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

Test Administration: September 25, 2017 - November 19, 2017

Test Name	First-Time Test Takers		Test Retakers
Test Name	N	% Passing	N	% Passing
Communication and Literacy Skills:
Reading	1,050	81.3	291	40.5
Writing	1,044	82.8	304	44.4
Both Subtests	954	84.4	103	33.0
Vocational Technical Literacy Skills:
Reading	28	100.0	1	100.0
Writing	30	66.7	10	30.0
Both Subtests	24	70.8	1	0.0
Subject Tests:
Early Childhood	120	44.2	152	36.8
General Curriculum: Multi-Subject	297	71.7	204	53.4
General Curriculum: Mathematics	270	48.1	318	38.4
History	78	73.1	40	15.0
English	91	79.1	30	43.3
Reading Specialist	36	66.7	13	46.2
Mathematics (Secondary)	50	54.0	25	24.0
General Science	28	82.1	5	40.0
Physics	13	61.5	1	100.0
Chemistry	12	83.3	8	37.5
Biology	35	71.4	9	22.2
Earth Science	4	50.0	4	50.0
Latin and Classical Humanities	3	100.0	2	0.0
Music	17	64.7	17	47.1
Visual Art	41	87.8	3	66.7
Business	6	83.3	2	50.0
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences	18	77.8	15	40.0
Physical Education	34	35.3	39	28.2
French	8	75.0	3	33.3
German	--	--	--	--
Spanish	21	90.5	9	77.8
Chinese (Mandarin)	--	--	--	--
Italian	--	--	--	--
Russian	--	--	--	--
Portuguese	--	--	--	--
Technology/Engineering	1	100.0	4	50.0
Speech	3	33.3	--	--
Theater	2	100.0	--	--
Dance	1	0.0	4	50.0
Middle School Mathematics	30	70.0	20	45.0
Political Science/Political Philosophy	7	28.6	--	--
Middle School Humanities	8	75.0	5	20.0
Middle School Mathematics/Science	6	33.3	3	33.3
Academically Advanced	1	0.0	--	--
Elementary Mathematics	55	27.3	21	28.6
English as a Second Language	75	54.7	90	32.2
Adult Basic Education	4	75.0	--	--
Sheltered English Immersion	132	58.3	23	73.9
Foundations of Reading	312	49.7	359	31.8

All Subject Tests	1,819	59.2	1,428	38.2

Communication & Literacy Skills and Subject Test	165	60.0	21	9.5

Total Number of Test Takers:	4,211
Number (Percent) of First-Time Test Takers:	2,450 (58.2)
Number (Percent) of Test Retakers:	1,761 (41.8)

*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 7, 2017