Student access to devices

About 80 percent of students use a laptop to do their schoolwork and about half of students use tablets or smartphones to get their work done, according to a report released by Pearson today.

But classrooms are having a harder time catching up. Only one in six students attend a school that offers a laptop or tablet for every student. About 62 percent of students have access to wireless Internet at school, while more than 90 percent have access at home.

The survey asked 2,252 elementary, middle and high school students about their current use of mobile technology for learning and how they want to use it in the future.

Elementary and middle school students were more likely to use tablets regularly, while high school students were more likely to use smartphones. More than half of students across all grades own a smartphone and more than half of elementary or middle school students owned a tablet.

African American and Hispanic students were more likely to think technology can help cater to their specific learning needs in class.