More Than 70 West Point Cadets Accused Of Cheating In Academic Scandal

Seventy-three suspected cheaters, one critical mistake. Dozens of cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point were caught cheating on a calculus final exam in May after they all made the same errors on the test, according to officials. From a report: Instructors at the Army’s premier training ground for officers revealed the academic scandal on Monday, saying it’s the…

2020 AP CS Scores: Still Big Gaps In Performance, Participation

theodp writes: As the 8th annual Hour of Code kicked off this week, the College Board released 2020 AP national and state score breakouts for AP CS program participants. As in past years, this year’s results still showed striking gaps in performance and participation across gender and ethnicity segments. Passing rates across major ethnic group segments ranged from 39.8%-78.6% for the…