How does our performance compare across outcomes?   MSPAP Outcome Scale Scores: Grade 5 Proficiency Level 3 Cut-Off Score Median Outcome Scale Score Distance Median from Proficiency Level [+ or -] 25th Percentile Outcome Scale Score Distance 25th Percentile from Proficiency Level [+ or -] Reading For Literary Experience 530 545 15 512 -18 To Be Informed 530 535 5 512 -18 To Perform A Task 530 536 6 504 -26 Writing To Inform 522 537 15 440 -82 To Persuade 522 535 13 440 -82 To Express Personal Ideas 522 530 8 518 -4 Language Usage Language In Use 533 554 21 515 -18 Mathematics Problem Solving 520 N/A N/A N/A N/A Communication 520 533 13 484 -36 Reasoning 520 543 23 503 -17 Connections 520 520 0 468 -52 Number Concepts and Relationships 520 506 -14 452 -68 Measurement/ Geometry 520 518 -2 458 -62 Statistics 520 521 1 451 -69 Probability 520 528 8 488 -32 Patterns and Relationships 520 523 3 460 -60 Science Concepts of Science 525 541 16 483 -42 Nature of Science 525 518 -7 479 -46 Habits of Mind 525 536 11 499 -26 Processes of Science 525 539 14 487 -38 Applications of Science 525 522 -3 489 -36 Social Studies Political Systems 529 529 0 468 -61 Peoples of the Nation and World 529 528 -1 483 -46 Geography 529 544 15 489 -40 Economics 529 545 16 491 -38 Skills and Processes 529 526 -3 496 -33 Valuing Self and Others 529 537 8 490 -39 Understandings and Attitudes 529 497 -32 487 -42