Massive Open Online Courses, better known as MOOCs, are getting some traction in the education community - and we’re not just saying that because Oxford Dictionaries online added the term last week.

In contrast, the exam for AP Computer Science A is three hours long and contains two sections: multiple-choice and free response, each of which accounts for 50% of the grade.

They found that in schools that offered AP CSP, schools reported on average an additional 16 computer science exams taken each year. These test-takers are a more diverse group than before, with ...

This year, about 114,000 students nationally took the AP computer science principles exam, nearly twice as many as the 65,000 who took the older AP computer science test focused on the Java ...

AP Computer Science A is problem-solving oriented and focused specifically on Java, while CS Principles takes a broader approach around the fundamentals and it’s up to the teacher which ...

Jenny Brundin/ CPR News Adriana Ramírez (L), 16, and Laura García (R), 15, work on creating a code together in an AP Computer Science Principles class at Abraham Lincoln High School.

Amazon is making a $15 million donation to Code.org to help the Seattle nonprofit launch a new Advanced Placement computer science programming course aimed at underrepresented groups of students ...

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 ...