16 Million Strong and Growing: Growth Rate of Kids Online Outpaces Overall Internet Population
· In May 2009, children aged 2-11 comprised nearly 16 million, or 9.5 percent, of the active online universe
· Since 2004, the number of kids online has increased 18 percent, as compared to 10 percent for the total active universe, with a fairly even split between boys and girls. The growth of children online outpaces the overall growth of children in the U.S., where kids under 14 are projected decrease by 1 percent from 2004 to 2010 (according to the U.S. Census Bureau, from 7/04 – 7/10 projection)
· Time spent online among children aged 2-11 increased 63 percent in the last five years, from nearly 7 hours in May 2004 to more than 11 hours online in May 2009. Time spent among kids outpaced the increase for the overall population, which grew 36 percent in the last five years
· Boys spent 7 percent more time online than girls; while girls viewed 9 percent more Web pages than boys did in May 2009.
Online video viewership among 2-11 year olds was split evenly between boys and girls, with 5.1 million boys and 5.2 million girls viewing video online in May
· Online video consumption between boys and girls was not so even. In May 2009, boys led in viewing and time spent: consuming 61 percent of video streams among children and comprising 57 percent of the time spent viewing videos
STILL LEFT BEHIND:
STUDENT LEARNING IN CHICAGO’S PUBLIC SCHOOLS
KEY FINDINGS
Most of Chicago’s students drop out or fail. The vast majority of Chicago’s elementary and high schools do not prepare their students for success in college and beyond. There is a general perception that Chicago’s public schools have been gradually improving over time. However, recent dramatic gains in the reported number of CPS elementary students who meet standards on State assessments appear to be due to changes in the tests made by the Illinois State Board of Education, rather than real improvements in student learning.
At the elementary level, State assessment standards have been so weakened that most of the 8th graders who “meet” these standards have little chance to succeed in high school or to be ready for college. While there has been modest improvement in real student learning in Chicago’s elementary schools, these gains dissipate in high school. The performance of Chicago’s high schools is abysmal – with about half the students dropping out of the non-selective-enrollment schools, and more than 70% of 11th grade students failing to meet State standards. The trend has remained essentially flat over the past several years. The relatively high-performing students are concentrated in a few magnet/selective enrollment high schools. In the regular neighborhood high schools, which serve the vast preponderance of students, almost no students are prepared to succeed in college.
In order to drive real improvement in CPS and fairly report performance to the public, a credible source of information on student achievement is essential. Within CPS today, no such source exists. CPS and the State should use rigorous national standardized tests. Also, the Board of Education should designate an independent auditor with responsibility for ensuring that published reports regarding student achievement in CPS are accurate, timely and distributed to families and stakeholders in an easily understood format.
Efforts to provide meaningful school choices to Chicago’s families must be aggressively pursued – including expanding the number of charter and contract schools in Chicago. Most of these schools outperform the traditional schools that their students would otherwise have attended; and the choices that they offer parents will help spur all schools in CPS to improve.
Full report: http://fordham.citysoft.org/dsp_emailhandler.cfm?eid=254148&uid=42295
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