<p>Sorry if this is a repeat question…when students are talking about scoring in a certain percentile are they talking about national percentile?</p>
<p>i never understood that either…</p>
<p>There are several percentiles on the SSAT score sheets (which I just pulled out of my D’s file):</p>
<p>In the upper left-hand box (under the SSAT logo):
Verbal Percentile
Math Percentile
Reading Percentile
Total Percentile</p>
<p>Then, in the bottom right-hand box, they provide the “Estimated National Percentile”</p>
<p>The ones that seem to matter are in the upper left-hand box. You could get a less than 99% “Total” Percentile score, and still get a 99% on the “Estimated National Percentile”.</p>
<p>On this site when people are taking about percentiles, they’re talking about the percentile score they’re given relative to the SSAT-taking population over the past three years. These numbers are lower than national percentiles would be due to the over representation of strong performers in the pool.</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>are the percentiles compared to people in just your grade or everyone?</p>
<p>Your percentiles are only compared to people of the same grade and gender as you.</p>