Book/Printed Material Scaling the digital divide home computer technology and student achievement

Title

• Scaling the digital divide home computer technology and student achievement

Summary

• "Does differential access to computer technology at home compound the educational disparities between rich and poor? Would a program of government provision of computers to early secondary school students reduce these disparities? We use administrative data on North Carolina public school students to corroborate earlier surveys that document broad racial and socioeconomic gaps in home computer access and use. Using within-student variation in home computer access, and across-ZIP code variation in the timing of the introduction of high-speed internet service, we also demonstrate that the introduction of home computer technology is associated with modest but statistically significant and persistent negative impacts on student math and reading test scores. Further evidence suggests that providing universal access to home computers and high-speed internet access would broaden, rather than narrow, math and reading achievement gaps"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

Names

• Vigdor, Jacob L.
• Ladd, Helen F.
• National Bureau of Economic Research

Created / Published

• Cambridge, MA : National Bureau of Economic Research, c2010.

Notes

• -  Title from PDF file as viewed on 6/24/2010.
• -  Includes bibliographical references.
• -  Also available in print.
• -  Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• -  System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Call Number/Physical Location

• HB1

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2010655871
• http://www.nber.org/papers/w16078 External

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2010655871

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

• image
• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2010655871

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