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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

Mentorship Matters: How the CS Starter Academy Mentorship Program is Guiding Community College STEM Students to Transfer to Four-Year Institutions

Peer mentors helped community college students feel they belong in computer science and gain the confidence and know-how to apply to four-year universities. Discover what made the difference.
Nov 2025

Who Succeeds in ECS? An Investigation into Post-ECS CS Computational Thinking Among Chicago Public Schools Students

This report examines which students benefit most from CPS's ECS implementation by analyzing how prior ability, demographics, performance, attitudes, and teacher practices predict computational thinking skills.
Nov 2025

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

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

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

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

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