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College Board Sees Bumper Crop of CS AP Test-Takers, Intros New Resources and Processes

THE Journal: Just as the College Board announced new resources and processes for its Advanced Placement exams, the organization also said that the number of students tackling an AP Computer Science assessment grew by nearly a third over last year's count. That count includes record participation by underrepresented groups, including girls and black and Latinx students.

The CS courses and their requisite exams come in two flavors. AP CS A delves into programming, including coverage of algorithms, data structures and the use of logic and formal methods. AP CS Principles introduces students to the fundamentals of computing, including programming, abstractions, algorithms, large data sets, the Internet, cybersecurity concerns and computing impacts.

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