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

Test Administration: November 23, 2015 - January 17, 2016

Test Name	First-Time Test Takers		Test Retakers
Test Name	N	% Passing	N	% Passing
Communication and Literacy Skills:
Reading	1,280	82.6	278	53.2
Writing	1,260	84.0	233	39.5
Both Subtests	1,163	85.5	74	40.5
Vocational Technical Literacy Skills:
Reading	22	95.5	--	--
Writing	21	81.0	12	66.7
Both Subtests	19	78.9	--	--
Subject Tests:
Early Childhood	96	58.3	108	32.4
General Curriculum: Multi-Subject	279	64.5	136	36.8
General Curriculum: Mathematics	285	53.0	265	43.4
History	78	78.2	30	36.7
English	102	93.1	20	25.0
Reading Specialist	35	65.7	11	72.7
Mathematics	48	81.3	21	28.6
General Science	32	84.4	5	40.0
Physics	14	85.7	2	50.0
Chemistry	9	88.9	5	60.0
Biology	38	65.8	10	40.0
Earth Science	4	75.0	2	50.0
Latin and Classical Humanities	8	100.0	--	--
Music	23	65.2	5	0.0
Visual Art	39	92.3	5	40.0
Business	6	83.3	4	50.0
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences	33	81.8	2	50.0
Physical Education	41	61.0	35	37.1
French	12	66.7	1	0.0
German	4	75.0	1	100.0
Spanish	36	83.3	6	16.7
Chinese (Mandarin)	29	93.1	2	50.0
Italian	7	57.1	--	--
Russian	--	--	--	--
Portuguese	4	100.0	1	100.0
Technology/Engineering	3	33.3	5	0.0
Speech	--	--	--	--
Theater	7	71.4	1	0.0
Dance	1	0.0	1	0.0
Middle School Mathematics	40	82.5	14	28.6
Political Science/Political Philosophy	4	0.0	2	0.0
Middle School Humanities	14	35.7	8	25.0
Middle School Mathematics/Science	3	66.7	1	0.0
Academically Advanced	--	--	--	--
Elementary Mathematics	53	39.6	16	25.0
English as a Second Language	100	49.0	87	31.0
Adult Basic Education	2	100.0	--	--
Sheltered English Immersion	325	52.6	30	53.3
Foundations of Reading	561	60.8	235	40.4

All Subject Tests	2,375	63.2	1,077	38.2

Communication & Literacy Skills and Subject Test	203	69.5	9	11.1

Total Number of Test Takers:	4,661
Number (Percent) of First-Time Test Takers:	3,214 ( 69.0)
Number (Percent) of Test Retakers:	1,447 ( 31.0)

*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: January 25, 2016