Grades 9-12

Use applicable data collection techniques for various scenarios.9-12.CS.2.1

Apply basic techniques for locating, collecting, and understanding the quality of data sets.9-12.CS.2.2

Analyze data and identify patterns through modeling and simulation.9-12.CS.2.3

Use data analysis to show the transformation from data to information to knowledge.9-12.CS.2.4

Use models and simulations to help formulate, refine, and test scientific hypotheses.9-12.CS.2.5

Compare and contrast the viewpoints on cybersecurity from the perspective of security experts, privacy advocates, and the government.9-12.CS.2.6

Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of security policies based on their usage of encryption and authentication strategies.9-12.CS.2.7

Convert between binary, decimal, octal, and hexadecimal representations of data.9-12.CS.2.8

Describe how real-world phenomena such as numbers, Strings, or images are represented as binary in a computer.9-12.CS.2.9

Analyze the trade-offs among various compression algorithms.9-12.CS.2.10

Demonstrate responsible digital citizenship (legal and ethical behaviors) in the use of technology systems and software.9-12.CS.3.1

Explain the social and economic implications associated with unethical computing practices.9-12.CS.3.2

Discuss trade-offs such as privacy, safety, and convenience associated with the collection and large-scale analysis of personal information.9-12.CS.3.3

Identify and evaluate the beneficial and harmful effects of computing innovations on behavior and culture.9-12.CS.3.4

Debate how the issues of equity, data access, and distribution of computing resources create a digital divide in a global society.9-12.CS.3.5

Debate laws and regulations that impact the development, security and use of software.9-12.CS.3.6

Understand and define artificial intelligence.9-12.CS.3.7

Research and explain the social, moral, ethical, and legal impacts of artificial intelligence systems and respective usage.9-12.CS.3.8

Explain how computer automation continues to transform society and the global economy (e.g. financial markets, transactions, predictions).9-12.CS.3.9

Research, analyze, and present how computational thinking has enabled computing to revolutionize business, manufacturing, commerce and society.9-12.CS.3.10

Evaluate the accessibility of a computational artifact.9-12.CS.3.11

Describe how computer science shares features with creating and designing an artifact such as in music and art.9-12.CS.3.12

Understand the ecosystem of open- source software development and its impact on global collaboration.9-12.CS.3.13

Explain how computer science fosters innovation and enhances other career and disciplines.9-12.CS.3.14

Illustrate the basic components of computer networks and protocols.9-12.CS.4.1

Analyze the issues that impact network functionality.9-12.CS.4.2

Describe the data flow that occurs when using Internet-based services.9-12.CS.4.3

Examine how encryption is essential to ensuring privacy and security over the internet.9-12.CS.4.4

Diagram the flow of execution and output of a given program.9-12.CS.5.1

Design algorithms using sequence, selection, iteration and recursion.9-12.CS.5.2

Use variable scope and encapsulation to design programs with cohesive and modular components.9-12.CS.5.3

Decompose a complex problem using abstraction through methods and/or classes.9-12.CS.5.4

Demonstrate the value of abstraction to manage problem complexity.9-12.CS.5.5

Demonstrate code reuse by creating programming solutions using APIs and libraries.9-12.CS.5.6

Evaluate the qualities of a program such as correctness, usability, readability, efficiency, portability and scalability through processes such as debugging and code review.9-12.CS.5.7

Compare and contrast simple data structures and their uses.9-12.CS.5.8

Compare software development processes.9-12.CS.5.9

Demonstrate an understanding of the software life cycle process.9-12.CS.5.10

Design and develop a software artifact by leading, initiating, and participating in a team.9-12.CS.5.11

Create collaborative software projects using Integrated Development Environments, or other collaborative tools.9-12.CS.5.12

Understand the positive and negative implications that arise when you add functionality to an existing program.9-12.CS.5.13

Demonstrate how diverse team collaboration improves the design and development of software products.9-12.CS.5.14

Compare a variety of programming languages available to solve problems and develop systems.9-12.CS.5.15

Analyze security issues that might lead to compromised computer programs.9-12.CS.5.16

Classify and define the different types of software licenses in order to understand how to apply each one to a specific software example.9-12.CS.5.17

Analyze the notion of intelligent behavior through the programs that learn and adapt, play games, do image recognition, perform text analysis, and control the behavior of robots.9-12.CS.5.18

Illustrate how mathematical and statistical functions, sets, and logic are used in computation.9-12.CS.5.19

Describe the concept of parallel processing.9-12.CS.5.20

Explore issues surrounding mobile computing.9-12.CS.5.21

Explain the value of heuristic algorithms to approximate solutions for interactable problems.9-12.CS.5.22

Critically examine algorithms and design an original algorithm (e.g. adapt, remix, improve).9-12.CS.5.23

Classify problems as tractable, interactable, or computationally unsolvable.9-12.CS.5.24