What is a QTaxon?
A taxon is the root of the word taxonomy, meaning a taxonomic category or group. In terms of the Quantile Framework, a QTaxon defines a specific mathematical topic, concept or skill and is used to annotate the framework. Each QTaxon has a Quantile measure (expressed as a number followed by the letter “Q”) which estimates its solvability in the taxonomy of the framework. QTaxons are linked to supporting and precursory QTaxons which illustrate the interconnectivity of The Quantile Framework and the natural progression of mathematical skills needed to solve increasingly complex problems. The framework comprises more than 500 QTaxons which educators can use to monitor progress and target instruction by comparing a student’s Quantile measure with the measure of a particular QTaxon.
A taxon is the root of the word taxonomy, meaning a taxonomic category or group. In terms of the Quantile Framework, a QTaxon defines a specific mathematical topic, concept or skill and is used to annotate the framework. Each QTaxon has a Quantile measure (expressed as a number followed by the letter “Q”) which estimates its solvability in the taxonomy of the framework. QTaxons are linked to supplemental and prerequisite QTaxons which illustrate the interconnectivity of The Quantile Framework and the natural progression of mathematical skills needed to solve increasingly complex problems. The framework comprises more than 500 QTaxons which educators can use to monitor progress and target instruction by comparing a student’s Quantile measure with the measure of a particular QTaxon. Each QTaxon aligns with one of five Quantile content strands—Numbers and Operations, Geometry, Measurement, Algebra/Patterns & Functions, and Data Analysis & Probability—and the process strands described by t
