Never before has information on the prevalence of reading difficulties in Iceland been gathered in a systematic way, and as a result the education system has had a limited overview over the extent of the problem.
Aldrei fyrr hafa upplýsingar um tíðni lestrarörðugleika á Íslandi verið teknar saman á kerfisbundinn hátt og því hefur menntakerfið haft takmarkaða yfirsýn yfir umfang vandans.