You see the disparate impact clearly when you look at the students learning computer science. At a time when technology suffers from a shortage of women, only 28 percent of the students taking an AP computer science exam in 2018 were girls.28 You see the same trend play out with underrepresented racial minorities. These groups comprised just 21 percent of the students taking these exams, compared to their 43 percent representation in the country.29 And at a time when the country worries about economic opportunities in rural communities, only 10 percent of the students who took AP computer
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