Study: Internet Has No Impact On Student Performance

Iria · Nov 22, 2005, 06:42 AM

The billions of dollars that the federal government has spent connecting schools to the Internet has had no impact on student performance, a University of Chicago study released Monday showed.

The study looked at the impact of the E-Rate federal program, which has spent roughly $2 billion a year since 1998 to narrow the so-called "digital divide" between schools in rich and poor districts.

While the research confirmed that the number of poor schools going online increased dramatically, the fact that more students had access to the Internet had zero impact on each school's performance on the Stanford Achievement Test, which has been administered in California since 1997.
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Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 76	Study: Internet Has No Impact On Student Performance The billions of dollars that the federal government has spent connecting schools to the Internet has had no impact on student performance, a University of Chicago study released Monday showed. The study looked at the impact of the E-Rate federal program, which has spent roughly $2 billion a year since 1998 to narrow the so-called "digital divide" between schools in rich and poor districts. While the research confirmed that the number of poor schools going online increased dramatically, the fact that more students had access to the Internet had zero impact on each school's performance on the Stanford Achievement Test, which has been administered in California since 1997. __________ Read More / Source: TechWeb