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Educator Effectiveness

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

Test Administration: January 8, 2024 – March 3 2024

For 076 Middle School Humanities tests taken August 21, 2023 – March 3, 2023

Test NameFirst-Time Test TakersTest Retakers
N% PassingN% Passing
Communication and Literacy Skills:
Reading1,09980.133639.3
Writing1,05478.533144.1
Both Subtests91980.510441.3
Vocational Technical Literacy Skills:
Reading3190.32-
Writing2882.11050
Both Subtests2487.51-
Subject Tests:
Early Childhood19577.92343.5
Reading Specialist5284.65-
General Science4463.680
Physics1353.84-
Chemistry1384.6650
Biology2882.14-
Latin and Classical Humanities----
Music3565.72317.4
Visual Art2982.8742.9
Business757.12-
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences3663.91650
Physical Education6631.85817.2
French----
German----
Spanish----
Chinese (Mandarin)----
Italian----
Russian----
Portuguese----
Technology/Engineering666.74-
Speech----
Theater988.94-
Dance----
Middle School Humanities4463.6--
Middle School Mathematics/Science15401-
Academically Advanced----
Elementary Mathematics7731.22222.7
English as a Second Language10845.48320.5
Adult Basic Education----
Sheltered English Immersion7864.1771.4
English11766.7277.4
Mathematics5775.43212.5
Middle School Mathematics5839.7365.6
Digital Literacy and Computer Science1580616.7
History/Social Science8871.61717.6
Earth and Space Science2---
Bilingual Education683.3--
Gen Curric Lang Arts and History/Social Science39179.54650
Foundations of Reading49171.313526.7
Gen Curric Math, Science, and Tech/Engineering44660.39942.4
All Subject Tests2,52666.767528.3

GroupN (%)
Total Test Takers:4,587
Test Retakers:1,258 (27.4%)
First-Time Test Takers:3,329 (72.6 %)

*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: April 4, 2024

 
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