Praxis School Counselor (5422) Practice Exam

A student's national percentile rank score of 56% on a standardized test indicates that

1. the student earned a 56 on the test

2. 56% of the students who took the test scored a 21 or below

3. 56% of the students who took the test scored a 56

4. the student got 56% of the questions correct

The correct answer is: 56% of the students who took the test scored a 21 or below

A student's national percentile rank score of 56% on a standardized test indicates that 56% of the students who took the test scored a 21 or below. This means that the student performed better than 56% of the students who took the test. Option A is incorrect because the percentile rank score is a measure of how a student compares to others, not their actual score on the test. Option C is incorrect because it implies that 56% of the students who took the test received the same score as the student. Option D is incorrect because the percentile rank score is not based on the number of questions a student answers correctly, but rather how they perform compared to other students.