Computer science offerings in U.S. secondary schools grew from 25 percent to 40 percent between 2015 and 2016¶
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q2 i? The share of U.S. secondary schools offering at least one computer science class rose from 25 percent in 2015 to 40 percent in 2016. → Digital Promise 2017
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Digital Promise 2017¶
Digital Promise. (2017). Computational Thinking for a Computational World. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/a84a9ab5-6541-417f-ba96-4a66715e7732 doi:10.51388/20.500.12265/62
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The paper reports national adoption figures for computer science education: "in 2016, 40 percent of secondary schools offered at least one computer science class, up from 25 percent the year before." The paper frames this as progress toward reaching more students. No effect size is printed.
"in 2016, 40 percent of secondary schools offered at least one computer science class, up from 25 percent the year before."
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Related Claims¶
- 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
- Black students are less likely than white students to attend schools offering computer science classes — related
- Nine out of ten U.S. parents want their children to learn coding at school
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Computer science offerings in U.S. secondary schools grew from 25 percent to 40 percent between 2015 and 2016 |
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Computer science offerings in U.S. |
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2017 |
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2022 |
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