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Program Year 2017-2018 Test Results by Category

| Description of Report | By Gender | By Ethnicity | By Primary Language |

Annual Summary of Test Taker Counts by Gender
Program Year: September 2017 – August 2018

TestTotalGender
MaleFemaleNo response
N% PassN% PassN% PassN% Pass
01 Communication & Literacy Skills9,56580.0%2,12984.5%7,32478.6%11285.7%
Comm & Lit: Reading9,21285.8%2,03992.0%7,06484.0%10991.7%
Comm & Lit: Writing9,12185.4%2,08786.7%6,92784.9%10790.7%
02 Early Childhood1,30260.4%2774.1%1,26060.0%1566.7%
03 General Curriculum*3,32065.7%36869.6%2,91965.1%3375.8%
03 General Curriculum — Multi-Subject2,96377.6%34483.1%2,59276.8%2788.9%
03 General Curriculum — Mathematics**3,13366.5%34670.8%2,75365.8%3479.4%
06 History82777.1%47282.4%34770.0%8- -
07 English93282.4%28586.0%62080.3%2792.6%
08 Reading Specialist39372.0%1080.0%37971.8%4- -
09 Mathematics49772.4%21578.1%27968.1%3- -
10 General Science29082.8%8485.7%19681.1%1090.0%
11 Physics11767.5%8373.5%2951.7%5- -
12 Chemistry13762.0%6060.0%7463.5%3- -
13 Biology32370.6%9468.1%22370.9%6- -
14 Earth Science5248.1%1968.4%3132.3%2- -
15 Latin and Classical Humanities2882.1%1172.7%1788.2%- -- -
16 Music26774.9%12779.5%13970.5%1- -
17 Visual Art24993.2%6393.7%18292.9%4- -
19 Business7365.8%4067.5%3262.5%1- -
21 Health/Family and Consumer Sciences23879.4%8873.9%14782.3%3- -
22 Physical Education45152.8%28044.6%16965.7%2- -
26 French5874.1%1662.5%4278.6%- -- -
27 German8- -3- -5- -- -- -
28 Spanish20288.6%5090.0%15188.1%1- -
29 Chinese (Mandarin)42100.0%5- -37100.0%- -- -
30 Italian8- -- -- -8- -- -- -
31 Russian3- -- -- -3- -- -- -
32 Portuguese1258.3%- -- -1154.5%1- -
33 Technology/Engineering6657.6%4266.7%2441.7%- -- -
44 Speech4- -2- -2- -- -- -
45 Theater6994.2%21100.0%4691.3%2- -
46 Dance2450.0%- -- -2450.0%- -- -
47 Middle School Mathematics43464.7%15065.3%28064.6%4- -
48 Political Science/Political Philosophy2263.6%1369.2%8- -1- -
50 Middle School Humanities13243.9%5050.0%8139.5%1- -
51 Middle School Mathematics/Science6850.0%2965.5%3740.5%2- -
52 Academically Advanced2- -1- -1- -- -- -
53 Elementary Mathematics48845.5%5853.4%42144.7%9- -
54 English as a Second Language1,16354.8%19950.3%95055.6%1464.3%
55 Adult Basic Education1283.3%2- -1080.0%- -- -
56 Sheltered English Immersion1,38673.4%29267.1%1,07475.1%2070.0%
90 Foundations of Reading4,16763.6%54160.6%3,59664.0%3073.3%
91 Vocational Technical Literacy Skills Test (VTLST)22875.9%13566.7%9289.1%1- -
VTLST: Reading20495.6%11596.5%8894.3%1- -
VTLST: Writing23177.5%13667.6%9392.5%2- -

Note: Each test field row contains the number of candidates who took the test during the program year.

*The mathematics subtest of the General Curriculum assessment may be satisfied by passing any of the mathematics subtests: General Curriculum-Mathematics, Mathematics (Elementary), Mathematics (Middle School) or Mathematics.

**Results for the General Curriculum — Mathematics subtest do not include those candidates who took Mathematics (Elementary), Mathematics (Middle School) or Mathematics as an alternative to the General Curriculum—Mathematics subtest.

Last Updated: October 8, 2019

 
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