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.

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

And more female students are passing AP computer science exams. DOE data shows that 177 female students passed the exam in 2016, compared to 1,266 female students in 2018.

The new class, called Computer Science Principles, was designed to attract students with no prior computer experience and who don’t necessarily want to pursue it as a career, said Maureen Reyes, ...

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.

Brunswick School in Greenwich is celebrating the success of its computer science students. Two students received perfect scores on AP exams.

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.

A Piscataway High School senior achieved a perfect score on the Advanced Placement Computer Science Exam – one of only 91 students in the world to attain the remarkable achievement. And even ...

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.

Greenwich High School Junior Brandon Nadel earned a perfect score on the college-level Advanced Placement computer science principles exam from May 2023.