Education: Children with Home Computers Likely to Have Lower Test Scores

Around the country and throughout the world, politicians and education activists have sought to eliminate the “digital divide” by guaranteeing universal access to home computers, and in some cases to high-speed Internet service.

However, according to a new study by scholars at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy, these efforts would actually widen the achievement gap in math and reading scores. Students in grades five through eight, particularly those from disadvantaged families, tend to post lower scores once these technologies arrive in their home.

From Children with Home Computers Likely to Have Lower Test Scores by Bjs, June 18, 2010, at scienceblog.com.