<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Hello. Please see the announcement/invitation below to participate in an upcoming focus group. Forwarding and reposting is encouraged. Thank you.<BR><BR>Recruiting for D.C. Area Focus Group, <SPAN id=lw_1282145209_0 class=yshortcuts>Accessibility</SPAN> of <SPAN id=lw_1282145209_1 class=yshortcuts>High Stakes</SPAN> Testing<BR><BR><SPAN id=lw_1282145209_2 class=yshortcuts>The Graduate Management Admission Council</SPAN> (<SPAN id=lw_1282145209_3 class=yshortcuts>GMAC</SPAN>®) is working with WGBH's Carl and Ruth Shapiro National Center for Accessible Media (WGBH-NCAM) to conduct a focus group on the accessibility of the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT®) by people who are blind, have <SPAN id=lw_1282145209_4 class=yshortcuts>low vision</SPAN> or have a mobility impairment, and who use a keyboard vs. a mouse for on line navigation. Your
participation is requested. Preference is given to individuals who have had experience taking a high stakes graduate admission test.<BR><BR><SPAN id=lw_1282145209_5 class=yshortcuts>Focus Group participants</SPAN> will be asked questions about test taking experiences including test functionality and navigation, and to provide preferences for potential delivery of accessible graphics and other imagery.<BR><BR>An honorarium will be offered, and transportation to the site of the focus group (Reston, VA) arranged and costs reimbursed.<BR><BR>Please send an email to <A href="http://us.mc463.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=access@wgbh.org" ymailto="mailto:access@wgbh.org"><SPAN id=lw_1282145209_6 class=yshortcuts>access@wgbh.org</SPAN></A> with "participate" in the subject line. The focus group will be held in the morning of one of these three dates. Please include your preferences of dates by indicating first choice and second choice.<BR><BR>Thursday,
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