"Anyone with less than a 60th percentile proficiency gets no points. Between 60th and 80th percentile is worth six points, someone in the 80th to 90th percentile range earns 10 points, someone with a 90th percentile proficiency or above earns 11 points, and someone in the 100th percentile range earns 12 points"
I can't understand if it means, on a test with 1000 points, for the 90th percentile:
1.) you scored at least 900 points.
Or
2.) you did better than 90% of the persons that took the test (That's what I understand by percentile. But it doesn't make sense since mathematically you can't have a 100th percentile. Except if you approximate 99.995 -> 100)
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I am a bit curious about the 90th percentile tho.
I can't understand if it means, on a test with 1000 points, for the 90th percentile:1.) you scored at least 900 points.
Or
2.) you did better than 90% of the persons that took the test (That's what I understand by percentile. But it doesn't make sense since mathematically you can't have a 100th percentile. Except if you approximate 99.995 -> 100)
I'm a bit curious as to whether or not you're going to get marked down for spelling colour with a u.
A 100th percentile would probably mean a perfect score on the exam.
https://magoosh.com/toefl/2015/whats-your-toefl-percentile/
Thanks (: It does make sense to me with the values now
I interpret "100th percentile range" to mean the 1 percent of the population that is above the 99th percentile.