Strive for a 5: Preparing for the AP® Statistics Exam

DAREN STARNES has taught a variety of statistics courses—including AP® Statistics, Introductory Statistics, and Mathematical Statistics—for 25 years. He earned his MA in Mathematics from the University of Michigan and his BS in Mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Daren has been a Reader, Table Leader, and Question Leader for the AP® Statistics exam for more than 20 years, and is one of the presenters of the AP® Daily videos available in AP® Classroom. As a College Board consultant since 1999, Daren has led hundreds of workshops for AP® Statistics teachers throughout the United States and overseas. He frequently presents in-person and online sessions about statistics teaching and learning for high school and college faculty. Daren is an active member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), the American Statistical Association (ASA), the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC), and the International Association for Statistical Education (IASE). He served on the ASA/NCTM Joint Committee on the Curriculum in Statistics and Probability for six years. Daren is also coauthor of the popular on-level text Statistics and Probability with Applications (now in its fifth edition) and the new college text Introductory Statistics: A Student-Centered Approach. Daren and his wife Judy enjoy traveling, rambling walks, jigsaw puzzles, and spending time with their three sons and eight grandchildren.

JOSH TABOR has enjoyed teaching on-level and AP® Statistics to high school students for more than 30 years, most recently at The Potter’s School. He received a BS in Mathematics from Biola University, in La Mirada, California. In recognition of his outstanding work as an educator, Josh was named one of the five finalists for Arizona Teacher of the Year in 2011. He is a past member of the AP® Statistics Development Committee as well as an experienced Reader, Table Leader, Question Leader, and Exam Leader at the AP ® Statistics Reading since 1999, and is one of the presenters of the AP® Daily videos available in AP® Classroom. He currently serves on the SAT Mathematics Development Committee and NAEP Mathematics Standing Committee.

Each year, Josh leads one-week AP® Summer Institutes and one-day College Board workshops around the country. In addition to teaching and speaking, Josh founded and maintains www.stapplet.com, which features applets for data analysis and probability, as well as for activities and concept exploration. Josh has authored articles in The American Statistician, The Mathematics Teacher, and The Journal of Statistics Education. Combining his love of statistics and love of sports, Josh teamed with Christine Franklin to write Statistical Reasoning in Sports, an innovative textbook for on-level statistics courses. Josh is also coauthor of the popular on-level text Statistics and Probability with Applications, Fifth Edition, and the new college text Introductory Statistics: A Student-Centered Approach. Outside of work, Josh enjoys gardening, traveling, and playing board games with his family.