51 teachers, all experienced in teaching the younger grades, were asked to listen to tapes of reading exams and to assess the reading of the students according to what they consider to be acceptable reading ability at the end of first grade.
51 kennari, allir með reynslu af yngri barna kennslu voru fengnir til þess að hlusta á lestarupptökur og meta lestur nemenda út frá því hvað þeim finnst æskileg lestrarfærni við lok fyrsta bekkjar.