The central theme of this website is “Save the children” with three selected regions, beginning with “Save them from…

 

“…failing to maximize their demonstrated academic achievement to the extent of their own personal capabilities such that the highest possible high school course placements and the widest variety of colleges are available to them”

 

 

“…failing to have the opportunity to learn that a satisfying life includes …”

 

“…failing to grasp that a message for life's continuance exists in what the past tells us and that the future depends on our recognizing and responding to that message.”
 

WhatsItAllAbout. An overview of the process that will cause this to occur in an individual student.
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What makes a life satisfying? What fails to make a life satisfying? How do those differ when we are alone as versus interacting with others.
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How this all began.
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WrongAnswer. Why improvement using test results requires using wrong-answer, not right-answer, analysis.
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TuscanyNortheast. A part of the Midwest's Tuscany.
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An evolutionary timeline identifying evidence supportive of this new interpretation.
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ErrorPatterns: The patterns of errors shown from test results are unique for each student.
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TuscanyNorthwest. A part of the Midwest's Tuscany.
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Rethinking the “intellect-only” interpretations. Where did emotions come from and how do they fit in?
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TeachersDilemma: Why the concept of depending on teachers for individual remediation fails. What is the solution?
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TuscanySoutheast. A part of the Midwest's Tuscany.
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Why do we put so much confidence in what opinionated humans say and pay so little attention to what the data show?
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ErrorCategories. The error patterns in English-Language Arts and Math common to all students and all tests.
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TuscanySouthwest. . A part of the Midwest's Tuscany.
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TeacherEvalModel. A win-win proposition using this improvement model
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TuscanyRealThing. Eighteen days in the real Tuscany.
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TutorialExamples: The on-line tutorials take the remediation load off the teachers back.
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IgnaceArea. Really getting away.
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LanguageErrors. English-Language Arts tutorial (ID and password needed)
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MathErrors. Math tutorial (ID and password needed)
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FixErrorsShowEm. Examples: individual reports of errors made and probably impact of fixing them.
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YesterdayTomorrow Report: An individual's Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow summary report
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GroupTestPrep: Classroom-level summaries of most common errors.
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DistCCSSreport. Report to community about the district's most recent test results.
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ExcellenceReportDist: Longitudinal report to district about progress toward excellence goal.
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John Wick, President of WickPartners, Inc., is the author and primary psychometrician for two nationally standardized testing programs, was Director of Research and Evaluation for the Chicago Public Schools for five years, directed the research and development for North Central Association for nearly ten years, and has published extensively in the areas of psychometrics, measurement, statistics, and school improvement. He is an Professor (Emeritus) at Northwestern University.