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• Report

  Improving the Accessibility of State-Mandated Assessments: Findings from a Focus Group of State Education Agency Representatives

  AEM Center at CAST, 2022

  Find initial considerations for improving the accessibility of state-mandated assessments for students with disabilities.

• Webinar

  AEM Quality Indicators for K-12, Part 1: Meeting Timely Manner through a Coordinated System

  

  3:00PM – 4:00PM ET on Tuesday, February 5, 2019

  Ensuring that all learners receive accessible educational materials (AEM) in a timely manner requires a coordinated provision system. In this first webinar of a 5-part series, join AEM leaders from Iowa, Ohio, and Texas in a discussion about how these states implement NIMAS requirements for print materials and meet digital accessibility requirements for edtech. To get the most out of the webinar, please review AEM Quality Indicators 1 and 2 ahead of time. And because the process of providing AEM requires collaboration, gather your colleagues to watch the webinar together!

• Providing Accessibility Guidance to Vendors

  Vendors and developers of digital learning materials and technologies can benefit from accessibility guidance provided by education agencies and institutions.

• Presentation

  Coordinating State and Local Systems for Providing Accessible Educational Materials (AEM)

  

  10:00AM – 11:00AM ET on Wednesday, June 28, 2023

  The National AEM Center will share recommendations and resources from a cohort of seven states in their third year of creating coordinated statewide systems for providing AEM and technologies for learners with and without disabilities. You'll leave with tools to replicate these systems in your own settings.

• Module 5: Providing Accessible Formats for PreK-12 Learners

  Many students with disabilities encounter barriers when using text-based materials, whether in print or digital. Learn about the actions that need to be taken so that learners who need accessible formats of these materials receive them with high quality and in a timely manner.

• Presentation

  Designing the Future to Be Accessible

  

  12:50PM – 1:50PM ET on Thursday, July 29, 2021

  This session will focus on practical steps educators can take to ensure the materials they design follow accessibility best practices by implementing the POUR principles of accessibility.

• Presentation

  Designing for Accessibility from the Beginning: How to Create and Vet Accessible Materials

  4:15PM – 5:30PM MT on Monday, June 3, 2024

  Join this session to gain insight on easy-to-implement techniques that can help the busy educator vet apps for accessibility quickly to decide which ones should be loved (and kept) and which ones should be…listed (as in passed on)! Learn to direct your limited resources to those apps that will better meet the needs of all of your learners.

• Article

  AI & Accessibility: Supporting All Learners

  AEM Center at CAST, 2024

  This publication examines the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in improving accessibility for individuals with disabilities, addressing challenges in mobility, communication, and education.

• Background Information on the AEM Quality Indicators

  The purpose of the Quality Indicators and Critical Components is to assist state and local education agencies, institutions of higher education and workforce development agencies with planning, implementing, and evaluating dynamic, coordinated systems for the timely provision of accessible educational materials and accessible technologies.

• Learning on the Go: ADA Title II Updates and Requirements

  

  In April 2024, the United States Department of Justice issued a final rule requiring state and local governmental entities — including early childhood, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary institutions — to ensure web- or mobile app-based digital learning resources are appropriate for and usable by students with disabilities.