Joshua D. Angrist|Victor Lavy
New Evidence on Classroom Computers and Pupil Learning
technology affects learning centre recent debates educational inputs 1994 israeli state lottery sponsored installation computers many elementary middle schools programme provides opportunity estimate impact computerisation instructional use computers pupil achievement results survey israeli schoolteachers show influx new computers increased teachers use computeraided instruction cai although many estimates imprecise cai appear educational benefits translated higher test scores small miracle replicated every school rich poor across america every child american deserves chance participate information revolution president clinton east somerville community school 5 june 1998 could much make education available 24 hours day seven days week people could literally whole different attitude toward learning newt gingrich talking republican national committee quoted oppenheimer 1997 netanyahu explained group politicians computer professionals wanted provide quartermillion countrys toddlers interconnected computers recounted mit computer scientist michael dertouzos september 1998