This issue of the SERVE magazine discusses using assessment and accountability to improve student learning. Articles include: (1) Can High-Stakes State Testing Be Improved? (Wendy McColskey and Nancy McMunn); (2) Standards of Classroom Practice: Defining a Vision of Quality in the Classroom (Nancy McMunn and Wendy McColskey); (3) Taking a Close Look at the Quality of Teachers' Assignments and Student Work (Lindsay Clare Matsumara); (4) The Southern States Seminar: A Regional Strategy for Success (Rebecca Rhoden Ogletree); (5) Florida Approves New Grading Rule for School Accountability System (Joel Overton); (6) South Carolina Addresses African-American Student Achievement (Cindy McIntee); (7) New Testing Requirements (Jeff Gagne); and (8) Using Research to Construct Quality Classroom Practices: Part I, Laying the Foundation (Susan Martelli and Barbara Davis). (Individual articles contain references.) [This magazine was produced by SERVE, The Regional Educational Laboratory for the Southeast, associated with the School of Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.]