1.44 JUMP and EQAQ Scores Mathematician and award-winning playwright John Mighton started Junior Undiscovered Math Prodigies (JUMP) in 1998. Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) tests are designed to assess a student's ability in reading, writing, and mathematics for Grades 3 and 6 in Ontario. The following two graphs reported in Professionally Speaking" display EQAO scores for Grades 3 and 6 before and after JUMP training at six schools in Ontario.

a. What graphical techniques did JUMP use?

b. Do you think that a comparison of EQAO scores pre- and post-JUMP is the best way to measure the program effectiveness on a given student? Why or why not?

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100 80 40 20 0 Mill Valley Ketchum 2002-03 10 2002-03 2003-04 Nelson Palmerston Quee Mandela 2002-03 2002-03 to to 2004-05 2004-05 2004-05 2004-05 2004-05 Regens Victoria Park 2002-03 2002-03 Before JUMP After JUMP Grade 3 EQAO Score, Before and After JUMP Source: http://professionallyspeaking.oct.ca/march 2007/math.asp. Written by Elke Town. Professionally Speaking by Ontario College of Teachers. Reproduced with permission 100 80 60 40 20 0 Carleton Lord Nebo Palmerston Q Village Dufferin Mandela Spruce Victoria Court 2002-03 2002-03 2002-03 2002-03 2002-03 2002-03 to to 2004-05 2004-45 2004-05 2004-05 2004-05 2004-05 Before JUMP After JUMP Grade 6 EQAO Score, Before and After JUMP Source: http://professionallyspeaking.oct.ca/march_2007/math.asp. Written by Elke Town, Professionally Speaking by Ontario College of Teachers. Reproduced with permission