I think this analysis is flawed. Let's dive into one statistic. 8 states had no Hispanic students take the exam: Alaska, Idaho, Kansas, Mississippi, Mo

I think this analysis is flawed. Let's dive into one statistic. 8 states had no Hispanic students take the exam: Alaska, Idaho, Kansas, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Wyoming. Sounds pretty damning. These states are completely ignoring an entire demographic! First, Wyoming should not be on the list. They had zero students take AP CS. For the other states, here are the total number of students that took AP CS in 2013. Alaska 21 Idaho 47 Kansas 47 Mississippi 1 Montana 11 Nebraska 46 North Dakota 2 It's obvious that North Dakota and Mississippi should also have been left off the list as they had less than five students take the exam. We're now down to five states. Let's look at the Hispanic population size in these states[1] Alaska 6.1% Idaho 11.0% Kansas 11.0% Montana 3.1% Nebraska 9.7% With these percentages, we can calculate the expected number of Hispanic students for each state. Alaska 1.28 Idaho 5.17 Kansas 5.17 Montana 0.341 Nebraska 4.462 So we can take take Montana and Alaska off the list. I could go further and get the actual demographic breakdown per city for each included high school, but I think the point is clear: AP CS enrollment for many states is too small to draw accurate conclusions. The real question we should be asking: Why are so few schools offering AP CS? [1] http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html