Discovery Plots

Statewide and parish-level trends before and after cell phone bans in Louisiana and South Carolina

Overall Statewide Performance Trends

Figure 1: Louisiana Statewide LEAP Performance (Warm Palette)

Figure 2: South Carolina Statewide SC READY Performance (Cold Palette)

Performance Breakdown by Grade Band

Figure 3: Louisiana LEAP Performance by Grade Band (Warm Palette)

Figure 4: South Carolina SC READY Performance by Grade Band (Cold Palette)

High School Subject Performance: Math vs. English

Figure 5: Louisiana High School Math & English Performance (Warm Palette)

Figure 6: South Carolina High School Math & English Performance (Cold Palette)

Pre-Ban Trend Extrapolations

Figure 7: Louisiana Pre-Ban Trend vs Actual (Warm Palette)

Figure 8: South Carolina Pre-Ban Trend vs Actual (Cold Palette)

Parish-Level Distribution

Figure 9: Distribution of parish-level Mastery+ scores, pre- vs. post-ban (Warm Palette)

Combined State & District Distribution (Boxplot + Scatterplot)

Figure 10: Combined boxplot and scatterplot distributions comparing pre- and post-ban proficiency for Louisiana (warm palette) and South Carolina (cold palette).