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Equity in AP CSP Participation Under a Districtwide Graduation Requirement: A 7‑Year Analysis of Chicago Public Schools

This presentation focuses on the representativeness of students who completed AP CSP over the course of seven years in CPS.
Aug 2026

Drivers and barriers to offering AP CSP in Chicago Public Schools: An interview analysis

This report examines the factors influencing the implementation of Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles (AP CSP) across Chicago Public Schools (CPS), aiming to address inequities in advanced computer science (CS) education.
Nov 2025

Automatic Short Answer Grading for Computer Science Placement Exam with Meta Llama

this project explores the use of large language models (LLMs), specifically Meta's open-source Llama family, for automatic short answer grading (ASAG) in a computer science placement exam.
Aug 2025

CAFÉCS Stories of Research Integration

The Chicago Public Schools hosted the Freedom within the Form symposium to officially release its Equity-Centered Research Approach (EqRA). CAFÉCS was invited to share examples of how we have implemented the research integration elements of the EqRA.
Aug 2025

Examining Capacity and Equity in Computer Science in Chicago Public Schools: A Longitudinal Study 

This paper examines the school level factors that are correlated with the presence of an AP CSP teacher at the school.
Aug 2025

Using Placement Scores for AP CSP in Chicago Public Schools 

This paper validates the use of a placement exam to support decision-making on which CS course would be the best 1st experience.
Jul 2025

CAFÉCS Data Driven Insights

This presentation to the CPS Data Analyst User Group highlights the ways in which The Learning Partnership has used CPS data to draw insights into the ways that the CPS Computer Science Team has been supporting computer science for all.
May 2025

School-level Predictors of Offering AP CSP in Chicago Public Schools over Time: A Multilevel Approach

The present study examines trends and factors related to the likelihood of offering Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles courses in the Chicago Public Schools from the 2016-2017 to 2022-2023 school years.
Apr 2025