When fewer than four Quantile measures are entered, the Growth Planner selects an Estimated Growth Path to show the student's expected performance in future years, based on the student's current test scores. This Estimated Growth Path represents the growth of students in the population that perform similarly to this student. In the graph shown, the specific Estimated Growth Path displayed is the curve lying closest to the student measures entered.

Growth Planner results for individual students are based solely on mathematical achievement data (student Quantile measures). Additional factors (e.g., motivation, high school courses taken, performance in high school, etc.) will certainly impact college and career readiness as well. Growth Planner projections are estimates and do not guarantee students will perform as forecasted.

Pathway for Mathematical Readiness
The Pathway for Mathematical Readiness describes the mathematics skills and concepts that students should encounter and learn to be on-track for college and career after 12th grade.

Quantile Measure
A Quantile measure represents the difficulty of a mathematical skill, concept or application (called Quantile Skills and Concepts [QSCs]) and a developing mathematician's understanding of the QSCs in the areas of Geometry, Measurement, Numbers and Operations, Algebra and Data Analysis and Probability. Knowing the Quantile measures of both a student and a skill or concept helps to predict how well the skill or concept matches the student's ability - whether it may be too easy, too difficult or just right.

Estimated Growth Path
This Estimated Growth Path represents how the student will likely grow given his/her Quantile measure(s).

Recommended Growth Path
This Recommended Growth Path represents how the student should grow and what the student should be ready for, mathematically, to be on track for college and careers after Grade 12 given his/her Quantile measure(s).

Limited College and Career Readiness Range
The Limited College and Career Readiness Range describes the mathematical demand of community college programs and careers with no specific mathematics requirements.

Fundamental College and Career Readiness Range
The Fundamental College and Career Readiness Range describes the mathematical demand of certification, community college, and 4-year university general education programs and careers that require advanced math courses such as algebra/trig, precalculus, introductory calculus, statistics, finance, and finite mathematics.

Advanced College and Career Readiness Range
The Advanced College and Career Readiness Range describes the mathematical demand of 4-year university programs and careers that require advanced math courses such as calculus and beyond.