85th percentile
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85th percentile
Our preferred grammar school anticipates that out of catchment children will need to be in the 85th percentile. Does anyone know what this equates to as a score 250? 255? Is the highest 280?
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Re: 85th percentile
Sorry no.ourmaminhavana wrote:Our preferred grammar school anticipates that out of catchment children will need to be in the 85th percentile. Does anyone know what this equates to
parenthood I remember when percentiles only referred to how many ounces they had gained
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Surely it would depend on whether the school meantKenR wrote:If this is a normal standardisation against the cohort and there were 2 papers, then this would be typically 232 and above (116 usually being the 86th percentile). But of course you will not know what this equates to in terms of raw scores.
a) a score above the 85th percentile
b) to be in the 85th percentile of children
and whether the scores given on the OP were standardised.
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http://www.emie.ac.uk/research-areas/as ... sation.cfm
100 50%
104 60%
108 70%
113 80%
115 85%
120 90%
125 95%
140 >=99%
Over two tests... twice the score...
e.g. 240 over two tests.... top 10% of tested.
So... for example... if a local school offers to pupils >232 (two tests)... they are offering to approx the top 14% (86%-tile)
100 50%
104 60%
108 70%
113 80%
115 85%
120 90%
125 95%
140 >=99%
Over two tests... twice the score...
e.g. 240 over two tests.... top 10% of tested.
So... for example... if a local school offers to pupils >232 (two tests)... they are offering to approx the top 14% (86%-tile)
By my calculations 249 (out of 140x2, std dev 15, mean 100) gives... top 5%.Based on 2008 results our son's score of 249 puts him in top 9%ish.
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