[nabs-l] Fwd: Fw: Important - Recruiting for D.C.-Area Focus Group, Accessibility of High-Stakes Testing

[Arielle Silverman]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Allison Hilliker <hillikera at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:26:13 -0700
Subject: Fw: Important - Recruiting for D.C.-Area Focus Group,
Accessibility of High-Stakes Testing
To: NABS President <nabs.president at gmail.com>

Recruiting for D.C.-Area Focus Group, Accessibility of High-Stakes
TestingHi Arielle,

Have you seen this?  I thought it's something NABS students might like
to be involved in.

Allison

----- Original Message -----
From: Mary Watkins
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 8:14 AM
Subject: Recruiting for D.C.-Area Focus Group, Accessibility of
High-Stakes Testing


Recruiting for D.C. Area Focus Group, Accessibility of High Stakes Testing

The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC®) 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 low vision or have a mobility impairment, and who use a keyboard
vs. a mouse for online navigation. Your participation is requested.
Preference is given to individuals who have had experience taking a
high stakes graduate admission test.

Focus Group participants 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.

An honorarium will be offered, and transportation to the site of the
focus group (Reston, VA) arranged and costs reimbursed.

Please send an email to access at wgbh.org 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.

Thursday, September 16
Tuesday, September 21
Monday, October 4

Thank you.

-- 
Mary Watkins
Director of Communications
  and Outreach
Media Access Group at WGBH



-- 
Arielle Silverman
President, National Association of Blind Students
Phone:  602-502-2255
Email:
nabs.president at gmail.com
Website:
www.nabslink.org