This report, from the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, concentrates on the current status of transfer and articulation in Washington during 1997-98. It opens with an executive summary and introduction, outlining the process and results of the report, and a description of Washington's historical context of transfer and articulation. The report identifies its focus issues as being access for transfer students, credits to degree, advanced placement credit articulation, and transferability of credit from community and technical colleges to both public and private colleges. Detailed are the 1997-98 implementation activities in progress, including improving credits to degree, improving transfer of professional technical programs, and transferability from private career schools to public higher education institutions. A description of future directions and considerations concludes the report. Appendices include transfer articulation committee membership, professional-technical program articulation agreements, transfer of credit policies for baccalaureate institutions/community and technical colleges, and regional accreditation policies. (YKH)