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About the authors

Richard Marceau is a professor of Political Sciences at École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP), Université du Québec, and an associate researcher at Montreal Economic Institute. He received his first degree in Physics from Laval University, his Master in Water Sciences from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique and his Ph.D. in Political Science from Laval University. His teaching at ENAP is mainly Program Evaluation and Public Policy Analysis. His research in Policy Analysis are concentrated in the environmental and education sectors. His work in Program Evaluation extends from waste-water management programs to university studies programs and regional economic development. Works in Environmental Policy include: L'eau potable en milieu rural québécois : habitudes de consommation, défection économique et démarches politiques (with François Therrien, 2000) ; Pollution Taxes, Subsidies and Rent-Seeking (with Jean-Luc Migué, 1993, Canadian Journal of Economics) and Des élus et des milliards : l'assainissement des eaux au Québec (1986). Works in Education Policy include: La question scolaire au Canada (with Jean-Luc Migué, 1998, Policy Options); Conséquences du choix de l'école : Effectifs, financement, dépenses par élève et résultats scolaires au primaire et au secondaire (with Stéphane Couture, 1996); Le monopole public de l'éducation (with Jean-Luc Migué, 1989).

Peter Cowley is the Director of School Performance Studies at the Fraser Institute. Upon graduation from the University of British Columbia (B.Comm. 1974), Mr Cowley accepted a marketing post with Proctor and Gamble in Toronto. He later returned to Vancouver to begin a long career in marketing and general management in the furniture-manufacturing sector. During his assignments in general management, process improvement was a special focus and interest. In 1994, Mr Cowley wrote and published The Parent's Guide, a popular handbook for parents of British Columbia's secondary-school students. The Parent's Guide web site replaced the handbook in 1995. In 1998, Mr Cowley was co-author of the Fraser Institute's A Secondary Schools Report Card for British Columbia. This was followed in 1999 by The 1999 Report Card on British Columbia's Secondary Schools; Boys, Girls, and Grades: Academic Gender Balance in British Columbia's Secondary Schools; and The 1999 Report Card on Alberta's High Schools. His most recent work is the Second Annual Report Card on Alberta's High Schools that was published in March of this year. He continues his research on education and related issues for the Fraser Institute.

Acknowledgments

The Montreal Economic Institute and The Fraser Institute wish to thank la Direction des statistiques et des études quantitatives and la Direction de la sanction des études of the Ministry of Education and, in particular, Mr Richard Dufour for their help in the acquisition of the data required for this study.

We also wish to thank Professor Natalie Rinfret of the École nationale d'administration publique for her advice on statistical analysis and Professor Stephen Easton of Simon Fraser University for his valuable assistance.

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