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About CAST
- Board of Directors
  - Sheldon Berman
  - Sally Bowles
  - Jan Cellucci
  - Stephen P. Crosby
  - Louis Gomez
  - Anne Meyer
  - Curtis Richards
  - David H. Rose
  - Anne E. Schneider
  - Michael B. Sladden
  - Jim Williamson
  - Paul Yellin
- Advisory Council
  - Denise Arnold
  - Milton Chen
  - Dagmar Friedman
  - Vicki Hanson
  - Charles Haynes
  - Brenda Matthis
  - Katherine McGuinness
  - Rebecca Mulzer
  - Samuel A. Otis
  - Richard J. Robison
  - Susan Spaulding
  - David Stockford
  - Joseph M. Sullivan
  - Peter S. Tasker
  - James Tobias
  - James Westra
- Staff
  - Bridget Murray
  - Linda Butler
  - Jake Brookover
  - Peggy Coyne
  - Yvonne Domings
  - Charlie Dunne
  - Linda Encarnacao
  - Patricia Ganley
  - Boris Goldowsky
  - David Gordon
  - Janet Gronneberg
  - Tracey Hall
  - Chuck Hitchcock
  - Bill Hsu
  - Richard Jackson
  - Mindy Johnson
  - Carole Lacy
  - Alan Leney
  - Seoin Lim
  - Grace Meo
  - Anne Meyer
  - Susan Micelli
  - Elizabeth Murray
  - Leslie O'Callaghan
  - Mary O'Malley
  - Lisa Poller
  - C. Patrick Proctor
  - Kristin Robinson
  - David H. Rose
  - Todd Rose
  - Laura Sampson
  - Anita Simpson
  - Gabrielle Rappolt-Schlichtmann
  - Lisa Spitz
  - Skip Stahl
  - Ada Sullivan
  - Ge Vue
  - Jenna Gravel
  - Shirley Antonellis
  - Valerie Hendricks
  - Joy Zabala
- Supporters
- Partners
  - RFB&D
- History & Recognition
- For Journalists
  - Selected Articles about CAST
  - Press Releases
    - CAST and Boston College to Prepare Leaders in Universal Design for Learning
    - Thinking Reader Wins Codie Award
    - IES Reading Grant
    - NIMAS Committee
    - NIMAS Centers
    - NIMAS Endorsement
    - CAST Named 2005 Nonprofit EdNET HERO
    - CAST Co-Founding Director to Address NCLB Panel
    - CAST and Don Johnston Inc. to Offer UDL Institutes
    - CAST Addresses NCLB Commission
    - National Standard Published, Facilitates Access to Instructional Materials
    - CAST to Lead Day of UDL Presentations at 2008 CEC Convention
    - CAST Releases UDL Curriculum Self-Check
    - UDL Guidelines Unveiled
    - UDL Spotlight Launched
    - OSEP Funds 15-State Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM) Consortium
    - CAST, Google Introduce UDL Editions, Strategy Tutor
    - CAST Releases UDL Book Builder v. 3.0
    - OSEP Funds National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) Center
    - OSEP Funds National Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM) Center
    - CAST Establishes National Center on Universal Design for Learning
    - CAST Releases Two Free Online UDL Modules for Teachers, Teacher Candidates
    - Dr. David Rose Named to National Education Technology Plan (NETP) Working Group
- Job Opportunities
- Contact & Directions

Research & Development

Research & Development in Universal Design for Learning
- Projects
  - AIM Consortium
  - CLIPPS
  - Improving Comprehension Online (ICON)
  - Large Scale Assessments
  - Literacy By Design
  - NIMAS Development Center
  - NIMAS Technical Assistance Center
  - NSF Collaborative Research
  - Principled Science Assessment
  - Project Monitor
  - Reading to Learn (RTL)
  - Carnegie Strategy Tutor
  - Science Writer II: A Universally Designed Thinking Writer
  - Think Like a Historian
  - Composition Initiative: Thinking Writer
  - UDL Editions
  - UDL Multimedia Initiative
  - UDL Science Notebooks
  - Urban Ecology Institute
- What is Universal Design for Learning?
- UDL Questions and Answers

Professional Development

ARRA - CAST PD Offerings

Professional Development
- CAST Institutes
  - Registration
- Custom Consultation
- Faculty
- National UDL Consortium
  - National UDL Consortium Newsletter Sign Up
  - Newsletters
    - CAST National Consortium on Universal Design for Learning News
    - CAST National Consortium on Universal Design for Learning News
    - CAST National Consortium on Universal Design for Learning News
    - CAST National Consortium on Universal Design for Learning News
- On-Site Institutes
- PD Initiatives
  - Preparing New Teachers
- Professional Development Resources
- Teaching Every Student (TES) Website
- UDL Online Modules

