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It clarifies why percentile ranks are useful for interpreting achievement results without needing the original score scales and supports judgments about district and school performance. 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A percentile is a method for showing how a particular score compares with all the other scores in a group, or distribution, by ranking the range of scores from 1 to 99. The higher the percentile, the higher the rank is of the individual score among all the scores in the distribution. For example, if your vocabulary knowledge is at the 60th percentile for people your age, that means you know more words than 60% of your peers.  \nWhy has CDE provided Achievement Percentile Ranks? A percentile rank is useful because it can be interpreted without knowing anything about the scales or scores used for a particular test, or measure, upon which it is based. Percentile ranks provide a normative basis for making a judgment about district/school achievement (e.g., an elementary school with a percentile rank of 75 performed better than 75 percent of the elementary schools in the state) .  \nThe percentile ranks included in the SPF and DPF reports are based on the distribution of school mean scale scores (the average scale score for the students in the school) on the CMAS PARCC and TCAP assessments. These ranks provide information about how individual district/school mean scale scores compare to the mean scale scores of all Colorado schools at a particular level: elementary, middle, high, and by grade level. To ensure consistency in the interpretation of the achievement results, CDE used the distribution of school means to determine rankings for schools and district. Additionally, the percentile ranks for disaggregated groups reflect their standing relative to all students.  \nFor example, if the mean scale score for students with disabilities at a particular elementary school is reported with a percentile ranking of 4, this means that the aggregate performance for that disaggregated group was higher than 4 percent of the overall mean scale scores for elementary schools. It is not a reference to the group’s performance compared only to the mean scale scores for students with disabilities.  \nIn addition to providing a basis for understanding individual district/school achievement in light of the performance of other schools, percentile ranks provide a way to understand achievement over time. This is true even when assessment instruments change, as has happened in Colorado over the last three years. The scale for student scores on CMAS PARCC and the former state test, TCAP, are not the same. Thus, it would be NOT be appropriate to compare the mean scale scores on these assessments directly. However, percentile ranks make it possible to view the relative achievement of districts/schools across these different assessment instruments and scales.","cbCaioRjOAf477nq","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioRjOAf477nq","pdf",348791,"English","# What Are Percentile Ranks?\n## Why Achievement Percentile Ranks Are Provided\n# How Percentile Ranks in SPF and DPF Reports Are Determined\n## Comparison to Overall Colorado Schools\n## Meaning of Percentile Rank for Disaggregated Groups\n# Using Percentile Ranks to Understand Achievement Over Time","[{\"question\":\"What does a percentile rank number mean for an individual score?\",\"answer\":\"A percentile rank shows where a score falls relative to other scores in the same distribution. 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