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Statistics Course Requirements
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The AP Program unequivocally supports the principle that each individual school must develop its own curriculum for courses labeled "AP." Rather than mandating any one curriculum for AP courses, the AP Course Audit instead provides each AP teacher with a set of expectations that college and secondary school faculty nationwide have established for college-level courses. AP teachers are encouraged to develop or maintain their own curriculum that either includes or exceeds each of these expectations; such courses will be authorized to use the "AP" designation. Credit for the success of AP courses belongs to the individual schools and teachers that create powerful, locally designed AP curricula.
The AP Statistics course should be designed by your school to provide students with a learning experience equivalent to that of an introductory college course in statistics. An introductory statistics course, similar to the AP Statistics course, is typically required for majors in the fields of social sciences, health sciences, and business. Science, engineering, and mathematics majors usually take an upper-level calculus-based course in statistics, for which the AP Statistics course is an effective preparation. The purpose of your course should be to introduce students to the major concepts and tools for collecting, analyzing, and drawing conclusions from data.
Students enrolling in AP Statistics should have completed second-year algebra or its equivalent.
All students who are willing to accept the challenge of a rigorous academic curriculum should be considered for admission to AP courses. The College Board encourages the elimination of barriers that restrict access to AP courses for students from ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic groups that have been traditionally underrepresented in the AP Program. Schools should make every effort to ensure that their AP classes reflect the diversity of their student population.
High schools offering this exam must provide the exam administration resources described in the AP Coordinator's Manual. Each student must have one or two graphing calculators with statistical capabilities for individual use during the AP Exam administration. Calculators may not be shared. Minicomputers, pocket organizers, electronic writing pads, and calculators with QWERTY keyboards are not permitted for use on the AP Statistics Exam. Each student has received information about the acceptable and unacceptable upgrades and enhancements to their graphing calculator as stated in the Course Description section on The Examination.
Requirements
To request authorization to label a course "AP," complete the following two steps:
- Complete and submit an AP Course Audit form, on which the teacher and principal attest that their course includes or exceeds the following curricular requirements delineated by college and university faculty.
- Submit an electronic copy of the course syllabus that demonstrates inclusion or improvement on the curricular requirements (see Syllabus Preparation Guidelines). If your course does not include one or more of the curricular requirements but merits designation as a college-level course, see Instructions for Submitting Materials for the process for describing alternate approaches to the course.
 Syllabus Preparation Guidelines
Instructions for Teachers
Instructions on how to submit AP Course Audit materials via the Web will be posted on AP Central and mailed to principals in January 2007.
Curricular Requirements
- The teacher has read the most recent AP Statistics Course Description, available as a free download on the AP Statistics Course Home Page.
AP Statistics Course Home Page
- The course provides instruction in each of the following four broad conceptual themes outlined in the Course Description with appropriate emphasis on each:
- Exploring data
- Sampling and experimentation
- Anticipating patterns
- Statistical inference
- The course draws connections between all aspects of the statistical process, including design, analysis, and conclusions.
- The course teaches students how to communicate methods, results, and interpretations using the vocabulary of statistics.
- The course teaches students how to use graphing calculators and demonstrates the use of computers and/or computer output to enhance the development of statistical understanding through exploring and analyzing data, assessing models, and performing simulations.
Resource Requirements
- The school ensures that each student has a college-level statistics textbook for individual use, inside and outside of the classroom.
- The school ensures that each student has access to a graphing calculator with statistical capabilities.
- The school provides access to a computer to aid in investigating and analyzing data and in exploring statistical models.
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