SOUTH CAROLINA READING FIRST INITIATIVE EVALUATION REPORT 2006-2007 Volume I: Narrative Heather L. Bennett Sarah Gareau Tammiee S. Dickenson Diane M. Monrad Robert Johnson Mugdha Galande Diana Mindrila Brett Ermer Joanna Gilmore Jessalyn Smith Anita Rawls Jennifer Gay Katie A. Sesso-Dahlke Office of Program Evaluation South Carolina Educational Policy Center College of Education University of South Carolina, Columbia November 30, 2007