The AP Computer Science Principles format may be better for students who are more confident in their ability to create a quality product in a long-term classroom environment.

Participation and performance among AP Computer Science courses has increased in the past year, but especially so for the popular AP Computer Science Principles class.

The College Board launched computer science principles, an advanced placement class, in an effort to draw more young women and students of color into the subject.

San Diego's Sweetwater High School is in one of the districts offering AP Computer Science Principles, the College Board course debuting across the country during the 2016-2017 academic year.

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Abraham Lincoln High School won a national diversity award earlier this spring because girls made up a majority of school's the Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles class.

It typically has 50 to 80 students enrolled in AP Computer Science Principles each year. The last time a North Allegheny student scored a perfect AP Computer Science A score was in 2018, she said.