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Number of Examinees and Percent of Examinees Passing Each Test by Examinee Category
*
Test Administration: May 29, 2023 – July 23, 2023
Test Name
First-Time Test Takers
Test Retakers
N
% Passing
N
% Passing
Communication and Literacy Skills:
Reading
1,144
80.6
313
42.2
Writing
1,146
77
332
40.1
Both Subtests
981
80.5
114
37.7
Vocational Technical Literacy Skills:
Reading
35
100
3
-
Writing
37
83.8
12
33.3
Both Subtests
33
84.8
-
-
Subject Tests:
Early Childhood
160
80.6
22
68.2
General Curriculum - Multi-Subject
322
58.7
172
22.7
General Curriculum - Mathematics
304
39.5
308
31.2
Reading Specialist
57
89.5
3
-
General Science
46
73.9
8
12.5
Physics
15
66.7
1
-
Chemistry
19
68.4
1
-
Biology
32
78.1
4
-
Latin and Classical Humanities
-
-
-
-
Music
30
50
19
10.5
Visual Art
43
83.7
4
-
Business
11
45.5
3
-
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences
42
73.8
12
41.7
Physical Education
51
41.2
40
35
French
8
25
2
-
German
-
-
-
-
Spanish
46
69.6
7
28.6
Chinese (Mandarin)
-
-
-
-
Italian
-
-
-
-
Russian
-
-
-
-
Portuguese
-
-
-
-
Technology/Engineering
11
54.5
3
-
Speech
-
-
-
-
Theater
14
71.4
2
-
Dance
-
-
-
-
Middle School Humanities
13
38.5
5
-
Middle School Mathematics/Science
18
61.1
1
-
Academically Advanced
-
-
-
-
Elementary Mathematics
91
25.3
29
20.7
English as a Second Language
173
50.3
109
22
Adult Basic Education
-
-
-
-
Sheltered English Immersion
98
65.3
20
65
English
109
58.7
27
22.2
Mathematics
89
66.3
23
30.4
Middle School Mathematics
71
43.7
34
14.7
Digital Literacy and Computer Science
16
68.8
4
-
History/Social Science
124
69.4
15
46.7
Earth and Space Science
5
-
1
-
Bilingual Education
7
85.7
-
-
Foundations of Reading
417
68.1
94
30.9
All Subject Tests
2,442
59.9
973
29.5
Group
N (%)
Total Test Takers:
4,849
Test Retakers:
1,501 (31.0%)
First-Time Test Takers:
3,348 (69.0%)
*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: December 11, 2023