1. Lawrence Snyder University of Washington, Seattle © Lawrence Snyder 2004 Getting Behind the Project

2.  First 2 years: Develop guiding documents  Spring 2010: First 5 pilots chosen (college)  Winter 2011: College Curriculum Survey  Reviews content of guiding documents  Spring 2011: Second pilots (HS & college)  Spring 2011: Colleges and Universities “Attest”  By “2013”, curriculum fully fleshed out  By “2014”, high school courses offered for real  By “2015”, exam offered 5/23/2015”© 2011 Larry Snyder, CSE2 Main Focus For Today

3.  Roughly 100 college and university CS departments are asked to comment on the content of the guiding documents  7 Big Ideas  6 Computational Practices  Claims and Evidence  Does this reflect the content of the field? 5/23/2015© 2011 Larry Snyder, CSE3

4.  To cause this whole process to continue forward, there needs to be a commitment that “students will get their reward”  CS Departments must explicitly attest to their support of the project  Good, substantive project – keep up the good work  Our school will give credit  Our school intends to offer such a course  Our school will give placement in sequent course  Moreover, you can use our name and endorsement 5/23/2015© 2011 Larry Snyder, CSE4 Check all that apply Check all that apply

5.  Where to attest -- 5/23/2015© 2011 Larry Snyder, CSE5

6. 5/23/2015© 2011 Larry Snyder, CSE6

7.  We need as many schools as possible to attest … numbers do matter  There is a list of ~150 schools divided into 3 tiers  31 in Tier 1  87 in Tier 2  38 in Tier 3  We need to receive attestations from ~2/3 of the schools in each tier by 1 st week of May 5/23/2015© 2011 Larry Snyder, CSE7

8.  AP CS Principles – Generally csprinciples.org Project Home www.collegeboard.com/csprinciples Attest csprinciples.cs.washington.edu Rally Support 5/23/2015© 2011 Larry Snyder, CSE8