Statistics

Taught by Josh Tabor

Description

Welcome to the wonderful world of AP® Statistics! I look forward to working with you and hope that you leave feeling prepared and excited about the opportunity to teach AP® Statistics. During the workshop we will:

• Discuss the NEW Course and Exam Description for 2026–2027, including topics that are being added and subtracted from the curriculum.
• Analyze the NEW AP® Statistics exam format, including changes to both the multiple-choice and free-response sections.
• Practice using various types of technology—Desmos, graphing calculators, and applets—and discuss strategies for in-class and on-exam usage.
• Demonstrate how to use resources from the College Board, including Progress Checks, AP® Daily videos, the Question Bank, and the Instructional Planning Report.
• Participate in many classroom-tested activities that illustrate key Learning Objectives from the Course and Exam Description.
• Highlight important course content using free-response and multiple-choice questions from the AP® Statistics exam. We will also discuss common student errors and how to avoid them.
• Explore provided resources, including tests, guided notes, projects, articles, pacing guides, and alignments.
• Discuss other important topics, such as expanding AP® opportunities, the AP® Audit, textbook selection, assessment, and other day-to-day issues.
• Answer as many questions as possible!

Tentative agenda

Workshop includes 30 hours of content (2/3 synchronous and 1/3 asynchronous) and roughly 1 hour of additional work each day.

Monday, Day 1

• Introduction and Opening Activity
• Course and Exam Description (CED) and Course Planning
• Unit 1: Exploring One-Variable Data and Collecting Data
  • Changes to the curriculum
  • Activities
  • Technology Tools
  • Free-Response and Multiple-Choice Questions

Tuesday, Day 2

• AP® Classroom and AP® Daily
• Unit 2: Probability, Random Variables, and Sampling Distributions
  • Changes to the curriculum
  • Activities
  • Technology Tools
  • Free-Response and Multiple-Choice Questions
• Unit 5: Regression Analysis
  • Changes to the curriculum
  • Activities
  • Technology Tools
  • Free-Response and Multiple-Choice Questions

Wednesday, Day 3

• Resources for AP® Statistics: Textbook selection, Online resources
• Projects for AP® Statistics
• Unit 3: Inference for Categorical Data: Proportions
  • Changes to the curriculum
  • Activities
  • Technology Tools
  • Free-Response and Multiple-Choice Questions

Thursday, Day 4

• Assessment and Reflection, including the Instructional Planning Report
• Expanding AP® Opportunities
• Strategies for Success on the AP® Exam
• Unit 4: Inference for Quantitative Data: Means
  • Changes to the curriculum
  • Activities
  • Technology Tools
  • Free-Response and Multiple-Choice Questions