Overall, participation has grown significantly across all AP computer science classes. Between 2007 and 2016, there was a steady rise from 20,041 to 57,937 participants.

The "Create" through-course performance task. ... AP Computer Science Principles is ideal for students who are less interested in Java or who would like a big picture view of computing.

AP Computer Science Principles stemmed from a conversation between Janice Cuny, program director for broadening participation and education in computing, ... Calif., create digital works of art.

More than 29,700 female students took an AP computer science exam in 2017, a 135% increase from 2016 and a dramatic increase from the 2,600 female students that took the AP Computer Science exam ...

More young women took an Advanced Placement Computer Science exam last year than in 2007 through 2013 combined, thanks largely to a new course designed with them in mind. Last summer, College Board ...

AP computer science principles draws more female, Black and Latino students than an older AP computer science course focused on coding, the College Board found in a study released Wednesday.

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 ...

Jenny Brundin/ CPR News Adriana Ramírez (L), 16, and Laura García (R), 15, work on creating a code together in an AP Computer Science Principles class at Abraham Lincoln High School.

The College Board, the organization that runs the AP program, launched AP Computer Science Principles, or AP CSP, during the 2016-17 year, aiming to bring more Black, Latino, and female students ...