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Number of Examinees and
Percent of Examinees Passing Each Test by Examinee Category*

Test Name	First-Time Test Takers		Test Retakers
Test Name	N	% Passing	N	% Passing
Communication and Literacy Skills:
Reading	262	95.0	14	78.6
Writing	261	87.7	10	50.0
Both Subtests	261	87.0	3	33.3
Subject Tests:
Middle School	66	57.6	--	--
Social Studies	26	80.8	2	100.0
History	25	80.0	--	--
English	47	74.5	1	100.0
Reading	3	0.0	1	100.0
Mathematics	29	37.9	9	22.2
General Science	17	58.8	1	0.0
Physics	6	33.3	--	--
Chemistry	4	75.0	1	0.0
Biology	31	77.4	2	50.0
Earth Science	12	50.0	2	50.0
Business	7	85.7	--	--
Health Education	3	100.0	1	0.0
Special Needs	7	85.7	--	--
French	6	33.3	2	0.0
Spanish	18	83.3	--	--

All Subject Tests	307	65.8	22	36.4

Communication & Literacy Skills and Subject Test	253	61.7	1	--

Total Number of Test Takers:	341
Number (Percent) of First-Time Test Takers:	301 (88.3)
Number (Percent) of Test Retakers:	40 (11.7)

*Category:

First-Time Test Takers = candidates who took the test for the first time on July 11, 1998.
Second-Time Test Takers = candidates who retook the test they took on April 4, 1998.

Notes:

Caution should be used in interpreting data based on small numbers of test takers.
The test takers whose data are presented in this table may not reflect the same performance as that of future test takers.

last updated: March 3, 2001


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