The North Carolina State Board of Education developed the ABCs of Public Education in response to the School-Based Management and Accountability Program enacted in 1996. The ABCs focuses on accountability with an emphasis on high educational standards, teaching the basics, and maximum local control. This document reports the results of the 2000-2001 ABCs, which involved 2,157 schools assigned an ABCs status. The first section of the report, "Growth and Performance of Schools," presents the growth and performance of all nonalternative schools in North Carolina participating in the ABCs. Other sections, "Schools of Excellence,""Schools of Distinction,""25 Most Improved K-8 Schools,""10 Most Improved High Schools,""Schools Making Exemplary Growth,""Schools Making Expected Growth," and "Low-Performing Schools" follow. Charter schools with sufficient data to participate in the ABCs appear where appropriate in the previous sections and also in a separate section, "Charter Schools," for easy reference. Alternative schools appear in a separate section, and special education schools, vocational/career centers, and hospital schools also appear in a special section of the report, as do "Schools with Unresolved Data Issues" and "Schools Not Included." The appendix includes an explanation of adjustments for special ABCs conditions and supplemental information about the report process. (Contains 13 tables.) (SLD)