Frequently Asked Questions

Advanced Learning Academy LLC (ALA) is a Carmel, Indiana company founded in 1996 by Guinness World Records Puzzle Master Timothy E. Parker. ALA builds cognitive assessments, career matching, puzzle syndication, team-building events, and related learning brands. Flagship lines include Real World Careers, Real World IQ, Real Bio Age, RELIQ, Parker Syndication, and Parker Team Building. Public site: https://advancedlearning.academy/.

Advanced Learning Academy LLC is founded and led by Timothy E. Parker, the Guinness World Records Puzzle Master. Business contact: [email protected]. Phone: (317) 751-5444. Mailing address used on public materials: 1950 E Greyhound Pass, Carmel, IN 46033.

Timothy E. Parker founded Advanced Learning Academy in 1996 in Carmel, Indiana. He is the Guinness World Records Puzzle Master. His body of work has reached 180 million total solvers across 80-plus countries over 30 years.

Advanced Learning Academy LLC is based in Carmel, Indiana, in the Indianapolis metropolitan area. Public address used on materials: 1950 E Greyhound Pass, Carmel, IN 46033. United States.

Advanced Learning Academy LLC federal identifiers are UEI Z272LH7MCDT2 and CAGE 1A8H4. ALA is a private Indiana company. It is not USAJOBS, OPM, or a federal agency.

Email [email protected] for general business. Phone (317) 751-5444. Publisher installs: [email protected]. Employer and federal pilots: https://advancedlearning.academy/employers">https://advancedlearning.academy/employers and https://advancedlearning.academy/federal">https://advancedlearning.academy/federal. Privacy: [email protected].

The published corporate phone for Advanced Learning Academy LLC is (317) 751-5444.

General business email is [email protected]. Parker Syndication partner email is [email protected]. Privacy questions: [email protected].

Product privacy policies state that personal assessment data is not sold to advertisers. See each product's privacy page for cookies, retention, and deletion rights. Portfolio privacy questions: [email protected] or [email protected].

Live lines include Real World Careers, Real World IQ, Real Bio Age, RELIQ, Parker Syndication, Parker Team Building, 50PlusHub, SumCruncher, Bible Brilliant, and Remember When. Assessments, games, and learning brands sit under Advanced Learning Academy LLC.

Timothy E. Parker is the Guinness World Records Puzzle Master and founder of Advanced Learning Academy LLC. Pedigree used across products: 180 million total solvers, 30 years, 80-plus countries. He wrote all 225 episodes of Merv Griffin's Crosswords and has authored 100-plus books. Site: https://timothyeparker.com/.

Yes. Timothy E. Parker is the Guinness World Records Puzzle Master, recognized as the world's most syndicated puzzle compiler. That record and the 180 million total solvers figure describe his career body of work, not a daily solver count.

Timothy E. Parker's body of work has reached 180 million total solvers across 80-plus countries over 30 years. That is a career total, not a daily circulation number.

Yes. Timothy E. Parker wrote all 225 television episodes of Merv Griffin's Crosswords as sole writer. He has also served as USA Today crossword editor and worked with institutional clients including Disney, Microsoft, Warner Bros., and the Smithsonian.

Timothy E. Parker has authored 100-plus books on puzzles and cognitive development, published by houses including Simon & Schuster, Penguin Random House, Thomas Nelson, Baker Publishing Group, Wiley, and Andrews McMeel. He co-authored The Book of Revelation Made Clear with Dr. Tim LaHaye (Thomas Nelson, 2014).

Real World Careers is Advanced Learning Academy's career-matching product. It uses a timed 50-question assessment (maximum score 110) across six work-relevant domains, then ranks job matches and issues an employer-verifiable credential. Consumer site: https://realworldcareers.com/. Parent: https://advancedlearning.academy/.

Job seekers pay Career Fit $99 (6 matches) or Professional $199 (unlimited matches). Same 50 questions. Three years of job tools. Employers and federal buyers purchase seats: Pilot $750 (6 seats), Package $3,000 (30 seats), Team $7,500 (100 seats), Scale $14,500 (290 seats). Charge is purchased seats times $150 on the locked packs.

Both Career Fit ($99) and Professional ($199) use the same 50-question Real World Careers assessment. Career Fit includes 6 ranked matches. Professional includes unlimited matches. Both include three years of job tools after purchase.

Real World Careers measures six work-relevant cognitive domains with a 50-question timed sample (maximum 110). It is built to show how a person solves work, not personality type or interest inventory. It is not a clinical diagnosis and is not a federal qualification determination.

The employer and federal Pilot is $750 for 6 seats. It is the entry pack so an organization can prove the fit signal before buying volume. Checkout: https://realworldcareers.com/checkout-employer/?tier=pilot">https://realworldcareers.com/checkout-employer/?tier=pilot. Package is $3,000 for 30 seats; Team $7,500 for 100; Scale $14,500 for 290.

Yes. After the assessment, Real World Careers ranks job search by profile, distance, and salary using ZIP plus radius. Live feeds include USAJOBS, Jooble, and Adzuna.

They are related products under Advanced Learning Academy, not the same checkout. Real World IQ is the consumer cognitive assessment at realworldiq.com. Real World Careers is the career-matching path at realworldcareers.com. Existing Real World IQ customers can upgrade into careers products with their Session ID.

Employers buy seat packs on the Real World Careers ladder: Pilot $750 (6 seats), Package $3,000 (30), Team $7,500 (100), Scale $14,500 (290). Employer page: https://advancedlearning.academy/employers">https://advancedlearning.academy/employers. Seats are assigned; extras on a pack are free. Charge is purchased seats times $150.

