You will display data in graph form and then analyze the data about two school districts (identified by your instructor) in Virginia. This information is found at the Virginia Department of Education website (schoolquality.virginia.gov). You will use information about the SOL mathematics results from the past three years from grades 3, 4, and 5. To access the report card information on a Virginia school, district, or the state, utilize the Explore: Virginia School Quality Profiles in this module's Learn section. You will gather data about the mathematics Standards of Learning pass rates from the two counties identified by your instructor. All of the graphs and information below must be compiled in one single Word document. If you use Excel for your graphs, you can copy them to the Word document. If you use graph paper for your graphs, you may scan them and insert them as images in the Word document. Your project must be submitted as one Word document. All information must be presented in an organized way, as if you were preparing this report for your lead teacher or principal. 1. Create a double-column or double-bar graph for grade 3. You may use Excel, or you may use graph paper. The two columns/bars must compare the first county's pass rate with the second county's pass rate. There must be 3 sets of 2 columns/bars in this graph: one set for each of the 3 school years given in the data. All columns must be labeled appropriately. The graph must have a descriptive title and a legend. It is best to avoid using 3-dimensional graphs as the perspective interferes with reading the scale accurately. 2. Create a double-column or double-bar graph for grade 4 and then again for grade 5 in the same layout as for grade 3. Write a paragraph of at least 150 words that analyzes the results of the data in your column graphs. Do not simply re-state the values in the graphs. Interpret what those values and comparisons mean. How could this information be used to improve math education in either of the two counties? Is there another way to appropriately display the data from the state report card?

1. The two counties you will use will beFluvanna County Public Schools and Prince William County Public Schools

2. Due to COVID-19, you will only have 2 years' data, since there was no testing in 2020.