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Information and Communications Technologies in Schools Survey, 2003/04 – User Guide
1.0 Administration
Sponsored by Industry Canada’s SchoolNet program, which works with Canadian
learning partners – provincial and territorial governments, education associations, school
boards, schools, teachers and students – and conducted by Statistics Canada, the
Information and Communications Technologies in Schools Survey (ICTSS) aims to
measure access to and integration of ICT into the learning environment. Support to the
initiative has been provided by the Library and Archives Canada.
Any questions about the data set or its use should be directed to:
Statistics Canada
Client Services
Centre for Education Statistics
Telephone: (613) 951-7608 or call toll free 1 800 307-3382
Fax: (613) 951-9040
E-mail: [email protected]
2.0 Authority
The Information and Communications Technologies in Schools Survey (ICTSS) was
conducted under the authority of the Statistics Act, Chapter S-19, Revised Statutes of
Canada 1985. Collection plans for the survey conformed with the requirement of
Treasury Board Circular 1986-19, Government Information Collection and Public
Opinion Research, and were registered under collection registration number STC/ECT165-75342.
3.0 Background
The ICTSS was sent to principals to collect reliable, baseline data on connectivity and
other aspects of ICT access in elementary and secondary schools across Canada. The
survey was developed be the Government of Canada’s SchoolNet program, in
cooperation with the SchoolNet National Advisory Board, and Statistics Canada.
In 2002, the Conference Board of Canada developed an analytical framework for
measuring school connectivity and ICT integration. Two elements of this analytical
framework – infrastructure and reach – were central to the ICTSS. Infrastructure includes
the different components of ICT that make up the underlying foundation of a connected
school, such as the number of computers and their characteristics. Reach refers to the
degree to which teachers and students have access to the ICT infrastructure.
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