The AP Computer Science exam has historically suffered from a diversity problem, with no female, African-American, or Hispanic students taking the test in some states over the years.

In 2016, only 177 New York City girls passed an AP computer-science exam, officials said. In 2018, 1,266 earned the distinction.

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.

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 ...

While students in AP Computer Science A work to debug and analyze Java code, engaging in one 3-hour multiple choice exam at the end of the year, Principles is much more conceptual and project-based.

Code.org announced this week that female and minority high school students participated in its computer science program in record numbers this year.

ACED IT! Bonita High senior Nathan Kwan earned a perfect score on his AP Computer Science Principles exam - an accomplishment so rare that less than 1% of AP CSP exam takers achieve this feat.

In 2007, only 12 percent of those taking the AP Computer Science test were underrepresented minorities, but in 2017 that figure rose to 20 percent, or 22,199 out of 111,262.

Code.org, which started offering an advanced placement computer science principles this school year in partnership with The College Board, could more than double the number of underrepresented ...

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 ...

Nationwide, AP computer science is becoming more popular, and new initiatives aim to make it more inclusive as well. In 2015, the number of students taking the AP CS exam increased by nearly 24 ...

CodeMonkey’s AP CSP course includes everything educators need to confidently teach the subject, whether they are new to computer science or experienced in the field.