Larger CPS high schools were consistently more likely to offer CS courses than smaller schools in both 2012 and 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? In 2012, 58 percent of high schools with 900 or more students offered CS, compared with 14 percent of schools under 500 students; by 2018, 94 percent of the largest schools offered CS versus 68 percent of the smallest. → 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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Cross-tabulation of CPS high schools by enrollment size category and CS offering status in 2012 and 2018 (Table 1). The report notes that "only 68 percent of the smallest high schools (less than 500 students enrolled) in spring 2018 offered any computer science course compared to 94 percent of largest high schools."
"In 2012, 58 percent of the largest high schools were offering CS, compared with 14 and 19 percent of smaller schools serving less than 500 students and between 500 and 899 students, respectively."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- 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
- 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 — related
- 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
- 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
- Access to computing instruction in US schools is limited and inequitable by school level and poverty — related
- Black students are less likely than white students to attend schools offering computer science classes — related
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Larger CPS high schools were consistently more likely to offer CS courses than smaller schools in both 2012 and 2018 |
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Larger CPS high schools were consistently more likely to offer CS courses than smaller schools in both 2012 and 2018 |
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