UTILIZATION OF
ASSESSMENT DATA
TYPE OF TEST SCORE
Raw and Percentage Scores
Raw scores are obtained by simply counting
the number of correct responses in a test following
the scoring directions.
Ex. 50 items 30 raw score
30 = 0.6x100 =60% percentage score
50
PERCENTILE RANK
A percentile rank gives the percent of scores that
are at below a raw or standard score. It is used to
rank students in a reference sample.
Ex. 50 90
PR= b x 100
65 85
n
75 65
PR= 7 x 100 =70%
44 75
10
78 90
85%
70th Percentile ranking