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Number of Examinees and Percent of Examinees Passing Each Test by Examinee Category
*
Test Administration: July 24, 2023 – September 17, 2023
Test Name
First-Time Test Takers
Test Retakers
N
% Passing
N
% Passing
Communication and Literacy Skills:
Reading
924
78.8
296
45.3
Writing
905
75
316
42.1
Both Subtests
790
78
111
38.7
Vocational Technical Literacy Skills:
Reading
31
96.8
3
-
Writing
28
75
9
22.2
Both Subtests
26
73.1
-
-
Subject Tests:
Early Childhood
132
86.4
22
54.5
General Curriculum - Multi-Subject
247
59.1
132
28.8
General Curriculum - Mathematics
221
41.2
258
27.1
Reading Specialist
59
88.1
1
-
General Science
28
64.3
4
-
Physics
18
66.7
3
-
Chemistry
17
76.5
-
-
Biology
28
96.4
4
-
Latin and Classical Humanities
-
-
-
-
Music
31
58.1
16
31.3
Visual Art
34
85.3
12
50
Business
11
54.5
1
-
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences
13
76.9
14
35.7
Physical Education
36
27.8
43
27.9
French
-
-
-
-
German
-
-
-
-
Spanish
-
-
-
-
Chinese (Mandarin)
-
-
-
-
Italian
-
-
-
-
Russian
-
-
-
-
Portuguese
-
-
-
-
Technology/Engineering
5
-
3
-
Speech
-
-
-
-
Theater
9
77.8
2
-
Dance
-
-
-
-
Middle School Humanities
8
50
5
-
Middle School Mathematics/Science
15
73.3
-
-
Academically Advanced
-
-
-
-
Elementary Mathematics
76
36.8
12
16.7
English as a Second Language
115
38.3
65
26.2
Adult Basic Education
-
-
-
-
Sheltered English Immersion
80
57.5
12
41.7
English
92
66.3
26
19.2
Mathematics
48
62.5
20
20
Middle School Mathematics
41
46.3
23
4.3
Digital Literacy and Computer Science
11
72.7
-
-
History/Social Science
75
76
13
23.1
Earth and Space Science
3
-
1
-
Bilingual Education
2
-
-
-
Foundations of Reading
311
65.6
93
34.4
All Subject Tests
1,770
60.7
786
28.5
Group
N (%)
Total Test Takers:
3,884
Test Retakers:
1,288 (33.2%)
First-Time Test Takers:
2,596 (66.8%)
*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: December 11, 2023
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