The number of students who took the Advanced Placement computer science exam skyrocketed last year, but females and minority students remained underrepresented, and, in multiple states, not a single ...

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 ...

Two Beaverton students were among just 112 worldwide to achieve perfection on the Advanced Placement computer science exam in 2017, the test maker announced. Scoring a 5 on AP's five-point scale is an ...

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 ...

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 ...

Diversity is not one of the tech industry’s strongest suits, but Seattle-based Code.org sees hints this could change in coming years: In 2017, a record number of women and underrepresented minorities ...

More girls than ever took an AP computer-science exam this year, Seattle nonprofit Code.org announced Tuesday, calling the results “incredible.” Code.org crunched the numbers from the AP College Board ...

More girls are taking the annual AP computer science exam, but boys still outnumber girls when it comes to taking the test. In fact, fewer than 10 girls took the May 2016 exam in eight states, and not ...

AP testing at Lyons Township High School this month is a mix of paper and pencil tests and electronic versions, given in person and remotely. Advanced placement, or AP courses, are college-level ...