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

Test Administration: September 26, 2016 – December 17, 2016

Test Name	First-Time Test Takers		Test Retakers
Test Name	N	% Passing	N	% Passing
Communication and Literacy Skills:
Reading	1,141	83.4	296	55.4
Writing	1,123	85.1	275	56.4
Both Subtests	1,037	86.1	107	61.7
Vocational Technical Literacy Skills:
Reading	23	95.7	--	--
Writing	27	81.5	5	80.0
Both Subtests	23	78.3	--	--
Subject Tests:
Early Childhood	118	44.1	133	33.8
General Curriculum: Multi-Subject	283	68.9	188	52.1
General Curriculum: Mathematics	300	53.3	346	45.7
History	79	77.2	39	30.8
English	101	83.2	28	35.7
Reading Specialist	41	58.5	17	58.8
Mathematics	42	78.6	17	29.4
General Science	26	84.6	10	30.0
Physics	7	71.4	4	50.0
Chemistry	15	66.7	7	28.6
Biology	34	70.6	10	30.0
Earth Science	1	100.0	1	0.0
Latin and Classical Humanities	2	100.0	2	50.0
Music	18	72.2	11	54.5
Visual Art	28	89.3	1	0.0
Business	10	90.0	--	--
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences	12	75.0	5	20.0
Physical Education	35	68.6	39	28.2
French	10	80.0	3	33.3
German	2	100.0	1	0.0
Spanish	49	81.6	5	20.0
Chinese (Mandarin)	20	95.0	--	--
Italian	6	100.0	--	--
Russian	--	--	--	--
Portuguese	7	57.1	--	--
Technology/Engineering	7	71.4	3	33.3
Speech	--	--	--	--
Theater	9	88.9	1	100.0
Dance	1	0.0	1	0.0
Middle School Mathematics	40	67.5	17	29.4
Political Science/Political Philosophy	4	75.0	1	0.0
Middle School Humanities	9	44.4	5	20.0
Middle School Mathematics/Science	7	42.9	3	0.0
Academically Advanced	--	--	--	--
Elementary Mathematics	40	35.0	16	31.3
English as a Second Language	92	46.7	83	22.9
Adult Basic Education	--	--	--	--
Sheltered English Immersion	148	54.7	54	63.0
Foundations of Reading	340	56.2	296	38.9

All Subject Tests	1,943	62.3	1,347	40.8

Communication & Literacy Skills and Subject Test	174	75.3	18	38.9

Total Number of Test Takers:	4,351
Number (Percent) of First-Time Test Takers:	2,660 ( 61.1)
Number (Percent) of Test Retakers:	1,691 ( 38.9)

*Category:

First-Time Test Takers = candidates who took the test for the first time on the test date indicated.
Test Retakers = candidates who retook the test they took on a previous test date.

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: January 25, 2017