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 ...

In May 2014 at the all-girls Emma Willard School in upstate New York, nearly a third of the school’s 300+ students were preparing for their final Advanced Placement (AP) exams. But exactly three were ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two North Allegheny High School students earned rare perfect scores on their 2021 Advanced Placement tests, both in computer science courses. Kamya Rajesh, a sophomore, received a perfect score on the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A senior at Vista del Lago High School in Folsom, Naysa Bhargava said she read the email in September to her father filled with shock and excitement. She forwarded it to her mother: She received a ...