What was the national school speed test?
In 2013, we conducted a nationwide effort to measure the available bandwidth in every classroom in the United States:
- We partnered with 30 states and gathered more than 800,000 school speed tests
- The tests identified 63% of schools in the U.S. needed an Internet upgrade
- 40 million students without the broadband needed for digital learning
Meeting the demands of today’s digital classrooms
Alongside state and school district leaders, policymakers, and advocates, we’ve made incredible progress.
- 40.7 million more students have high-speed Internet access than did in 2013
- 98% of school districts can now take advantage of digital learning
- 94% of schools without scalable infrastructure have been upgraded to fiber-optic connections. That’s 21,600 schools.
