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At a 2008 National Science Foundation-supported conference with the theme of "Computational Thinking and Fluency in the 21st Century," a group of the nation's leading computer scientists and educators agreed that students require increasing skills in computing across all STEM fields.
Advancing U.S. students' understanding of the principles and practices of computing is critical to developing a more competitive workforce for the 21st century. Yet the number of students studying computing and computer science at both the high school and college levels has been declining alarmingly — the number of students taking the AP Computer Science Exam fell 15 percent between 2001 and 2007, while the number of college freshmen intending to major in computer science plummeted more than 70 percent this decade. Conference scholars further noted that given the changing educational needs of students, computer science in the 21st century must build beyond the programming-centric orientation that was prevalent during the discipline's infancy.
To that end, the investigators proposed developing a curriculum for a new Advanced Placement Program? (AP?) course that would fill a critical gap as an adjunct to the existing AP Computer Science A course. In 2009, the College Board, in partnership with the National Science Foundation (NSF), received a grant to prototype the development of this new course, titled AP Computer Science: Principles. The new course will introduce students to programming but will also give them an understanding of the fundamental concepts of computing, its breadth of application and its potential for transforming the world we live in. It will be rigorous, engaging and accessible. To learn more, see www.csprinciples.org.
The AP Computer Science Principles (CSP) course is intended to foster a wider appeal for the computer science discipline and to better prepare a pipeline of STEM majors. The College Board's meticulous AP course development process, already proven and thoroughly vetted in the NSF-funded redesign of other AP science courses, provides the framework in which the new course's curriculum has been designed. Currently, the AP CSP project has completed the following:
The AP CSP Curriculum Framework focuses on the creative aspect of computing and computational thinking practices that enable students to experience how computing impacts their everyday lives. See Acceptance of the New Course by Higher Education Institutions for more information about how AP CSP is comparable to an introductory college computer science course. A series of pilot courses were conducted to verify implementation feasibility of the course content. The first group of pilot institutions included five major colleges and universities. The following institutions completed the first pilot of the course in 2010–2011:
A second group of 18 pilot institutions was selected for academic year 2011–2012. The selection of these schools included a review of submitted institutional data with plans to increase student enrollment, in particular, women and underrepresented minorities.
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The third group of pilot institutions was a subgroup of the second pilot and largely focused on the implementation of performance-based assessment tasks. The following schools completed their pilot in 2012–2013:
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Moving forward into Phase II of development for the AP CSP course and exam, a large cohort of 50 pilot institutions has been selected to begin in fall 2013. Selected schools will pilot the course under the auspices of the College Board for three consecutive years until the official launch of the course in fall 2016. Schools submitted institutional data and all information was reviewed against rigorous criteria, including:
Instructors at the pilot sites are charged with developing and implementing a recruitment plan focusing on increasing minority and female student enrollment, planning and delivering the newly designed course and participating in course evaluation activities, such as pre- and post-course surveys (including surveys of students).
For more information about recruiting female and underrepresented minority students, see Resources for Recruiting Female and Underrepresented Students (.pdf/360KB).
Phase II Pilot Institutions (2013–2016):
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The NSF has generously funded the development of the curriculum and the piloting of the AP Computer Science Principles course. The next step in moving forward would be to complete AP Exam development and create teacher professional development in support of the new course. The College Board is committed to providing experiences for students leading to placement in advanced college courses and to the awarding of college credit. AP students and teachers have clearly stated that a primary value of the AP Program is the course credit that colleges award for AP Exam scores of 3 or higher in a given subject.
In the spring of 2011, attestations were collected from over 100 college/university computer science department chairs and professors who reviewed the AP CSP Curriculum Framework and provided the following attestations:
See the sidebar to the right for a list of representatives from colleges who have provided attestations to the College Board in support of the development of the Computer Science Principles course and exam. Also included are external statements from education and computer science organizations and attestations from education and computer science professionals.
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