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Montana ranked high in student access to technology – 11th in the Nation, Wyoming is ranked 3rd

May 5, 2005 /

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A national report released Thursday shows Montana does a better job than most at getting computers into its classrooms, but education officials worry cuts in federal funding may thwart the state’s progress.

Education Week’s 2005 "Technology Counts" http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2005/05/05/35exec.h24.html (Free Registration Required) report ranked Montana 11th out of 50 states and the District of Columbia in its ratio of students per computer — 6.5 students per computer compared with the national average of 7.6 per computer. For Internet access, the state averaged 7.5 students per computer compared with the national average of 8.0.

Full Story: http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/05/05/build/state/25-schooltech.inc

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Wyoming ranked 3rd for student access to technology

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