[Nmabs] FW: [Nabs-presidents] Recruiting for D.C. Area Focus Group, Accessibility of High Stakes Testing (GMAT)

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Subject: [Nabs-presidents] Recruiting for D.C. Area Focus Group,
Accessibility of High Stakes Testing (GMAT)

Please see the announcement/invitation below to participate in an upcoming
focus group. Forwarding and reposting is encouraged. Thank you.

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

The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMACR) 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 (GMATR) 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
One Guest Street
Boston, MA 02135
617 300-3700
mary_watkins at wgbh.org
access.wgbh.org

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WGBH Boston informs, inspires, and entertains millions through public
broadcasting, the Web, educational multimedia, and access services for
people with disabilities.

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