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ERIC Number: ED624324
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Aug
Pages: 75
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Forum Guide to Digital Equity. NFES 2022098
National Forum on Education Statistics
Digital inequity has been a long-standing issue in the education community. A lack of home internet and technology devices can not only hinder students' ability to access educational resources at home, but can also have a detrimental effect on student achievement. Education agencies have taken steps over the past decades to address digital inequity by providing internet access in schools and implementing 1:1 device programs. Schools have also provided internet access outside of schools in various ways through community partners, public Wi-Fi, and, more recently, through various programs that provide home internet access. This resource provides recommendations that will help agencies collect and use digital equity data and reflects lessons learned by the education data community during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. This document focuses on digital equity, with a specific emphasis on data, from the perspective of the education data community. This resource is not intended as a comprehensive guide to digital equity, and not all aspects of digital equity are addressed. Rather, this document focuses on the collection of data and the ways these data can be used to achieve digital equity. The purpose of this document is to help education agencies close digital equity gaps by collecting comparable data, using those data to provide devices and sufficient access to the Internet to students, and collaborating with stakeholders, including families, government agencies, organizations, public and private partners, and others.
National Forum on Education Statistics. 1990 K Street NW Room 9095, Washington, DC 2006. Fax: 202-502-7475; Web site: http://nces.ed.gov/forum/
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: Administrators
Language: English
Sponsor: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) (ED/IES)
Authoring Institution: National Forum on Education Statistics (ED/IES); Quality Information Partners, Inc. (QIP)
Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts (Cambridge); Virginia; Maryland; Indiana; Washington; West Virginia; Wisconsin; Maine
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act 2020; Every Student Succeeds Act 2015; Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: 91990021F0031