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FIMC-VI is also an integral partner with the Florida Department of Education
Bureau of K-12 Assessment and the assessment companies to ensure high-quality
braille versions of all statewide assessments. The team at FIMC-VI is involved in bias
and sensitivity reviews, item reviews, proofreading of the braille tests, writing and
proofreading of the braille notes and braille scripts, as well as transcription of student
answers from braille to print. This partnership guarantees that the needs of our students
with visual impairments are represented in the development and production of all
statewide assessments.
Considering all the services we provide, FIMC-VI is fortunate to have the support
of and to be able to collaborate with the Florida Department of Education, the Florida
Division of Blind Services, the Florida and Virgin Islands Deaf-Blind Collaborative, the
Florida Agencies Serving the Blind, as well as the consumer organizations, and all
Florida School Districts. It truly takes a village to support all students with visual
impairments in Florida, and FIMC-VI is proud to be part of this village.
Figure 4. FIMC-VI staff:
Elizabeth Anderson, Mary
Stoltz, Denise Battle,
Dianna Moyer, Kay
Ratzlaff, Diana
Przeslawski, Kathee
Cagle, Andrea Wallace,
Sue Glaser, Darrin Porter,
Ron Stevenson, Gabriel
Rumbaut, and Vernon
Underwood. Not pictured
is Kathy Kremplewski.
