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It’s reasonable that should have happened. It is important to point out that “Sales Ratio Study” and “reval” (or whatever the substitute term is) are supposed to be the same thing, but city officials and these articles make it unclear. The former is specific and commonly understood. Look up the “Standard on Ratio Studies” by the International Association of Assessing Officers. I assume this is the governing standard. If you search the internet, some communities outside of RI have been open about the general procedure, and give a concise explanation. At around the time of Warwick’s most recent “reval”, Cranston had a Sales Ratio Study report available on their website, prepared by the same company (Vision Government Solutions) that serviced Warwick. Cranston’s report contained a narrative portion, and a data portion, 271 pages total. It wasn’t labeled “Sales Ratio Study”, but the data portion looked to be consistent with one, from my (non-expert) point of view. The report was available online a few months ago, but it now appears they took the link down or moved it. You could otherwise see what a report looks like. Someone should contact their assessor and ask they put it back up, and also contact Warwick, and ask they post Warwick’s recent report, and any prior reports as well.