Extraordinary Test Results
The Reading Team manages for results. We apply comprehensive achievement metrics to track each child’s progress, to strengthen programs and staff, and to enhance budgeting and funding processes. If there’s one metric that speaks loudest about the success of our program, it’s the pass rate of the New York State English Language Arts exam (NYS ELA).
The NYS ELA is a test given annually to public school students in Grades 3-8 statewide. It assesses how well they have mastered important skills in reading, writing, and listening based on the Next Gen Learning Standards. We have enhanced instructional programming, especially for our children in Grades 3-5, to ensure they can keep pace with the demands of the standards and their long-range focus on college and career readiness.
In a neighborhood in which barely 30% of students pass the NYS ELA exam and a city in which only 50% pass this exam, more than 80% of Reading Team students in grades 3-5 passed the NYS ELA exam in 2023.
The Reading Team By the Numbers
23 years serving Harlem
Thousands of students served
450 hours of instruction per child in our After-School program each year
Students from 17 different neighborhood elementary schools
Preschool programs in 9 neighborhood childcare centers and preschools
