No. Frequency of Internet use on a weekly basis does not seem to have changed much since the findings from our technology study were published back in 2000. In 2000, our study found that on average students spent around 7.3 hours a week on the Internet. In our most recent study, students spent, on average, 6.6 hours a week on the Internet for email and other purposes.

Individual use patterns also are amazingly consistent from 2000 to 2002. In 2002, 26 percent of students surveyed reported using the Internet 1 to 2 hours per week compared to 21 percent in 2000, 18 percent 3 to 4 hours in both 2002 and 2000, and 13 percent indicated using the Internet 13 or more hours in 2002 compared to 14 percent in 2000.

Interestingly, students with test scores in the middle range were more frequent users of the Internet than those with test scores in the highest and lowest ranges:

• A larger segment of students with SAT scores in the 1090 to 1260 range reported using the Internet 10 hours per week (17 percent) compared to students with SAT scores of 1080 or lower (7 percent) and those with SAT scores of 1270 and higher (2 percent).
  
  
• Similarly, a higher percentage of students with ACT scores of 22-25 reported using the Internet 10 hours per week (16 percent) compared to those with high ACT scores of 26 and above (7 percent).