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Kelly Walsh High School, one of three high schools in Casper, WY was recently named a recipient of the 2020 College Board’s Female Diversity Award for AP Computer Science Principles.
The AP Central website writes that, “Schools receiving the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award have achieved either 50% or higher female exam taker representation in one of or both AP computer science courses, or a percentage of female computer science exam takers that meets or exceeds that of the school’s female population.”
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1,119 schools were recognized for their work toward equal gender representation during the 2019-20 school year, the AP site stated. This was nearly 37% more than the 818 schools that were recognized last year.
Six Mississippi schools earn AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award
News Highlights: Six Mississippi schools earn AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award. Posted: Jan 28, 2021/1137 CST / Updated: Jan 28, 2021/1137 CST
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Six schools in Mississippi have earned the College Board AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female representation in AP Computer Science A (CSA) and / or AP Computer Science Principles (CSP). Schools that have been awarded the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award have expanded girls’ access to AP computer science courses.
Of the 20,000 institutions that offer AP courses, these six schools are among the 1,119 that achieve either 50% or more female representation in one of the two AP computer science courses or a percentage of female computer scientists that that of the female students of the meet or exceed school. population during the 2019-2020 school year: