Code.org and College Board Team Reach Out for Talented High School Coders

The College Board (owners of the SAT, PSAT, and other US-based college aptitude exams) and Code.org (an organization offering online training in programming and computer science) have announced a new partnership to provide "instructional materials, training, and funding for school districts to expand access" to computer science courses.

The goals of the program are to provide high-quality computer science instruction at the high school level and to identify potentially talented computer students who are in demographics underserved by the IT industry, such as women and ethnic minorities.

According to the press release at the Code.org site, the College Board and Code.org will identify and help schools to adopt two specific computer science courses at the high school level:

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