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It finds wide variation across districts, with an average of 28.0 Mbps and a median of 10.0 Mbps, and reports that many districts expect increased needs as digital resources expand. 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Gone are filmstrips and movie projectors and in their place are computer screens. Today’s classroom is a heavy user of digital media, and much of that is accessed via the Internet. It is becoming apparent, however, that the means of accessing the Internet and other online services —the infrastructure carrying the signals —does not have the same level of availability for every school and every district in the state. Whether because of cost or physical infrastructure, schools have online access at different rates, which affects their capability of using online resources in the classroom and in the school office.  \nThe purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of what bandwidth schools have to access online services and what they are using these services for. This is a pilot study, but in this first look it has become apparent that this is a complex subject requiring a more in-depth examination. We can, however, present a group of key findings from this initial look:  \n• In the ten years or so that the Internet has been widely accessible to schools, they have become heavily dependent on the Internet and related online services. Primary uses of online access include student testing; daily reports to the state; maintaining information portals for parents to access their children’s information, grades, etc.; and accessing online classes and educational content.  \n• Bandwidth varies considerably from district to district. The average bandwidth is 28.0 mbps, while the median figure is 10.0 mbps.  \n• The majority of districts responding rated their current bandwidth as adequate, but they anticipate needing more next year and the year after. The everincreasing supply of online resources and their increasing use in the classroom are driving that need.  \nThe Center for Rural Policy and Development, based in St. Peter, Minn., is a private, not-for-profit policy research organization dedicated to benefiting Minnesota by providing its policy makers with an unbiased evaluation of issues from a rural perspective.  \n• Telecommunications access clusters, special consortia of school districts, libraries and other entities, report they are saving districts money by negotiating bandwidth prices and pooling administration, tech support and other services for groups of districts at a lower cost than the districts could access individually.  \n• The biggest barrier to getting more bandwidth is cost. Results indicated that districts with smaller enrollments appear to pay more per student for their broadband. Remoteness also appears to be a factor in higher costs and problems with accessing the necessary infrastructure.  \nWho we talked to  \nFor this study, we contacted by phone technology coordinators for the 43 Minnesota school districts that are not currently participating in one of the 12 telecommunications access clusters around the state. Of those 43 districts, coordinators for 39 of those districts responded to a short survey that asked questions about the district’s bandwidth, activities that take up the most online capacity, how they would rate the adequacy of their bandwidth, how much they pay for their bandwidth, and any difficulties they might be facing with accessing their bandwidth. Coordinators of the 12 telecommunications access clusters were also contacted with the same survey, and all responded.  \nWhat we found  \nToday’s schools are online, both in the office and in the classroom  \nIn the survey, the district technology coordinators were asked what activities, both administrative and instructi","cbCaiaqejRiESj4I","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaqejRiESj4I","pdf",917585,"English","# Introduction\n## Who we talked to\n## What we found\n### Today’s schools are online, both in the office and in the classroom\n## Table 1: Top activities using the most capacity","[{\"question\":\"What is the goal of the broadband speeds pilot study?\",\"answer\":\"The study aims to understand the bandwidth schools have to access online services and what those services are used for, providing key initial findings while noting the subject’s complexity.\"},{\"question\":\"How does bandwidth availability vary across Minnesota districts?\",\"answer\":\"Bandwidth varies considerably by district, with an average bandwidth of 28.0 Mbps and a median of 10.0 Mbps.\"},{\"question\":\"What activities take up the most online capacity?\",\"answer\":\"Testing and state testing account for the largest share (35%), followed by classroom use and media-rich content. 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