In math, 77 percent failed to meet standards, the same number as last year.

More than 25 percent of students fail to graduate from high school every year.

But some 30 percent of those on the rolls failed to vote.

"And 60 to 80 percent of all new products fail."

More than 80 percent of the students who begin university fail and leave.

Across the state, 52 percent failed to meet the standards.

When the test was first given to teachers and administrators in 1984, 10 percent failed.

It said that 54 percent of those who began high school in 1982 had failed to graduate on time.

Of the 12,000 in 1930, fewer than 5 percent failed.

Ten percent of its students have failed previous tests, he said.