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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.

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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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Toward a K-12 Education Accountability System in Washington State

Paul Hill, Robin Lake

This report sketches a strong and unique accountability system for Washington State, one that is driven by measurements of student performance and incentives to improve, creates clear lines of responsibility, gives every school a chance to perform and improve, employs powerful incentives, and doesn’t stop until every child is in a good school.

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