Boys outnumber girls by more than 4 to 1 among computer science test takers.

Participation rates for Advanced Placement science exams—specifically physics and computer science—have risen sharply over the last year, according to new data from the College Board.

While the numbers of students taking Advanced Placement computer science exams skyrocketed in 2014, participation for many groups of students remained low, an <i>Education Week</i> analysis shows.

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.

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 ...

The College Board's Advanced Placement Program, or AP, plans to add a new computer-science program to its class offerings, the first new test in seven years. The move reflects a growing interest ...

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

One of the two AP computer science classes has undergone changes to more closely mirror introductory college courses.