Requires the state board of education to contract with an independent third party to examine the feasibility of using nationally available assessments in lieu of the Washington assessment of student learning for purposes of school and school district accountability in grades three through eight under the federal no child left behind act.

Provides that the contractor shall present findings and results of the analysis to the state board of education, the governor, the superintendent of public instruction, and the education committees of the legislature by December 1, 2008.