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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for the 12 teacher judgment items and the four self-assessment items

From: The relationship between students’ self-assessed reading skills and other measures of achievement

Variable

Question/statement

 
 

Pupil can …

N.

Mean

SD

Tch01

Construct sentences correctly

5,208

7.67

2.16

Tch02

Recognize frequently used words in an unknown text

5,213

8.35

1.93

Tch03

Connect a told story with an experience

5,162

8.26

1.85

Tch04

Use the context to understand a written text

5,207

8.05

2.05

Tch05

Write a text continuously fluently

5,209

7.84

2.18

Tch06

Understand the meaning of a text when reading

5,124

8.30

2.00

Tch07

Recognize the letter/connect sound

5,136

9.48

1.27

Tch08

Read unknown words

5,133

8.11

2.03

Tch09

Reflect on a written story

5,083

8.09

1.90

Tch10

Read fluently

5,135

8.32

2.10

Tch11

Improve own written text

5,072

7.11

2.24

Tch12

Use a reasonably large vocabulary

5,132

8.30

1.89

Variable

Question/statement

N .

Mean

SD

Self_assess1

Reading is very easy for me

5,138

3.45

0.64

Self_assess2

I do not read as well as other pupils in my class

5,121

3.02

1.01

Self_assess3

I understand almost everything I read, when I read on my own

5,128

3.49

0.69

Self_assess4

To read aloud is very hard for me

5,138

3.06

1.00