The falloff in passing rates occurred statewide.
New York began this year and saw passing rates plummet.
In Camden, passing rates in some of the elementary grades fell below 20percentt.
They recalibrated the scoring this year, causing large drop-offs in passing rates.
Graduation rates, passing rates on Regents exams and earned credits constitute most of the score.
Fourth-grade English Language Arts and math "passing" rates (scores of 3 or 4) average around 90percentt, and English and math high scool Regents passing rates average 95percentt.
On the new test, the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills, or TAKS, race gaps widened, and passing rates fell.
At City College, for example, passing rates on the two exams were close to 90percentt in 2000-01.
So the city created a formula comparing eighth grade test scores with passing rates on state Regents tests.
Muktangan students generally do well in state scholarship exams, with passing rates of more than 90 percent.
But in 2010, a recalibrating of state test scores sent the city's soaring passing rates nearly back to 2003 levels.
