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Accountability, Assessment, and Oversight

At CRPE, we study how assessment, accountability, and oversight can strengthen public education while fostering equity, innovation, and continuous improvement. Our research examines how traditional accountability frameworks can narrow teaching and constrain schools’ ability to adapt, and we explore approaches that measure what truly matters for student success—academic growth, deeper learning, and readiness for life beyond school. We also investigate how oversight can balance school autonomy with strong protections for access and quality, ensuring that all students are well served. Across this work, our goal is to inform accountability systems that uphold public trust while enabling schools to innovate and respond to the diverse needs of their communities.

  • Research Reports    

Mayoral Intervention: Right for Seattle Schools?

Ashley Jochim, Paul Hill

This paper reviews other cities’ experiences with mayoral intervention and provides an evidence base for use in case takeover proposals surface again in Seattle.

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Hopes, Fears, and Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools in 2006

Robin Lake, Paul Hill

This edition of Hopes, Fears, & Reality explores some of the most controversial issues facing the charter school movement and the implications of continued growth for leading players in the charter school debates.

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Holding Charter Authorizers Accountable: Why It Is Important and How It Might Be Done

Robin Lake

Too many charter school authorizers aren’t fulfilling their responsibilities in providing adequate oversight for charter schools. This white paper examines the causes and consequences of poor authorizing and proposes how the problem might be fixed.

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Big City School Boards: Problems and Options

Paul Hill, Kelly Warner-King, Christine Campbell, Meaghan McElroy, Isabel Muñoz-Colón

This report summarizes the functions of school boards, identifies some of the problems with big city school boards, and suggests options for reorienting boards around the trusteeship of the children they serve.

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Closing the Achievement Gap in Washington State: Holding Schools Accountable for Equity

Elise M. Huggins, Mary Beth Celio

Prepared for the Washington State Academic Achievement and Accountability Commission in 2002, this report attempts to take a fresh look at the data from the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) in order to provide practical information for both educators and policymakers.

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Making Standards Meaningful: High School Reform Efforts in Washington State

Sara Taggart, Mary Beth Celio

This report marks the third year of CRPE’s exploration into the way fast-improving schools in Washington State work, with a focus on high schools.

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Washington State Elementary Schools on the Slow Track Under Standards-Based Reform

Maria McCarthy, Mary Beth Celio

This study examines the experiences of fifteen elementary schools in Washington State demonstrating relatively slow improvement on the reading and math sections of the WASL.

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How States Can Hold Schools Accountable: The Strong Schools Model of Standards-Based Reform

Sarah R. Brooks

This paper is the result of a review of efforts across the country, and specifically in five states, to introduce performance accountability into education reform strategies.

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Making Standards Stick

Robin Lake, Maria McCarthy, Sara Taggart, Mary Beth Celio

This report documents Washington State’s attempts to ensure students meet new, higher standards for student learning. It is part of a trio of reports on this topic.

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Making Standards Work: Active Voices, Focused Learning

Robin Lake, Paul Hill, Lauren O’Toole, Mary Beth Celio

This report works at identifying steps Washington state schools can take to improve new state assessment scores and meet higher state standards.

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