The Teacher's Use of Educational Technology in U.S. Public Schools 2009 presents data from a spring 2009 Fast Response Survey System (FRSS) survey on the availability and use of educational technology by public elementary/secondary school teachers.
Fast Facts:
Fast Facts:
- Ninety-seven percent of teachers had one or more computers located in the classroom every day. Internet access was available for 93 percent of the computers located in the classroom every day. The ratio of students to computers in the classroom every day was 5.3 to 1.
- Teachers indicated that a system on their school or district network was available for entering or viewing the following: grades (94 percent), attendance records (93 percent), and results of student assessments (90 percent). Of the teachers with one of these systems available, the percent using it sometimes or often was 92 percent (grades), 90 percent (attendance records), and 75 percent (student assessments).
- A higher percentage of teachers in low poverty schools than in high poverty schools used email or list-serve to send out group updates or information to parents (69 percent compared to 39 percent) or to students (30 percent compared to 17 percent), used email to address individual concerns with parents (92 percent compared to 48 percent) or with students (38 percent compared to 19 percent), and used a course or teacher web page to communicate with parents (47 percent compared to 30 percent) or with students (36 percent compared to 18 percent).(low and high poverty schools are based on the percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch of less than 35 percent and 75 percent or more, respectively).
