Data and research

Girls in IT: The Facts
Sponsored by NCWIT's K-12 Alliance, is a synthesis of the existing literature on increasing girls’ participation in computing.
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Girls & STEM
Following Microsoft’s 2017 research that examined the reasons why Europe’s girls and young women lose interest in STEM; Microsoft continued it’s research in the U.S. and commissioned a survey of over 6,000 girls and young women and conducted interviews with nonprofit and academic experts. Like in Europe, the insights gathered from this research will help us all understand how together, we can support girls and young women with STEM and computer science aspirations.
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Hour of Code Impact Report
The Hour of Code Impact Report shows that after completing one Hour of Code activity, students’ positive attitudes towards computer science increase along with feelings of computer science self-efficacy, especially for female students.
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Diversity in CS
Code.org explores ways to increase diversity in computer science by reaching all K-12 students of all backgrounds in ways that inspire them to keep learning.
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AP Computer Science Over Time
Code.org presents trends in AP Computer Science over time, by state, by gender, and by ethnic group.
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Computational thinking
This blog post from Jeannette Wing, CVP Microsoft Research, takes a 10 year retrospective look at the research from her 2006 "Computational Thinking" viewpoint on CS education in K-12.
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