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Brighter Choice Community School Tops ELA State Exam Scores in Bed-Stuy

By Camille Bautista | October 12, 2015 11:50am
 The Brighter Choice Community School earned the top ranking for fourth graders passing the ELA state exam this year in District 16.
The Brighter Choice Community School earned the top ranking for fourth graders passing the ELA state exam this year in District 16.
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BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — Brighter Choice Community School saw the highest number of fourth-graders passing this year’s English Language Arts state exam in Bedford-Stuyvesant’s District 16, according to DNAinfo’s analysis of 2015 test results.

More than 70 percent of fourth-graders from the school at 280 Hart St. passed the test this year, ranking at 39th place throughout the city for ELA scores. The figure is a significant improvement from last year, when 40.9 percent of fourth-graders passed.

For math, however, Brighter Choice Community School ranked in 522nd place citywide, with 20 percent of students passing the exam. This year’s numbers were a dip from 2014, when 68.2 percent met the proficiency rates.