If a child is in grade 4.3 and receives a grade equivalent of 7.2 on an achievement test, he or she is achieving at the
7.2 grade level.

Grade equivalent scores, such as 7.2, indicate the grade level of the average student who received the same score, not the actual grade level at which the child is achieving. It means the child performed as well as an average student in the second month of seventh grade, not that the child is achieving at a seventh-grade level overall.