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AACTE
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
AASA
American Association of School Administrators
AAVIM
American Association for Vocational Instructional Materials
AB
Assembly Bill
ABE
Adult Basic Education
ACDS
Apprenticeship Child Development Specialist
ACT
American College Testing (pronounced: "act")
ACTE
Association of Career and Technical Education
AD
Activities Director
ADA
Americans With Disabilities Act; also Average Daily Attendance
ADD
Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADM
Average Daily Membership
ADP
Average Daily Participation
AEL
Appalachian Educational Laboratory
AFT
American Federation of Teachers
AHI
Adolescent Health Initiative
ALC
Alternative Learning Center
AMAO
Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives
AODA
Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse
AP
Advanced Placement
APE
Adapted Physical Education (pronounced: "ape")
API
Academic Performance Index
APR
Annual Performance Report
ARSI
Appalachian Rural Systemic Initiative
ASB
Associated Student Body
ASBO
Association of School Business Officials
ASCD
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
ASES
After School Education and Safety Program
ASFSA
American School Food Service Association
ASTHO
Association of State and Territorial Health Officers
AT
Assistive Technology
ATE
Association of Teacher Educators
AVID
Advancement Via Individual Determination (pronounced: "avid")
AYP
Adequate Yearly Progress
AYP
Adequate Yearly Progress
BASCC
Before and After School Child Care (pronounced: “basic”)
BD
Behavioral Disorders
BIP
Behavior Intervention Plan (pronounced: "bip")
BOE
Board of Education
BPH
Bureau for Public Health
BS/CE
Basic Skills Computer Education
BTSA
Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment (pronounced: “bitsa”)
CAC
Citizens Advisory Committee; also Community Advisory Committee; also Contract Administration Committee; also California Administrative Code
CAC SE
Citizens Advisory Committee for Special Education
CAD
Computer-Aided Drafting (pronounced "cad")
CAHSEE
California High School Exit Examination
CAHSEE
California High School Exit Examination (pronounced: “K C”)
CAPA
California Alternative Performance Assessment
CASS
Council of Administrators of Special Services, Formerly CAPS & CASE; A professional organization for Special Education and Pupil Services Personnel
CATS
Coordinated and Thematic Science
CBEDS
California Basic Educational Data System
CBEST
California Basic Educational Skills Test
CBET
Community Based English Tutoring
CCACC
Community/Citizens Advisory Committee/Council
CCDEB
County Children with Disabilities Education Board, Formerly known as CHCEB-County Handicapped Children's Education Board
CCR
Coordinated Compliance Review; also California Code of Regulations
CCSSO
Council of Chief State School Officers
CCTC
California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
CD
Cognitive Disability
CDC
Centers for Disease Control
CDE
California Department of Education
CDS
County/District/School Code; also Community Day School
CEA
Correctional Education Association
CEC
Council for Exceptional Children
CEFP
Comprehensive Educational Facilities Plan
CELDT
California English Language Development Test
CESA
Cooperative Educational Service Agency
CFR
Code of Federal Regulations
CHEN
Comprehensive Health Education Network
CHSPE
California High School Proficiency Exam
CIF
California Interscholastic Federation
CIFMS
Continuous Improvement and Focused Monitoring System
CNA
Child Nutrition Act
CNP
Child Nutrition Program
COE
County Office of Education
CORD
Center for Occupational Research and Development (pronounced: "cord")
CPD
Center for Professional Development
CPIE
Center for Parent Involvement and Education
CPS
Child Protective Services
CRE
Coordinated Review Effort
CSBA
California School Boards Association
CSBO
Chief School Business Official
CSEA
California School Employees Association
CSF
California Scholarship Federation
CSHCN
Children with Special Health Care Needs, DHFS
CSHP
Coordinated School Health Program
CSPD
Comprehensive System of Personnel Development
CSR
California Standards Tests; also Comprehensive School Reform; also Class Size Reduction
CSRD
Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration
CTA
California Teachers Association
CTE
Career Technical Education
CTRC
Curriculum Technology Resource Center
CTSO
Career and Technical Student Organizations
CUE
Computer Using Educators (pronounced: "Q")
D/HH
Deaf/ Hard of Hearing
DAC
District Advisory Council for Compensatory Education (Title 1 Programs); also District Advisory Committee
DARE
Drug Abuse Resistance Education (pronounced: "dare")
DASH
Division of Adolescent and School Health (CDC) (pronounced "dash")
DCFL
Department of Children.Families, and Learning
DCS
Division of Community Services, DHFS
DCTF
Division of Care and Treatment Facilities, DHFS
DCYF
Department of Children, Youth and Families
DD Council
Developmental Disabilities Council
DECA
Distributive Education Clubs of America
DELAC
District English Learner Advisory Committee
DHFS
Department of Health and Family Services. Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services.
