Sentences with phrase «black candidates pass»

But black candidates pass the test at rates lower than candidates of other races or ethnicities.

Not exact matches

In the past three years, just 38 percent of black candidates and 46 percent of Hispanic candidates passed the test compared to 69 percent of white test - takers.

An analysis done in 2014, the year the test was first administered, found that 64 percent of white candidates passed the test on the first try, while only 46 percent of Hispanic candidates and 41 percent of black candidates did.

The Board of Regents on Monday eliminated a requirement that aspiring teachers in New York State pass a literacy test to become certified after the test proved controversial because black and Hispanic candidates passed it at significantly lower rates than white candidates.