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¶

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Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2025: baselines and conditions change

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q3 i? Because larger schools were more likely to offer CS, the proportion of students with access rose from 52 percent in 2009 to 92 percent in 2018, exceeding the growth in the proportion of schools offering CS. → 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

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Analysis of CPS high school enrollment data linking school CS offerings to student enrollment counts. The report states that "larger schools—those with a larger student body—were more likely to offer CS."

"In 2009, 52 percent of students in CPS high schools were enrolled in one of the 32 high schools offering at least one CS course. By 2018, 92 percent of students enrolled in a CPS high school that offered at least one CS course."

Discussion¶

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