The 2004 Missouri School District Computing Census

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D. Kent King                                                                  Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Commissioner of Education 
                                                                                                                       P.O. Box  480
                                                                                                                                         Jefferson City, MO  65102-0480
                                                           N=524 

 

Missouri Census of Technology

DISTRICT Level Census (2004)

  

Complete this census form to reflect district technology status as of March 1.

It is recommended that you make a copy of the completed census for your files. 

Consult the Core Data Manual and Help file, call (573) 751-8247, or e-mail: instrtech@dese.mo.gov for assistance as needed

Contact Name:

Contact Title:

District Telephone #:

District Fax #:

Contact E-mail:

District URL: (Prepopulated from screen 8)

                                                                                               

PLANNING

1.  Year district technology plan was last approved by the Department  2002 = 16   2003 = 451   2004 = 69 


2.  List any business or higher education institution with which you partner to support technology.
     93 = Business (Technology/Telecommunications)   82 = Higher Education   37 = Business (Non-technical)

 

TRAINING

3.  Identify any board-approved education technology standards and what population(s) must meet the standards.
     <number and percent of districts responding>

     STANDARDS (Check ALL that apply) 

     417 (80%) Locally-developed       

     140 (27%) Adopted National Educational Technology Standards (ISTE)

        34  ( 7%) Adopted Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology (ITEA)

        35  ( 7%) Other (specify) _____________________________________________                  

        65 (12%) None

     POPULATION(S) (Check ALL that apply)

     Students:                                                                                        Staffs:

     401 (77%) PreK-2                                                                           400 (76%) Administrators  

     420 (80%) 3-5                                                                                 414 (79%) Teachers   

     437 (83%) 6-8                                                                                 350 (67%) Support services staff

     375 (72%) 9-12                                                                               103 (20%) None                          

       35 (60%) Area career center  (N=58)

       64 (12%) None

4.  Estimate the percentage of administrators and support services staff, in the administrative building/office(s),

     at each skill level of technology use.

 

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

Administrators

4,800    (9%)

34,363  (66%)

13,339  (25%)

Support services staff

7,819  (15%)

30,453  (58%)

13,943  (27%)

 

HARDWARE & SUPPORT

5.  Estimate the total FTE of district-level staff who are directly responsible for technical maintenance and support

     of hardware.
 
     Total = 1093.70   and    Average = 2.09

6.  Enter the quantity of computers, by type, currently used in the administrative building/office(s).

     Total Computers = 16,077

 

Apple/Mac

Number of Computers

 

 PC Compatible

Number of Computers

  • LC series or lower

11

  • 486 or earlier

389

  • Power Mac series

86

  • Pentium I or II

3020

  • G3 

461

  • Pentium III 

4604

  • G4 or later

337

  • Pentium IV or later

4990

Sub-Total = 895  (6%)

  • Celeron

1414

 
 
  • AMD (under 450 MHz )

218

 
 
  • AMD (450 MHz or higher)

547

 

Sub-Total = 15182  (94%)

 7.  Enter the quantity of computers in the administrative building/office(s) currently using the following.

 

Apple/Mac

Number of Computers

 

PC Compatible

Number of Computers

OS 9.x or earlier

512

Windows 1998 or earlier

6104

OS 10.x or later

463

Windows NT

358

Total

975

Windows 2000

2184

 
 

Windows XP

4275

Acrobat Reader

 

Total

12,921

Acrobat Reader 4.x or earlier

253

 

  

Acrobat Reader 5.x or later

962

Acrobat Reader

  

Total

1215

Acrobat Reader 4.x or earlier

1986

 
 

Acrobat Reader 5.x or later

9472

 

 

Total

11458

 
 

INTERNET CONNECTIVITY-DISTANCE LEARNING

8.  Identify the operating system used on the server(s) in the administrative building/office(s).

       23   (3%)  Apple Share                                          131 (19%)  Windows 2000

       88 (13%)  Linux                                                     130 (19%)  Windows NT   

       17   (2%)  Mac Server OS                                      111 (14%)  Other

     283 (41%)  Novell                                                      18   (3%)  None

9.  Identify district-supported administrative systems. (Check ALL that apply) 

     511 (98%)  Accounting /budgeting/payroll               345 (66%)  IEP management

     222 (42%)  Attendance staff                                    108 (21%)  Instructional management system

     461 (88%)  Attendance student                               242 (46%)  Inventory

     452 (86%)  Communication/email                             432 (82%)  Library catalog

     355 (68%)  Discipline                                                  69 (13%)  School safety

     134 (26%)  Distance education                                158 (30%)  Student fees

     181 (35%)  Extra curricular (scheduling)                   304 (58%)  Student performance

     431 (82%)  Food Service                                           103 (20%)  Teacher evaluations

     346 (66%)  Health Service                                        220 (42%)  Technical support

     196 (37%)  Hosting classroom websites                   201 (38%)  Transportation

 

TECHNOLOGY USAGE

10. Technology is integrated in the following core content areas(s). (Check ALL that apply)

      497 (95%) Communication Arts   451 (86%) Mathematics    454 (87%) Science   444 (85%) Social Studies    
 

11. Estimate the percentage of the following populations the district provides email accounts.
      <number and percent of districts responding and average percentage rate of students with accounts>

      Students:                                                                  Staff:

        22 /  4%   (77%)   Pre K-2                                       515 / 98%  (98%) Administrators  

        51 / 10%  (54%)   3-5                                             510 / 97%  (93%) Teachers   

        72 / 14%  (72%)   6-8                                             494 / 94%  (82%) Support services staff

      125 / 24%  (45%)   9-12                                               8 / 2%     (NA)  None                                

      58 /100% (100%)   Area career center

      355 / 68%   (NA)     None

12. Estimate the percentage of the district’s 6th graders who are technologically literate.
 
      Average = 86%   and    Median = 90%

 

TECHNOLOGY FUNDING

13. Estimate the amount for which items were purchased or budgeted.

Items Purchased or Budgeted

Last Fiscal Year

Current Fiscal Year

Next Fiscal Year

Hardware

$40,328,446

$38,380,282

$34,986,027

Software: instructional

6,239,818

5,839,898

5,265,403

Software: administrative

5,364,172

7,689,236

8,013,669

Professional development

6,993,433

7,228,577

6,623,914

Connectivity/distance learning

5,295,126

4,831,851

5,307,742

Technical support

19,480,114

19,099,793

18,589,486

Infrastructure/retrofitting/other

8,696,322

8,947,579

8,867,148

Total

$92,397,431

$92,017,216

$87,653,389

14. Enter the dollar value of the district’s E-rate discounts for the current year as indicated in USAC’s funding

      commitment letters.

      Total = $32,575,547  (381 districts responded)   and   Average = $85,500

15. Estimate the percentage of the discount used to support education technology. 

      Average = 74%   and   Median = 90%

 

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