Charter Schools are public schools which are funded and operate under the terms of requirements of a contract. Many parents and children are happy with the Charter Schools. The accountability standards for these schools are set out in the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. (NCLB) In the work entitled: "Evaluation of the Public Charter Schools Program: Final Report – Executive Summary" stated is the comparison of the accountability standards as compared to those of the public school.
             1.Reporting student achievement results on statewide assessments:
             Charter Schools – 100% of states hold the school accountable
             2.Reporting on other student performance indicators, e.g. attendance rates
             4.Aligning of curriculum to state standards (n=31)
             This research study is much as stated by a proposed government-funded study on Charter Schools which was reported to have been recommended by Congress and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. The study will be an annual survey of all charter schools in combination with testing of achievement on the part of students. The impact of charter schools on student achievement will be examined as well as precisely how the charter school differs from other public schools about:
             (5) methods of assessing achievement
             This is geared toward understanding the success or failure of the charter schools. The charter school is free to all students and is non-sectarian however they are held to the same health, safety, and civil rights laws as the public schools, however, the charter school is much more independent and are accountable for results. Public schools are held accountable for outcomes in test scoring whereas the charter school is accountable for direct student achievement. The factor characterizing the Charter School under most scrutiny is that which is the one factor that it would seem statistical data related ...