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

Test Administration: March 14, 2016 - May 8, 2016

Test Name	First-Time Test Takers		Test Retakers
Test Name	N	% Passing	N	% Passing
Communication and Literacy Skills:
Reading	1,596	87.8	301	51.5
Writing	1,545	86.2	316	49.7
Both Subtests	1,435	87.9	97	44.3
Vocational Technical Literacy Skills:
Reading	24	91.7	3	33.3
Writing	26	76.9	14	35.7
Both Subtests	22	81.8	--	--
Subject Tests:
Early Childhood	170	47.1	153	32.7
General Curriculum: Multi-Subject	395	77.5	174	50.6
General Curriculum: Mathematics	393	49.4	435	42.8
History	141	79.4	51	39.2
English	189	80.4	39	28.2
Reading Specialist	69	71.0	24	45.8
Mathematics	88	80.7	41	46.3
General Science	57	77.2	11	54.5
Physics	18	55.6	3	100.0
Chemistry	21	57.1	9	33.3
Biology	47	72.3	11	63.6
Earth Science	9	11.1	5	60.0
Latin and Classical Humanities	13	76.9	--	--
Music	33	78.8	7	28.6
Visual Art	52	96.2	8	62.5
Business	13	30.8	3	66.7
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences	48	75.0	17	64.7
Physical Education	65	56.9	69	33.3
French	8	75.0	8	37.5
German	4	100.0	--	--
Spanish	54	87.0	11	45.5
Chinese (Mandarin)	10	100.0	--	--
Italian	6	66.7	2	50.0
Russian	--	--	--	--
Portuguese	3	66.7	1	0.0
Technology/Engineering	6	50.0	5	40.0
Speech	2	50.0	--	--
Theater	13	84.6	3	33.3
Dance	2	50.0	4	0.0
Middle School Mathematics	78	57.7	31	45.2
Political Science/Political Philosophy	7	42.9	4	0.0
Middle School Humanities	26	46.2	18	50.0
Middle School Mathematics/Science	16	25.0	5	0.0
Academically Advanced	--	--	--	--
Elementary Mathematics	72	45.8	30	23.3
English as a Second Language	179	49.2	136	25.0
Adult Basic Education	--	--	--	--
Sheltered English Immersion	376	52.7	95	50.5
Foundations of Reading	448	66.5	405	40.5

All Subject Tests	3,131	63.8	1,818	40.6

Communication & Literacy Skills and Subject Test	409	74.6	43	23.3

Total Number of Test Takers:	6,126
Number (Percent) of First-Time Test Takers:	3,912 ( 63.9)
Number (Percent) of Test Retakers:	2,214 ( 36.1)

*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: May 27, 2016