Collaborative Research: AccessCSforAll: Including Students with Disabilities in High School Computer Science

华盛顿大学与内华达大学拉斯维加斯分校合作，提出了AccessCSforAll项目，该项目旨在制定策略、工具和课程，为学生（包括残疾学生）提供无障碍的AP计算机科学原理（CSP）。根据《残疾人教育法》（IDEA）或《康复法》第504条，大约有750万K-12学生被确定为残疾。这些学生应该有机会获得高质量的计算机科学教育，但是通常存在重大障碍，包括难以获得的工具（例如，编程语言，屏幕阅读器无法访问的集成开发环境），或者只包括可视化程序输出的课程。民权立法要求以一种对残疾学生无障碍的形式提供课程。AccessCSforAll将创建一个研究人员、从业者伙伴关系（RPP），其中包括为聋哑、失明或学习障碍学生提供服务的学校以及为主流学生提供服务的学校的从业者。在之前30多个CS10K项目的基础上，AccessforAll将为计算机科学教师提供专业发展，包括支持残疾学生的策略。它将与美国大学理事会合作，确保他们为正确评估残疾学生做好准备，并将与无障碍工具和课程的开发商合作。该项目将为计算机科学教师开发和维护资源，帮助他们更好地将残疾学生纳入课堂，并展示工具、课程和教学法的通用设计解决方案，这些解决方案既能吸引普通教育学生，也能吸引残疾学生。该项目将建立一个社区，重点关注可访问的K-12计算机科学教育。

The University of Washington, in collaboration with the University of Nevada Las Vegas, proposes AccessCSforAll, a project to develop strategies, tools, and curricula needed to bring an accessible version of Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science Principles (CSP) to students, including those with disabilities. Approximately 7.5 million K-12 students are identified as having a disability under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. These students should have access to quality computer science education, but there are often significant barriers, including inaccessible tools (for example, programming languages, integrated development environments not accessible to screen readers), or curricula that include exclusively visual program output. Civil rights legislation requires that curriculum be offered in a format that is accessible to students with disabilities.AccessCSforAll will create a researcher practitioner partnership (RPP) that includes practitioners at schools that serve students who are deaf, blind, or learning disabled, as well as schools that serve mainstream students. Building on previous work with more than 30 CS10K projects, AccessforAll will provide professional development for CS teachers that includes strategies for supporting students with disabilities. It will partner with The College Board to ensure that they are ready to properly evaluate students with disabilities, and it will partner with developers of accessible tools and curricula. The project will develop and maintain resources for computer science teachers to help them better include students with disabilities in their classes, and to showcase solutions for universal design in tools, curriculum, and pedagogy that appeal both to general education students as well as students with disabilities. The project will build a community that is focused on accessible K-12 computer science education.