SWFL faces reading crisis: Proficiency falls below 50% | WGCU PBS & NPR for Southwest Florida

Fewer than half of Southwest Florida third graders are currently reading at grade level as reading skills have declined across the state in recent years. Now the Collaboratory and other groups are making new efforts to improve reading proficiency.

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