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A 1987 U.S. Office of Technology Assessment report describes rapid school computer adoption and millions of students using computers, qualifying any broad claim that students deliberately ignored them. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Trends and Status of Computers in Schools: Use in Chapter 1 Programs and Use with Limited English Proficient Students · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:af276bad656d3881bcfd2e5f89f39d6c77556969b244adf865cf4f983b5b0517

Between 1981 and 1986, the percentage of American schools with computers intended for instruction grew from about 18 percent to almost 96 percent. There are now more than one million computers in public schools alone, and over 15 million students and 500,000 teachers in public and private schools who make use of computers and related technologies.