percentile ranking
Position among peers
A percentile ranking shows where a score falls relative to others in a group, expressed as the percentage of scores at or below it.
A student in the 90th percentile scored higher than 90% of test-takers.
Her percentile ranking put her in the top quarter of applicants.
The term appears frequently in standardized testing and statistical analysis.
- test scoresNumerical exam results
- standardized testExam with fixed scoring
- learning analyticsAnalysis of educational data
- top ten percentHighest-ranking tenth portion
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
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