Annual State Technology Survey

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The State Technology Survey is conducted to get current data on the state of tech integration across Washington’s public schools. 

2023–24 Technology Survey

Please contact your district’s designated Technology Director to complete OSPI’s 2023–24 Educational Technology Survey.

What’s different about this year’s Technology Survey?

  • It consists of 73 questions (fewer depending how you answer) and we anticipate it will take you about 25 minutes to complete.
  • We ask specific questions to support new and existing legislatively mandated reporting, while also focusing on areas of concern as stated by districts.
  • We ask questions that will assist the EdTech Team with district advocacy, grant programs, and supports.
  • We will be sharing the results of the survey with you to help inform your district-level discussions and planning.
  • NOTE: EdTech Classroom-Based Assessment questions are included as part of this survey rather than being sent separately.

Survey Snapshot

All 295 districts responded to our 2020-21 annual technology survey.

Internet Connectivity

  • Virtually all classrooms are networked with Internet connectivity.

Broadband Access

  • 99.7% of Washington school buildings have at least a 10 Mbps connection to the Internet, and 98.7% have at least a 100 Mbps connection.

Wireless Internet Access

  • 99.7% of Washington school buildings provide some degree of wireless access to the Internet. Of those buildings, over 97% provide access throughout the entire building.

Instructional Devices

  • A total of 1,194,396 instructional devices are in use (an increase of over 620,000 devices since 2014-15!)
  • 48.9% of instructional devices run ChromeOS (Chromebooks), 40.3% run Windows OS (primarily Windows 10), 7.6% run iOS (iPads), and 2.6% run Macintosh OS

Email Access

  • Nearly all K-12 certificated staff have email accounts provided by the school district.
  • 74% of students have a school-provided email account.

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)

  • 276 districts (93.8%) allow students or staff to connect personal devices to their district network, although 61 of those districts limit this to staff access only.

2019-20 Tech Survey