Much of CAST’s success is made possible through significant and longstanding collaborations with partners. At our core is a fundamental belief in and commitment to developing and nurturing deep partnerships with others to advance research, development and dissemination of universally designed educational solutions.
A partial list of partners include or have included:
Colleges and Universities
Boston College, Boston University, Colorado State University, Harvard University, Harvard Law School, LaSalle University, Lesley University, Louisiana State University, Ohio State University, Purdue University, Rhode Island College, San Francisco State University, San Jose State University, Sonoma (CA) State University, Tufts University, The George Washington University, University of Arizona, University of California-Berkeley, University of Kansas, University of Kentucky, University of Maine, University of Maryland, University of Massachusetts, University of Miami, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of New Hampshire, University of Oregon, University of Pittsburgh, University of Southern Maine, University of Vermont, University of Wisconsin, Vanderbilt University
Corporations
Don Johnston, Google, Houghton Mifflin, IBM, Measured Progress, Microsoft, Nimble Tools, Pearson, Scholastic Inc., Texthelp Systems, Tom Snyder Productions, Watchfire
Government Agencies
National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Science Foundation (NSF); U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), Institute for Educational Sciences (IES), and Office of Educational Technology (OET); and numerous state education departments (including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin and Wyoming)
National and Regional Organizations
American Federation of Teachers, American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), American Printing House for the Blind, American Institutes for Research (AIR), Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA), Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), Bookshare, Council of Chief State School Officers, Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), Education Development Center (EDC), Education Testing Service (ETS), Higher Education Consortium for Special Education, Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI), Institute of Educational Leadership, International Reading Association (IRA), Learning Disabilities Association of American, Minority Student Achievement Network, National Association of School Psychologists, National Association of Secondary School Principals, National Association of State Boards of Education, National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE), National Center for Learning Disabilities, Inc., National Down Syndrome Society, National Education Association, National School Boards Association, New York Hall of Science, Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER), Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D) , SRI International, TASH, TERC, CPB/WGBH’s National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM), Victor Pineda Foundation
International Organizations
DAISY Consortium, Education Development Corporation (EDC), International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), Miske Witt & Associates, Inc., World Institute on Disability (WID), World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), VSA International Organization on Arts & Disability
