A two day workshop on November 12 and 13, 2014 brought together 26 education stakeholders, including representatives of the Department for Inspection and Advisory Services, The Department of Basic Education, the Department for Teacher Education and Development, the Malawi Institute for Education, Domasi College of Education, Teacher Training Colleges, and the Centre for Education, Research and Training. Staff from the USAID Malawi Early Grade Reading Activity also participated as did representatives of USAID/Malawi. [...] By defining specific benchmarks and objectives for the percent of children reaching those benchmarks, it is hoped that all stakeholders in Malawi will be able to monitor the improved reading performance that should result from the implementation of the National Reading Strategy.