CS course offerings in CPS high schools more than doubled between 2009 and 2018, with 80 percent of schools offering at least one CS course by 2018¶
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Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2023: local conditions change quickly
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q3 i? The share of CPS high schools offering at least one CS course increased from 34 percent in 2009 to 80 percent in 2018, with most growth following the December 2013 CS4All announcement. → Barrow 2020
Evidence¶
Barrow 2020¶
Barrow, L., Freire, S., & de la Torre, M. (2020). Trends in computer science education: Access, enrollment, and performance in CPS high schools. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED606832
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Longitudinal analysis of CPS high school course schedules from 2008-09 through 2017-18, counting schools with at least five students enrolled in a CS course. "Most of this increase occurred following the launch of the CS4All initiative in December 2013."
"In 2009, only 32 high schools (34 percent) offered at least one CS course, while by 2018, 72 schools (80 percent) offered at least one CS course. Most of this increase occurred following the launch of the CS4All initiative in December 2013."
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Related Claims¶
- Cohort CS enrollment rates increased substantially, from 8 percent of the 2010-11 cohort to 26 percent of the 2014-15 cohort taking at least one CS course over four years — related
- Student access to CS grew faster than school access because larger high schools were more likely to offer CS, reaching 92 percent of students by 2018 — related
- Larger CPS high schools were consistently more likely to offer CS courses than smaller schools in both 2012 and 2018 — related
- Access to computing instruction in US schools is limited and inequitable by school level and poverty — a broader claim this one bears on
- Students in the lowest-SES neighborhoods were 3 percentage points less likely to enroll in CS, a gap largely explained by differential access to schools offering CS — related
- Black students were least likely to enroll in CS overall but most likely to enroll once school-level access to CS is accounted for — related
- Black students are less likely than white students to attend schools offering computer science classes — related
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CS course offerings in CPS high schools more than doubled between 2009 and 2018, with 80 percent of schools offering at least one CS course by 2018 |
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CS course offerings in CPS high schools more than doubled between 2009 and 2018, with 80 percent of schools offering at least one CS course by 2018 |
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moderate |
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2020 |
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2023 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-08 |
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