Acknowledgements

We are indebted to the members of our advisory board who provided valuable input throughout the project. They are:

Kay Ferrell, Associate Director, Policy Research at the American Foundation for the Blind and National Center on Severe and Sensory Disabilities, University of Northern Colorado.

Barbara Henderson, Test and Assessment Project Leader, American Printing House For the Blind.

Rosanne Hoffman, American Printing House For the Blind.

Elyse Kantrowitz, Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic.

George Kerscher, Secretary General, DAISY Consortium and Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic.

Corinne Kirchner, Director, Policy Research and Program Evaluation, American Foundation for the Blind.

Jaclyn Packer, American Foundation for the Blind.

Larry Scadden, retired scientist and former Senior Program Director for NSF's former Program for People with Disabilities.

Carol Stewart, American Printing House For the Blind.

Stephanie Turner, Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic.

We would also like to thank the following people for their assistance and advice:

Lois Frankel, Educational Testing Services.

Chuck Hitchcock, Director of NIMAS Development Center, Center for Applied Special Technology.

Mark Riccobono, Executive Director of the Jernigan Institute, National Federation of the Blind.

Dave Schleppenbach, CEO, gh LLC.

Skip Stahl, Director of NIMAS Technical Assistance Center, Center for Applied Special Technology.

Doug Trent, American Printing House For the Blind.

Finally, NCAM would like to thank the many dozens of people who participated in the Delphi and end-user surveys created for the STEM Description project.