AP Computer Science is getting a facelift—or rather, an entirely new face. The College Board has announced that this fall it will launch a new Advanced Placement course in computer science: AP ...

Boys outnumber girls by more than 4 to 1 among computer science test takers. ... (Mississippi, Montana, and Wyoming), zero girls took the AP computer science test.

The number of students taking the AP computer science exam increased by about 24 percent from last year, up to 46,000 U.S. students, according to numbers released this fall.