WIVB – Evan Anstey
“A new United Way report card calls for investment in early childhood programs to combat low reading test scores in Erie County. Buffalo and Lackawanna ranked last in Erie County with 12 percent of third graders scoring at grade level. The report was based on state assessment tests given last year in districts across Erie County. The New York State average for third-graders who can read at their grade-level proficiency is 31 percent. Erie County’s average is just under that, at 30 percent.”(more)