Educational programming tools

Grader A: hit

Scratch had millions of users by 2012; Hour of Code (Dec 2013) reached about 15M students in a week using block-based tools; Google/Gallup 2016 found 40% of US schools teaching programming (up from 25% in 2015).

Test: at least 5% of schools/students used educational programming tools by 2014

• More K-12 Computer Science Classes Teach Programming/Coding (Gallup) (2016): 40% of US K-12 principals report a CS class with programming, up from 25%

Grader B: hit

Hour of Code (Dec 2013) reached about 20M participants in its first year with Scratch and Blockly tutorials; Scratch was already widely used in classrooms.

Test: At least 5% of K-12 students or schools used them by 2014.

• Scratch in the Hour of Code (2014-01): Scratch tutorial part of the Hour of Code
• 5 Things You Need to Know About the Hour of Code (2015-10-19): Over 20M participants in first Hour of Code