Welcome!

Your Computer Science Principles course is part of a national effort to increase opportunities for students in the field of computer science. You are joining thousands of other high school, college, and university students in piloting this course, and we thank you for your efforts.

As part of piloting this course, the College Board is collecting data on students' interest attitudes and beliefs about computer science. This survey includes questions intended to measure your perceptions of your own technological abilities, your educational background, your experiences with assessment, and your reasons for taking this course.

Therefore, we ask for your honesty in completing this survey, and we also invite you to omit responding to questions that make you feel uncomfortable. Please know that your identifying information will be used ONLY to match pre/post data. This information will be kept strictly confidential and all student identifiers will be replaced with random IDs, once pre/post data matching has occurred.

Thank you in advance for completing this survey!

Drs. Kathleen Haynie and Sheryl Packman
The CS Principles Evaluation Team


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Computer Science Principles is a pilot course under development. It is not an official Advanced Placement course currently being offered by the College Board. This document is being used to evaluate different aspects of the Computer Science Principles pilot course. Do not copy, distribute or use for other purposes without obtaining written permission from the College Board.


This survey document is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation, grant CNS-1246951. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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* Please indicate whether you agree to participate in the surveys for this project - this survey, and another survey at the end of your course. Participation is voluntary and you can opt out at any time. Please know that all of your responses will remain anonymous and confidential; no one, including your teacher, will know which responses you have provided. All identifying information you provide will only be used for pre/post survey matching and will be deleted after matching occurs.

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