Do+Computers+in+the+Classroom+Boost+Academic+Achievement?

__**Article Name:**__ **Do Computers in the Classroom Boost Academic Achievement?**

__**Article Author:**__ Kirk A. Johnson, PH. D

__**Summary:**__ This report contains the results of statistical tests that use NAEP data to explain differences in reading test scores. These statistical tests isolate the independent effects of a number of factors on reading scores (such as the education of parents) in order to determine whether computer use at least weekly matters to these test scores. The statistical tests (or correlations) cover data on a wide array of school children, as defined by their race, income, and other socioeconomic characteristics. Because the statistical model used here includes these socioeconomic characteristics, the reader can interpret these findings as applicable to each of these groups of students. Thus, the findings about computer use and reading scores apply as much to upper-income as to lower-income students, to blacks as to whites, to girls as to boys, and so forth.

__**Related Links:**__ @http://www.heritage.org/research/education/CDA00-08.cfm