links: Lessons From the World (May 2004) (PDF: 4.6MB)

2003: Pencils Down: Technology's Answer to Testing (May 2003) (PDF: 3.8MB)

2002: E-Defining Education (May 2002) (PDF: 2.1MB)

2001: The New Divides (May 2001)

1999: Building the Digital Curriculum (September 1999)

1998: Putting School Technology To the Test (October 1998)

1997: Schools and Reform In the Information Age (October 1997) (PDF: 3.1MB)

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