What does a students Quantile measure mean?
A Quantile measure indicates how well a student understands mathematical concepts and skills at his or her grade level. To interpret what a Quantile measure means for a specific student, two pieces of information are needed: the Quantile score, and the grade level during which the student received the Quantile score. For example, a higher Quantile measure within a specific grade range indicates that a student probably has very few problems with grade-level material (textbooks and assignments) in school. A lower Quantile measure indicates that a student most likely struggles to understand and succeed with grade-level material. The purpose of the Quantile Framework is to help identify materials and resources that are targeted to the student’s learning frontier, and thus will be challenging, but not frustrating. The learning frontier is the range to which instruction is focused, fifty Quantiles above and fifty Quantiles below the student’s measure.
A Quantile measure indicates how well a student understands mathematical concepts and skills at his or her grade level. To interpret what a Quantile measure means for a specific student, two pieces of information are needed: the Quantile score, and the grade level during which the student received the Quantile score. For example, a higher Quantile measure within a specific grade range indicates that a student probably has very few problems with grade-level material (textbooks and assignments) in school. A lower Quantile measure indicates that a student most likely struggles to understand and succeed with grade-level material. The purpose of the Quantile Framework is to help identify materials and resources that are targeted to the student’s learning frontier, and thus will be challenging, but not frustrating. The learning frontier is the range to which instruction is focused, fifty Quantiles above and fifty Quantiles below the student’s measure. In other words, once a student’s Quantil
