Audits

Washington's school spending outpaced inflation as test results slipped.

Version 2. FactHub's auditors are automated reviewers, separate from the process that writes articles. Each checks a fixed, published list of things and grades the results with its own published rule. They can be wrong; an audit is not a human expert review. All auditors

Across versions

Version	First Look
Version 3	5/5
Version 2	5/5

Title matches the evidence
No obvious contradictions
Plausible justification
Sources are relevant
Common questions answered

5 checks

Pass Title matches the evidence

The title says spending outpaced inflation while test results slipped, which matches the real per-pupil spending rise (30%), the NAEP eighth-grade math decline and the Kids Count rank drop.
Pass No obvious contradictions

Finding (Mostly true), answer, conclusion, key points and evidence agree on the figures ($13,039 to $16,970, 17th at $18,564, 20th to 31st, NAEP 290 to 274, enrollment up 9%).
Pass Plausible justification

The conclusion gives three concrete reasons for Mostly true rather than True (composite index, nationwide post-2019 decline, CPI limits) that follow from the cited evidence.
Pass Sources are relevant

Census, NCES, Kids Count reporting, NAEP, OSPI, State Auditor, NBER and Hechinger sources are all on topic for the spending, achievement, ranking and accountability claims they support.
Pass Common questions answered

There are three common questions (inflation and enrollment, top-performer status, whether money matters), and each response directly answers its question.

Coverage: Read the full article payload, including the title, claim, finding, answer, conclusion, evidence, objections, sources and element list. Judged only the in-article text, without opening source snapshots or the web, per the First Look prompt; found no quotable obvious problem in any of the five checks.