if you send evals (scouting trips), you can get more detail on the amount of improvement, too. there are 5 messages you can get for every rating - 2 messages make up the low range, 1 for medium, and 2 for high. because the low range is such a small difference, the high/high vs low/high differentiation is really what matters. finding that out is an important part of the game, especially in d2/d3.
the sub ranges are as follow...
low/low: 0 - 1
high/low: 2 - 6
medium: 7 - 20
low/high: 21-27
high/high: 28+