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Students with learning disabilities often report feeling stigmatized and stereotyped in school settings. This can have dramatic effects on academic performance in critical subjects such as math. Such barriers to learning can, in turn, have a lifelong impact on achievement.
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CAST has partnered with Arizona State University to develop and evaluate the impact of a professional learning ecosystem to support 7th and 8th-grade teachers in providing more effective writing instruction to students with high-incidence disabilities.
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Located near Boston, CAST is a nonprofit education research and development organization that created the Universal Design for Learning framework, now used the world over to make learning more inclusive. The CAST team includes over 50 talented employees, including world-class educators, learning scientists, instructional designers, literacy experts, policy analysts, UX and graphic designers, software engineers, and a first-rate administrative and executive staff.
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Project COOL will apply evidence-based practices and high-leverage practices—that is, essential, research-proven teaching techniques—to support the implementation of robust and engaging learning opportunities for all students to boost academic, functional, developmental, and behavioral outcomes.
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These briefs are designed for educators, developers, and researchers to find out more about particular features within technology tools, how they’re used, and whether they might be effective in addressing different barriers within a technology environment.
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Senior Policy Analyst, Emeritus
A nationally recognized expert in accessible educational materials and Universal Design for Learning, Skip Stahl accrued extensive experience in advising education stakeholders—including states, district leaders, publishers, and policymakers—on how to make learning environments and products more effective and inclusive for all.
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Community Relations & Event Manager
As the Community Relations & Event Manager, McKenzie Nicholis oversees community outreach, supports membership engagement, and plans professional learning events.
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Independent Consultant & Co-Founder, The Civic Action Project
A member of CAST's Board of Directors since 1995, Steve Crosby has over 45 years of experience in policymaking, entrepreneurship, non-profits, and academics.
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Director of Marketing & Sales
As Director of Marketing & Sales, Laura Cutone Godwin develops and implements innovative marketing and sales campaigns for CAST’s varied line of products and services.
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Statement
CAST, 2013
CAST offers recommendations to the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) to improve its proposed accommodations for students with disabilities who take PARCC’s large-scale assessment. The accommodations in question concern reading and the use of calculators.