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

Test Administration: April 13, 2015 - June 7, 2015

Test Name	First-Time Test Takers		Test Retakers
Test Name	N	% Passing	N	% Passing
Communication and Literacy Skills:
Reading	1,536	84.5	271	45.8
Writing	1,581	84.6	318	48.1
Both Subtests	1,443	86.5	102	44.1
Vocational Technical Literacy Skills:
Reading	20	90.0	3	66.7
Writing	20	90.0	11	36.4
Both Subtests	17	88.2	1	0.0
Subject Tests:
Early Childhood	182	53.3	144	31.9
General Curriculum: Multi-Subject	511	73.4	212	47.6
General Curriculum: Mathematics	491	46.8	403	45.4
History	150	78.0	62	29.0
English	181	89.0	35	25.7
Reading Specialist	57	70.2	26	50.0
Mathematics	89	68.5	39	38.5
General Science	64	89.1	7	57.1
Physics	19	78.9	10	60.0
Chemistry	20	65.0	14	28.6
Biology	59	81.4	24	45.8
Earth Science	9	55.6	4	75.0
Latin and Classical Humanities	15	80.0	2	50.0
Music	56	89.3	5	60.0
Visual Art	46	93.5	2	50.0
Business	16	75.0	4	0.0
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences	49	83.7	11	27.3
Physical Education	64	54.7	53	37.7
French	26	65.4	7	42.9
German	--	--	--	--
Spanish	72	86.1	15	20.0
Chinese (Mandarin)	--	--	--	--
Italian	--	--	--	--
Russian	--	--	--	--
Portuguese	--	--	--	--
Technology/Engineering	13	76.9	5	40.0
Speech	--	--	--	--
Theater	20	35.0	5	40.0
Dance	12	58.3	--	--
Middle School Mathematics	78	60.3	30	40.0
Political Science/Political Philosophy	11	63.6	1	100.0
Middle School Humanities	32	37.5	10	30.0
Middle School Mathematics/Science	13	53.8	5	20.0
Academically Advanced	--	--	--	--
Elementary Mathematics	92	45.7	21	38.1
English as a Second Language	206	52.4	129	34.1
Adult Basic Education	4	100.0	--	--
Sheltered English Immersion	234	56.0	18	66.7
Foundations of Reading	651	61.4	394	39.8

All Subject Tests	3,542	64.2	1,697	40.6

Communication & Literacy Skills and Subject Test	465	68.0	31	9.7

Total Number of Test Takers:	6,178
Number (Percent) of First-Time Test Takers:	4,121 ( 66.7)
Number (Percent) of Test Retakers:	2,057 ( 33.3)

*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: July 16, 2015