AP Statistics – Laura Ringwood

This session AP Statistics – with Laura Ringwood is offered ONLINE during Week 1: June 15-18, 2026 and again during Week 2: June 22-25, 2026.

Meet your APSI Consultant for AP Statistics

Laura Ringwood is passionate about teaching AP Statistics because of its usefulness in all walks of life and its accessibility to all levels of math students. Her enthusiasm for AP Statistics infuses her classes with a light-hearted atmosphere and a joy for using math in varied contexts. Her approach to teaching is student-centered, using cooperative learning techniques, manipulatives, and technology to help students understand statistical concepts.

Laura earned a BS in Mathematics Education from Boston University and an MS in Mathematics Education from the University of Rochester. A high school math teacher of 23 years, she has taught AP Statistics for 15 years in both a large public high school in Austin, TX and a smaller private school in Rochester, NY. She wrote high school curricula for Beyond AP Statistics and Data Science. She has been honored with multiple teaching and innovation awards from student and faculty groups.

Laura has been active in the AP Reading for 13 years, including 4 years as a Table Leader and 1 year as an Early Table Leader. She also worked with NMSI for 5 years, leading Student Study Sessions and mentoring teachers. Laura currently lives in Rochester, NY where she teaches at McQuaid Jesuit High School.

APSI Session Description

In this online Summer Institute, participants will learn about the redesigned AP Statistics Course and Exam Description and exam format, anticipated to take effect in the 2026-27 school year. They will also gain experience with the technology options that are allowed on the hybrid AP Exam, including Desmos, NumWorks, and traditional graphing calculators.

Teachers will participate in hands-on statistics activities that they can bring directly to their classroom, or modify to suit their unique needs. These activities help students understand difficult statistical topics, improve student performance on the AP Exam, and increase students’ enthusiasm for statistics. Along the way, participants will review course content and develop strategies for helping students succeed on both the multiple choice and the free response sections of the exam.

During the four-day session, participants will become more familiar with the myriad resources available through AP Classroom and other organizations. They will learn to apply AP scoring rubrics for free response questions and they will construct the beginnings of their course calendar. Teachers will come away with strategies for helping learners from diverse backgrounds to be more successful in statistics. Beginning AP Statistics teachers will be supported in starting their course, and experienced teachers will develop tools and lessons to improve their courses.

Sample Daily Schedule (all times Eastern)

8:30 am – 9:00 am Optional Office Hours and Morning Check In

9:00 am – 11:00 am Synchronous Session

Warm-up activity to introduce the morning’s topics

Virtual “hands-on” lesson in breakout rooms

Unit 1 Free Response practice and discussion of revised AP scoring

11:00 am – 12:00 pm (approximately) Asynchronous Session and Office Hours

Self-paced exploration of the Course and Exam Description

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Synchronous Session

Review of challenging Unit 1 concepts

Unit 1 activity using technology (Desmos, NumWorks, and traditional graphing calculators)

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch Break

Down time!

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm Synchronous Session

Unit 5 activity to get familiar with the AP Formula Sheet

Discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of the technology options using concepts from Unit 5 in breakout rooms

An example of incorporating real world data from Unit 5

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Asynchronous Session and Office Hours

Self-paced Unit 5 multiple choice practice from AP Classroom

Self-paced practice applying scoring rubrics using a Unit 5 free response question