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

Test Name	N	% Passing
Communication and Literacy Skills: Reading Writing Both	1794 1808 1794	71 59 51
Early Childhood	270	65
Elementary	772	60
Middle School	20	75
Social Studies	59	56
History	81	51
English	116	59
Reading	14	50
Mathematics	65	38
General Science	13	77
Physics	4	100
Chemistry	16	69
Biology	38	61
Earth Science	5	60
Latin	5	40
Music	41	59
Visual Art	36	61
Business	13	69
Home Economics	1	100
Health Education	20	70
Physical Education	61	82
English as a Second Language	14	57
Special Needs	131	77
French	7	57
German	-
Spanish	25	48
Chinese	1	100
Italian	-
Russian	-
Portugese	-
Technology Education	2	0

All Subject Tests	1830	62

Communication and Literacy Skills and Subject Test	1776	41

*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.

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