Internet Survey Results

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Hi Everyone -

I just finished tabulating the results of an Internet survey I 
conducted. I thought the group might find it of interest, especially 
given this week's topics.

In January Gov. Thompson pledged in his State of the State address to 
have half of all Wisconsin public high schools connected to the Internet 
by the time school began this fall. We wanted to see how close he came 
to making that goal, so I surveyed all 435 public high schools in 
Wisconsin. We received a 100% response. The results follow:

Number of High Schools Connected to The Internet By The Time School 
Began This Fall:  358 out of 435 high schools, 82.3% (Note: an 
additional 18 high schools hope to be connected by January 1, 1997, 
bringing the total percentage to 86.4% Often, this access may be limited 
to one line for a single computer in the school library).

Number of High Schools With Direct Internet Access: 109 high schools, 
25.1%

Number of High Schools That Pay Long Distance Phone Charges to Access 
The Internet: 56 high schools, 12.9%

Number of High Schools With Greater Than 75% of Their Classrooms 
Connected to the Internet: 65 high schools, 14.9%

Number of High Schools With Internet Access For Less Than 10% of Their 
Classrooms:  233 high schools, 53.6%

Number of High Schools With An Acceptable Use Policy For Internet Use: 
214 high schools, 50% (Note: an additional 44 high schools are in the 
process of developing an acceptable use policy and expect to have them 
in place by January 1, 1996, bringing the total to 258 high schools or 
59.3%)

Number of High Schools With Technology Plans: 399 high schools, 91.7%

(Note: Wisconsin does not mandate that school districts need to have 
technology plans. This is the number that already voluntarily have 
them).

Barriers To Accessing The Internet: The following were identified as 
barriers to accessing the Internet for the indicated number of high 
schools:

Cost/Money/Revenue Caps - 81 responses
Long Distance Call Charges - 17 responses
Need To Establish a Policy - 11 responses
Networking Structure - 7 responses
Teacher Training/Staff Development - 7 responses
Problems With The Local Phone Company - 5 responses
Equipment (ie. not enough computers) - 5 responses
Time - 5 responses
Phone Lines - 4 responses
Security Concerns - 4 responses
Administration/Board - 4 responses
Classroom Space Needs - 3 responses
Cable vs. Phone Line/Kind of Line - 2 responses
Need for a Technology Plan - 2 responses
No Local Provider - 1 response
Administration of the Internet - 1 response
Installing - 1 response

Bill Cosh
Wisconsin Association of School Boards
bcosh@wasb.org

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