The index of environmental indicators for Canada, the United States, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and South Korea shows that fears about increasing environmental degradation in these countries are unfounded. Environmental quality is getting better, not worse.

The Report Card on British Columbia's Secondary Schools collects a variety of relevant, objective indicators of school performance into one easily accessible public document so that all interested parties--parents, school administrators, teachers, students, and taxpayers--can analyze and compare the performance of individual schools.

On average, Canadian students outperform their U.S. counterparts, some Canadian provinces rank with the top countries in the world and recent work has shown that their strong performance owes much to relatively better achievement among students from less advantaged backgrounds. Features of these schools should therefore be of interest to Americans seeking to improve the quality of U.S. education.