Research Report
Grading Our Schools 2000:Annual Report to Parents and Taxpayers on School Performance in North Carolina
posted August 31, 2001 by Sherri Joyner, John Hood
North Carolinians deserve a complete and accurate picture of how their public schools are doing relative to rigorous national and international academic standards. The state's current accountability system, the ABCs of Public Education, is a good first step but needs improvement to increase the reliability and usefulness of information provided to parents and taxpayers.