CSTANJ Computer Science Teachers Association of NJ State of Computer Science Education in New Jersey May 13, 2016

Daryl Detrick Computer Science teacher at Warren Hills HS CSTA Central NJ past-president CSNJ co-chair New Jersey representative to CSALT DarylDetrick@cstanj.org

CSTANJ CSTANJ goal is to enhance CS Education by promoting communication through a network of CS Educators from K through College. CSTANJ hopes to provide opportunities for discussions, collaboration, professional development, and advocacy work.

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CSTA Chapters in NJ CSTA Northern NJ - Kean President Lee Hayden Email – lhayden@roxbury.org CSTA Central NJ - Rutgers President John Hajdu Email - jhajdu@chatham-nj.org CSTA Southern NJ – Richard Stockton President Lynne Kesselman Email - lynnekesselman@gmail.com

AP Computer Science Growth Across the Nation

Growth in APCS exam National Numbers 2011 22,176 2012 26,103 18% increase #1 in growth 2013 31,117 19% increase #1 in growth 39,278 26% increase #1 in growth 48,994 25% increase #2 in growth Fastest growing AP exam over the last 5 years

High School Advanced Placement Exams 1997-2011 2015 Messaging: Need for increased education Physics B, C: Electricity and Magnetism, and C: Mechanics, combined Calculus AB and BC combined Computer Science A and B combined. B is no longer offered. Total Exams 2011: 3.4 million Total Exams 1997: 0.9 million Source: College Board, Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Data 2011, available at http://professionals.collegeboard.com/data-reports-research/ap/data. Calculus represents the combined data of Calculus AB and BC. Physics represents the combined data of Physics B, C:Electricity and Magnetism, and C:Mechanics. Computer Science represents combined data of Computer Science A and B.

Data from College Board via Barbara Ericson APCS in NJ Good news and Bad news Data from College Board via Barbara Ericson

New Jersey Statistics on AP exam Number of students taking APCS 2010 942 students 2015 2468 students increase 162% Less than 0.5% of NJ HS students took APCS Approximately 500,000 high school students in NJ Public + Private

New Jersey Statistics on AP exam Number of schools offering APCS 2010 136 schools 2015 169 schools increase 24% Only 21% of NJ HS offer APCS Approximately 800 High Schools in NJ (500 public and 300 private) Most growth is happening at schools that offer CS already

New Jersey Statistics on AP exam Number of females taking APCS 2010 156 students 2015 496 students increase 218% Only 20% of the test takers are female

New Jersey Statistics on AP exam Number of Hispanic students taking APCS 2010 53 students 2015 194 students increase 266% Only 8% of the test takers are Hispanic Compared to 18% of the population

New Jersey Statistics on AP exam Number of black students taking APCS 2010 22 students 2015 59 students increase 168% Only 3% of the test takers are black Compared to 14% of the population

Legislation and Standards “Access to CS Education has become the social justice issue of the 21st century. The way to get people out of poverty is to give them access to privileged skills.” Chris Stevenson Former CSTA Executive Director

Standards Sue Sullivan from NJDOE led the effort to add Computational Thinking : Computer Programming to the Technology Standards 8.2.E Standards released in October 2014 Very basic, but a good started. New Jersey is one of only seven (?) states with computer science standards. (Code.org/CSTA)

Computational Thinking and Programming Technology 8.2.E Computational Thinking and Programming Adopted October 1, 2014

www.njleg.state.nj.us keyword “computer science” Legislation www.njleg.state.nj.us keyword “computer science”

A2597 / S2161 Beginning with the 2016-2017 grade nine class, the State Board of Education shall require that the local graduation requirements adopted by a board of education permit an Advanced Placement computer science course to satisfy a part of the total credit requirement in mathematics. For an Advanced Placement computer science course to satisfy a part of the mathematics credit requirement, the student must be concurrently enrolled in or have successfully completed algebra I and geometry or the content equivalent. Signed by the Governor on January 19, 2016

New Jersey was the 26th state to make CS count as a math or science Code.org

A3440 / S2030 The Department of Education shall undertake a review of the Core Curriculum Content Standards to ensure that they incorporate modern computer science standards where appropriate. The department shall report any findings and recommendations to the Governor by December 31, 2015. Signed by the Governor on January 19, 2016

A2766 Creates a computer science teaching endorsement. Introduced by Assemblyman Diegnan Referred to the Assembly Education Committee. CSNJ worked with Rutgers, Kean, TCNJ, Rowan, Richard Stockton and Ramapo to create a proposal for a CS endorsement. Summary In addition to a certification in another area Recommendation, not requirement at first Grandfather clause for those currently teaching CS. Four courses equivalent to : CS Principles, APCS A, Data Structures and CS Methods Note: One of the main issues is the lack of trained CS teachers in K-12

A2873 Requires computer science as part of a graduation requirement. Introduced by Assemblywoman Jones CSNJ does not support the bill in its current wording. CSNJ’s suggestion is to create into two bills: All high schools in New Jersey must offer a computer science course by 2018/19. All students should have the opportunity to take CS Computer science graduation requirement by 2022/23 Introduction to Computer Science Principle – ½ year class

Statistics New Jersey currently has 24,988 open computing jobs (4.5 times the average demand rate in New Jersey). The average salary for a computing occupation in NJ is $97,862, which is significantly higher than the average salary in the state ($53,920). New Jersey had only 891 computer science graduates in 2014; only 15% were female. Code.org

Feel free to contact me at CSTANJ Any questions Feel free to contact me at DarylDetrick@cstanj.org