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154 <br /> several times, it is appropriate to begin with the definition <br /> of this term. IGE/MUS or individually guided education in <br /> multi-unit schools was developed by the Wisconsin Research <br /> and Development Center and other cooperating educational <br /> agencies during the period of 1965-1971 at the University. of <br /> Wisconsin. Since its beginning, ICE has spread very rapidly <br /> throughout Wisconsin, the United States and the world. <br /> Today, there are 270, schools in Wisconsin and about 1,200 <br /> schools in thirty-five states using IGE programs. Seventeen <br /> foreign countries also have IGE programs. <br /> Individually Guided Education is not an experimental <br /> program. Its concepts have come from many resources: The <br /> Ford Foundation, the Kettering Foundation and, in 1974, <br /> joined by the Sears Roebuck Foundation. It is an aid to <br /> i helping develop a process for continuous educational pro- <br /> gress. <br /> A basic consideration in helping children learn is the <br /> recognition that children differ in their learning, aptitudes, <br /> talents and interests, just as they differ in height, weight <br /> and physical strength. <br /> Individualized learning programs for students and .con- <br /> tinuous improvement of the staff and school often calls for <br /> restructuring of the school organization; in our csae, chang- <br /> ing from self-contained classrooms to learning communities <br /> I r units made up of a unit leader, two or more teachers, <br /> is aides, volunteers, and a group of children within a flexible <br /> range of two or three years. <br /> Having completed orientation workshops and in-service <br /> training for teachers and principal, we have decided it will <br /> take five years to fully implement this program. Our staff <br /> has agreed to begin with one skill area as a beginning point <br /> and spend one full year in the development of IGE in this <br /> area. <br /> Presently we are using the following steps for imple- <br /> mentation: <br /> 1. Set Educational Objectives (K-6) <br /> (What we want the student to know from Kindergarten <br /> to Grade 6) <br /> 2. Administer Criterion Reference Tests <br /> (To see what skills the student knows and what skills <br /> he needs help with or doesn't know) <br />