Participation rates for Advanced Placement science exams —specifically physics and computer science—have risen sharply over the last year, according to data released Sept. 3 by the College Board. The ...

The pool of test-takers for the Advanced Placement computer science exam is still overwhelmingly white and male, according to data from the College Board, which administers the AP tests. The number of ...

When it comes to introducing more city girls to their inner techie, the Department of Education is starting to crack a complex code. Thanks to the DOE’s campaign to pivot more female students toward ...

AP Computer Science is getting a facelift—or rather, an entirely new face. The College Board has announced that this fall it will launch a new Advanced Placement course in computer science: AP ...

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology had FIVE students with perfect scores in Computer Science A (AP CSA) in 2017, the most for any school in a single STEM subject. Not only did ...

Educators were cheering over newly released results from the College Board showing significant increases in the number of females, Latino and African-American students who took either the Advanced ...

Last year, the College Board piloted a new Advanced Placement course in computer science: AP Computer Science Principles, a program that the organization hoped would engage more females and students ...

Female, black and Latino student participation in Advanced Placement computer science exams has more than doubled in the past year, helped by the introduction of an AP course designed to introduce ...

LA VERNE, Calif. (KABC) -- A Southern California senior has earned a rare perfect score on his Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles exam. Nathan Kwan attends Bonita High in La Verne. He ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Female, black and Latino students took Advanced Placement computer science courses in record numbers, and rural student participation surged this year, as the College Board attracted ...

GREENWICH — Brunswick School’s computer science department has aced several Advanced Placement top-score achievements — with two students who each attained a perfect score. Ryan Kulsakdinun earned a ...

Ten years ago, girls were so scarce in high school computer science classes that the number of female students taking Advanced Placement tests in that subject could be counted on one hand in nine ...