Percentage of public schools with Internet access for student use. Estimated percentage of public schools with basic drinking water, sanitation facilities, and hand washing facilities.

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Percentage of public schools with Internet access for student use. Estimated percentage of public schools with basic drinking water, sanitation facilities, and hand washing facilities.
Year Value
2000 100
2001 100
2002 100
2003 100
2004 100
2005 100
2006 100
2007 100
2008 100
2009 100
2010 100
2011 100
2012 100
2013 100
2014 100
2015 100
2016 100

Source: Educational Technology in U.S. Public Schools: Fall 2008

Geographical Area:

Unit of Measurement:

Footnote:

This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from United States statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from American statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other American-specific metadata information.

Indicator

Percentage of public schools with Internet access for student use. Estimated percentage of public schools with basic drinking water, sanitation facilities, and hand washing facilities.
Organisation

Educational Technology in U.S. Public Schools: Fall 2008
Unit of measure

Percent.
Data sources

Educational Technology in U.S. Public Schools: Fall 2008 - https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010034
Data providers

Tom Snyder (and J. Park, 10/2017)
Comment and limitations

The values are estimated, but we are quite sure that the actual values for all of them approach 100 percent.
Method of computation

NCES is estimating the percentages of public schools having these basic facilities at 100 percent. There was a survey in 2008 that found that 98 percent of public schools had computers for student use. We believe the percentage has increased since that date.
Actual indicator available - description

The National Center for Education Statistics has not gathered information on student access to computers at school since 1998 (98 percent). We are not aware of any data collection NCES has had of the number or percentage of schools with basic sanitation facilities. There was a physical accommodations survey done in the mid 1970s, but this is no longer at all relevant because it was done so long ago and so much progress has been made both with respect to school improvement and new regulations. We believe that we do have some schools without single-sex bathrooms, primarily because they only have a very small number of students or only serve male or only female students. Fundamentally, this block of indicators is not policy-relevant for the United States. Rather than reporting missing, we are reporting 100 percent which we know is close to the U.S. value and reflects the relatively high quality of the education infrastructure in the United States.
Date of national source publication

April 2009
Periodicity

Not applicable
Scheduled update by national source

None
Date metadata updated

2017-10-20
International and national references

https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/annualreports/
Time period

2015

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator

Indicator 4.a.1: Proportion of schools offering basic services, by type of service
Target

Target 4.a: Build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all
Organisation

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Definition and concepts

Definitions:

The percentage of schools by level of education (primary, lower secondary and upper secondary education) with access to the given facility or service.

Concepts:

Electricity: Regularly and readily available sources of power (e.g. grid/mains connection, wind, water, solar and fuel-powered generator, etc.) that enable the adequate and sustainable use of ICT infrastructure for educational purposes.

Internet for pedagogical purposes: Internet that is available for enhancing teaching and learning and is accessible by pupils. Internet is defined as a worldwide interconnected computer network, which provides pupils access to a number of communication services including the World Wide Web and carries e-mail, news, entertainment and data files, irrespective of the device used (i.e. not assumed to be only via a computer) and thus can also be accessed by mobile telephone, tablet, personal digital assistant, games machine, digital TV etc.). Access can be via a fixed narrowband, fixed broadband, or via mobile network.

Computers for pedagogical use: Use of computers to support course delivery or independent teaching and learning needs. This may include activities using computers or the Internet to meet information needs for research purposes; develop presentations; perform hands-on exercises and experiments; share information; and participate in online discussion forums for educational purposes. A computer is a programmable electronic device that can store, retrieve and process data, as well as share information in a highly-structured manner. It performs high-speed mathematical or logical operations according to a set of instructions or algorithms. Computers include the following types:

- A desktop computer usually remains fixed in one place; normally the user is placed in front of it, behind the keyboard;

- A laptop computer is small enough to carry and usually enables the same tasks as a desktop computer; it includes notebooks and netbooks but does not include tablets and similar handheld devices; and

- A tablet (or similar handheld computer) is a computer that is integrated into a flat touch screen, operated by touching the screen rather than using a physical keyboard.

Adapted infrastructure is defined as any built environment related to education facilities that are accessible to all users, including those with different types of disability, to be able to gain access to use and exit from them. Accessibility includes ease of independent approach, entry, evacuation and/or use of a building and its services and facilities (such as water and sanitation), by all of the building's potential users with an assurance of individual health, safety and welfare during the course of those activities.

Adapted materials include learning materials and assistive products that enable students and teachers with disabilities/functioning limitations to access learning and to participate fully in the school environment.

Accessible learning materials include textbooks, instructional materials, assessments and other materials that are available and provided in appropriate formats such as audio, braille, sign language and simplified formats that can be used by students and teachers with disabilities/functioning limitations.

Basic drinking water is defined as a functional drinking water source (MDG ‘improved’ categories) on or near the premises and water points accessible to all users during school hours.

Basic sanitation facilities are defined as functional sanitation facilities (MDG ‘improved’ categories) separated for males and females on or near the premises.

Basic handwashing facilities are defined as functional handwashing facilities, with soap and water available to all girls and boys.
Unit of measure

Percent (%)

Data sources

(1) Administrative data from schools and other providers of education or training

(2) Cross-national learning assessments
Data providers

For administrative sources: Ministries of Education and/or National Statistical Offices.

For cross-national learning assessments: International student assessment programme administrators.
Comment and limitations

The indicator measures the existence in schools of the given service or facility but not its quality or operational state.
Method of computation

The number of schools in a given level of education with access to the relevant facilities is expressed as a percentage of all schools at that level of education.

P S n , f =   S n , f S n   × 100

where:

PSn,f = percentage of schools at level n of education with access to facility f

Sn,f = schools at level n of education with access to facility f

Sn = total number of schools at level n of education
Metadata update

2024-07-29
International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Related indicators

6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 9.c, 17.8
UN designated tier

2
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