Policy & Practice

NIMAS

NCAC

Policy & Practice
- Resources and Solutions

Publications

Books
- Learning to Read in the Computer Age
  - Chapter 1: Learning, Teaching, and Technology
  - Chapter 2: Developing Reading Recognition
  - Chapter 3: Developing Reading Strategies
  - Chapter 4: Developing Reading Engagement
  - Chapter 5: Technology, Teaching, and Literacies Old and New
  - References
  - Appendix
  - Preface

Conferences

Selected Articles by CAST

NCAC Publications
- Disability, Race, and High-Stakes Testing of Students
- Explicit Instruction
- Differentiated Instruction
- Curriculum-Based Evaluations
- Peer Mediated Instruction and Intervention
- Differentiated Instruction and Implications for UDL Implementation
- Background Knowledge with UDL
- Background Knowledge
- Graphic Organizers
- Text Transformations
- Curriculum Modification
- Virtual Reality/Simulations
- Graphic Organizers with UDL
- Virtual Reality/Simulations with UDL
- The Promise of Accessible Textbooks: Increased Achievement for All Students
- Post IDEA '97 Case Law and Administrative Decisions: Access to the General Curriculum
- Access to the General Curriculum for Students with Disabilities: A Brief Legal Interpretation
- Access to the General Curriculum for Students with Disabilities: A Brief for Parents and Teachers
- NCAC Policy Group White Paper for Policy, Property & Permissions: A Discussion of Accessible Curriculum Materials on Ordering, Producing, and Obtaining Accessible Versions of Curriculum Materials for K-12 Students with Print Disabilities
- Effective Teaching Practices and the Barriers Limiting Their Use in Accessing the Curriculum: A Review of Recent Literature
- Teacher Planning and the Universal Design for Learning Environments
- A Glimpse at Current Teaching Practices with Preliminary Survey Results
- Access to the General Curriculum for Students with Disabilities: The Role of the IEP
- Access to the General Curriculum for Students with Disabilities: A Discussion of IDEA '97 and NCLB
- Technical Brief: Access, Participation, and Progress in the General Curriculum
- Balanced Instructional Support and Challenge in Universally Designed Learning Environments
- General Education and Special Education Associations
- Related Services: Minnesota's System of Interagency Coordination
- Teacher Training: Recommendations for Change
- Limited English Proficient Students and Special Education
- Funding Mechanisms in Special Education
- Update on Implementation of IDEA: Early Returns from State Studies
- High-Stakes Testing: Opportunities and Risks
- Overview of State Studies
- Schools Without Rules? Charter Schools, Federal Disability Law, and the Paradoxes of Deregulation
- Policy, Property and Permissions: A Discussion of Accessible Curriculum Materials
- Curriculum Access for Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities: The Promise of UDL
- Curriculum Access for Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities: The Promise of UDL
- Curriculum Access for Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities: The Promise of UDL
- Curriculum Access for Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities: The Promise of UDL
- Curriculum Access for Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities: The Promise of UDL
- Curriculum Access for Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities: The Promise of UDL
- Curriculum Access for Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities: The Promise of UDL
- Curriculum Access for Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities: The Promise of UDL
- Curriculum Access for Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities: The Promise of UDL
- Curriculum Access for Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities: The Promise of UDL
- Curriculum Access for Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities: The Promise of UDL
- Curriculum Access for Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities: The Promise of UDL
- Curriculum Access for Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities: The Promise of UDL
- Curriculum Access for Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities: The Promise of UDL
- Curriculum Access for Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities: The Promise of UDL
- Curriculum Access for Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities: The Promise of UDL
- Curriculum Access for Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities: The Promise of UDL
- Curriculum Access for Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities: The Promise of UDL
- Curriculum Access for Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities: The Promise of UDL
- Curriculum Access for Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities: The Promise of UDL
- Curriculum Access for Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities: The Promise of UDL
- Curriculum Access for Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities: The Promise of UDL
- Technologies Supporting Curriculum Access for Students with Disabilities
- Policy, Property & Permissions II: Summary of May 7, 2004 Meeting
- Classroom Management
- Access to the General Curriculum for Students with Disabilities: A Discussion of the Interrelationship between IDEA 2004 and NCLB

Publications
- UDL Guidelines
  - Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines - Version 1.0

Learning Tools

Learning Tools
- CAST UDL Book Builder ™
- CAST UDL Curriculum Self-Check ™
- CAST UDL Editions ™
- CAST UDL Lesson Builder ™
- CAST Strategy Tutor ™

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