The Elephant Age is the average age that children outside of the system are doing the same mathematics as your student. We calculate this by the averages provided by early age education research and by curriculum standards set by federal and state governments for grade levels. We recalculate the Elephant Age every time a student passes a milestone. The Elephant Age graph on the dashboard is also updated by milestone passes. Because of the way the Elephant Age is calculated, sometimes passing a milestone may not cause the age to increase and that is normal behavior if the subject matter being passed is below the current Elephant Age (not contributing to an increase).