Part of the AAI Speaker Series from the Achievement & Assessment Institute

The Achievement & Assessment Institute (AAI) is pleased to relaunch the AAI Speaker Series, featuring noted individuals in the fields of assessment, statistics, education, and more. Presenters will offer talks appealing to many disciplines of study, with events occurring on the University of Kansas campus.

For fall 2022, AAI has tapped noted author and statistician Howard Wainer to deliver two talks on November 15. Wainer is the recipient of numerous academic awards and honors, and is the author of nearly 25 books, with hundreds of articles and book chapters to his name.

Talk Title: Civis, Smartphones, and Score Report: How Effective Communication Requires the Same Qualities of Being an Effective Citizen

Effective communication requires the same qualities as does being an effective citizen. In this talk we will explore how to improve different kinds of written communications, ranging over score reports for mental tests, health reports from medical tests, and the outcomes of other deliberative processes. These will be illustrated with some very fine examples and some that are considerably less so.