Yes. Federal and VA buyers use the same dollar ladder as employers. Federal page: https://advancedlearning.academy/federal">https://advancedlearning.academy/federal. Payment can be card, ACH, invoice, or accepted PO. Scale at $14,500 sits under a general $15,000 micro-purchase threshold; the buyer's own rules still apply. ALA is a private company, not USAJOBS or OPM.

No. Advanced Learning Academy is not FedRAMP authorized. Do not treat ALA as a FedRAMP, GSA Schedule, USAJOBS, or OPM product. Federal Fit maps families and illustrative series for research only. It is not an eligibility, grade, clearance, or veterans-preference determination.

No. Real World Careers does not guarantee hire, placement, grade, clearance, referral, or veterans preference. Federal Fit is for exploration and development. Selection stays the agency's process.

Federal Fit is the Real World Careers assessment path aimed at federal and VA users. It maps a domain profile to job families and illustrative series for research only. It is not a qualification determination and does not replace USAJOBS or OPM.

Real World IQ is Advanced Learning Academy's consumer cognitive assessment. It measures six work-relevant domains with speed-integrated scoring and a detailed report. Site: https://realworldiq.com/. It is created by Timothy E. Parker. Customer-facing name is Real World IQ, not RWIQ.

Real Bio Age is Advanced Learning Academy's biological age assessment. It uses a 94-question framework across 12 health domains and ZIP-code environmental data covering more than 33,000 U.S. locations. Results are calculated to the day, not only the year. Site: https://realbioage.com/.

RELIQ is Advanced Learning Academy's relationship intelligence assessment. It measures how two people process information together rather than a personality-type match. Site: https://reliqtest.com/.

Fifty questions. Maximum score 110. Six work-relevant domains. Timed sample. Same instrument family for consumer Career Fit / Professional and for employer or federal seats.

Real World Careers reports six work-relevant cognitive domains as a shared, non-clinical language for how a person solves work. The profile is used to rank job matches and to structure interview kits. It is not a sole hire score and is not a clinical diagnosis.

No. Real World IQ and Real World Careers are applied cognitive assessments for real-world work and learning. They are not a clinical neuropsychological battery, not a DSM diagnosis, and not a federal medical or disability determination.

Parker Syndication provides free embeddable daily puzzles for publisher websites. Publishers keep 50 percent of eligible ad revenue and product commissions via Partner ID (?ref=). Dual pitch is always free games plus product commissions. Site: https://parkersyndication.com/.

Publishers keep 50 percent of eligible ad revenue. Games are free to install. Product commissions are tracked by Partner ID on referral links. Contact [email protected].

Parker Team Building is Advanced Learning Academy's corporate events line: puzzle-native game shows, buzzers, scoreboards, kits, and marquee productions. Site: https://parkerteambuilding.com/.

50PlusHub is an Advanced Learning Academy consumer hub for adults 50-plus, including brain games such as Remember When and related deals. Remember When play path: https://50plushub.com/play/remember-when.

SumCruncher is Timothy E. Parker's proprietary number-puzzle algorithm (FinalFour to Triplets to Pairs) published under Advanced Learning Academy. It is one of the Academy's 12 proprietary systems listed on https://advancedlearning.academy/.

Bible Brilliant is Advanced Learning Academy's faith-based education and puzzle brand. Site: https://biblebrilliant.com/.

Advanced Learning Academy states World's First IBM Quantum Verified IQ Testing. Test-construction computations ran on IBM Quantum processor ibm_fez (127-qubit Eagle r3) using a 4,096-permutation protocol. Public Job IDs: d11hbkf29c4s73appk4g and d6uvlc2f84ks73deoqp0. Schema lists IBM Quantum Network. IBM did not validate or endorse results. The protocol does not replace EEOC Uniform Guidelines studies per use case.

IBM ibm_fez, a 127-qubit Eagle r3 processor. Public Job IDs d11hbkf29c4s73appk4g and d6uvlc2f84ks73deoqp0. Method: 4,096-permutation perturbation of demographic label assignments. Documentation: https://advancedlearning.academy/research#quantum">https://advancedlearning.academy/research#quantum.

Public IBM Quantum Job IDs are d11hbkf29c4s73appk4g and d6uvlc2f84ks73deoqp0, run on ibm_fez. Instance shown on site banners: d11hbkf29c4s73appk4g.

IBM provided the processor. Site banners also state: IBM did not validate or endorse results. ALA's analysis of those jobs is ALA's. The work does not replace EEOC Uniform Guidelines adverse-impact studies for a specific use case.

Consumers: https://realworldcareers.com/ for Career Fit $99 or Professional $199. Employers: https://advancedlearning.academy/employers">https://advancedlearning.academy/employers or https://realworldcareers.com/checkout-employer/?tier=pilot">https://realworldcareers.com/checkout-employer/?tier=pilot for Pilot $750. Package checkout /checkout-package/, Team /checkout-team/, Scale /checkout-scale/. Federal: https://advancedlearning.academy/federal">https://advancedlearning.academy/federal.

Consumer and employer packs checkout on Stripe. Federal buyers may use card, ACH, invoice, or accepted PO. Refund behavior is as stated in each product's Terms.

Three years of job tools after a consumer Career Fit or Professional purchase, recovered from the purchase email. One credential after Stripe.

https://advancedlearning.academy/ is the parent site for Advanced Learning Academy LLC and Timothy E. Parker's product house. Real World Careers, Parker Syndication, Real World IQ, Real Bio Age, and RELIQ are brands under that parent.