From the brief: " School divisions responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by increasing their use of remote technology for instructional purposes. Our analysis of three dimensions of that use during the 2020-21 school year found the following:

• A strong majority of school divisions in Virginia guaranteed access to technology to all its students (83% for all elementary students and 92% for all secondary students).
• Divisions with higher concentrations of minoritized students and students from economically disadvantaged circumstances were more likely to guarantee students’ access to technology than divisions with fewer of these marginalized groups.
• Divisions were more likely to rely on community hotspots to assist students with connecting to the internet than to assist some or all students connecting at home.
• Divisions in which more residences had access to broadband internet were more likely than divisions with less access to assist students in connecting to the internet at home.

Most divisions (60%) provided technological support to students, but fewer (26%) stated these supports were also offered to staff. These three dimensions, when presented in this order, allow us to illustrate the levels of academic support for remote learning made available to students across the Commonwealth during this unprecedented school year."