Using a Geographic Information System to Examine the Relationship Between Access to Technology and the Academic Achievement of Primary and Secondary Students

A Geographic Information System (GIS) is used to examine the relationship between household purchases of PC hardware/software and students' academic achievement as indicated by norm-referenced standardized state reading and math test scores. Geographic patterns in the thematic maps show that, in Duval County, Florida, a centralized area exists which contains a number of tracts with a high concentration of minority students who did not do well in...