The Universal Literacy initiative's goal is to have all students reading on grade level by the end of the second grade, by 2026. The initiative takes a research-based, capacity-building approach by training educators to become Reading Coaches, who work with K-2 teachers individually and in groups on how to effectively teach children to read. Working in partnership with the Early Literacy team, researchers conducted evaluation activities for the initiative. The main purposes of the SY 2017-18 Year 2 (Y2) evaluation were to: (1) Track metrics about the initiative's reach; (2) Learn about the initiative's implementation, in order to: (a) Provide formative results that the program team can use to inform planning and improvement; and (b) Document successes and challenges related to implementation and sustainability; and (3) Analyze early impacts, including the extent to which the presence of a reading coach influences the reading scores of Grade 2 students.