DHH
Deaf and Hard of Hearing
DIBELS
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy (pronounced: "dibells")
DIS
Designated Instruction and Services
DL
Distance Learning
DLCC
Distance Learning Coordinating Council
DLSEA
Division for Learning Support: Equity and Advocacy
DOC
Department of Corrections
DOE
Department of Education
DOF
Department of Finance
DPI
Department of Public Instruction
DTAES
Division of Technical and Adult Education Services
DVR
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation in the Department of Workforce Development
DWA
District Wide Applications
EBA
Educational Broadcasting Authority
EBD
Emotional Behavioral Disability (formerly ED)
EC
Education Code; also Early Childhood
ECE
Early Childhood Education
ECFE
Early Childhood Family Education
ECS
Education Commission of the States
ECSE
Early Childhood Special Education
EDGAR
Education Department General Administrative Regulations (pronounced: "Edgar")
EETT
Enhancing Education through Technology
EIA
Economic Impact Aid
EIS
Early Intervention Services
EL
English Learner
ELA
English-language Arts
ELAC
English Learner Advisory Committee
ELAP
English Language Acquisition Program
ELD
English
ELL
English Language Learner
EOCA
Early and Ongoing Collaboration and Assistance
EOS
Economy of Scale
EPPAC
Educational Personnel Preparation Advisory Committee
ERIC
Educational Resources Information Center (pronounced: "Eric")
ESEA
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
ESL
English as a Second Language
ESLP
Educational Speech-Language Pathologist
ESLR
Expected School wide Learning Result (pronounced: “eslers”)
ESOL
English as a Second/Other Language (pronounced: "E-sol")
ESP
(ACUESP) Advisory Committee on Utilization of Excess School Property
ESY
Extended School Year
ETS
Educational Telecommunications System
FACETS
Family Assistance Center for Education, Training and Support (Pronounced: "fassets")
FACS
Family and Consumer Sciences (pronounced: "facts")
FAPE
Free Appropriate Public Education (pronounced: "fape")
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions (pronounced: "facs")
FBA
Functional Behavioral Assessment
FBLA
Future Business Leaders of America
FCCLA
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America
FEP
Fluent-English Proficient
FERPA
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (pronounced: "furpa")
FRL
Free and Reduced Price Lunch
FTE
Full-time Equivalent
FY
Fiscal Year
GAO
U. S. General Accounting Office
GASB
Government Accounting Standards Board (pronounced: “gaz-bee”)
GATE
Gifted And Talented Education (pronounced: "gate")
GED
General Education Diploma; also General Educational Development Test
GHA
Governor's Honors Academy
GLE
Grade Level Equivalent
GPA
Grade Point Average; also Governor’s Performance Award
GPFS
General Purpose Financial Statements
GPR
General Program Revenue
GSA
Governor's School for the Arts
GSE
Golden State Examination
HI
Hearing Impaired
HOSA
Health Occupations Students of America
HOST
Health Occupations Science Technology (pronounced; "host")
HSDP
High School Diploma Program
HSTW
High Schools That Work
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language
HVAC
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning
IASA
Improving America's Schools Act
IB
International Baccalaureate
ICOC
Independent Citizens' Oversight Committee
IDEA
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (pronounced; "idea")
IEP
Individualized Education Plan
IFSP
Individual Family Service Plan
IGOs
Instructional Goals and Objectives
IPT
IDEA Proficiency Test
IQ
Intelligence Quotient
IS
Independent Study
ISBN
International Standard Book Number
ISD
Independent School District
ISDN
Integrated Servise Digital Network
ISF
Initial Sounds Fluency
ISS
In-School Suspension
IST
Instructional Support Team
ISTE
International Society for Technology in Education
IT
Information Technology
ITBS
Iowa Tests of Basic Skills
ITV
Instructional Television
JROTC
Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps
JTPA
Job Training Partnership Act
LAN
Local Area Network (pronounced: "lan")
LAP
Licensure Appeal Panel (pronounced: "lap")
LD
Learning Disablitity
LEA
Local Educational Agency
LEP
Limited English Proficient
LOCEA
Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability
LPP
Local Performance Plan
LRE
Least Restrictive Environment
LSIC
Local School Improvement Council
LST
Life Skills Training
LTD
Long Term Disability
MCVC
Multi-County Vocational Center
MDT
Multi-Disciplinary Team
MECHA
Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (Chicano Student Movement of Mexico)
MERIT
Mathematics Education Reform Initiative for Teachers (pronounced: "merit")
MIS
Management Information System
MMGM
Making Middle Grades Matter
MOE
Maintenance of Effort
MOU
Memorandum of Understanding
MSW
Making Schools Work
NAEP
National Assessment of Educational Progress (pronounced: "nape")
NAESP
National Association of Elementary School Principals
NAPT
National Association of Pupil Transportation
NASBE
National Association of State Boards of Education (pronounced: "nasbee")
NASDSE
National Association of State Directors of Special Education
NASDTEC
National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (pronounced: "nasdtec")
NASSP
National Association of Secondary School Principals
NASTA
National Association of State Textbook Administrators
NBEA
National Business Education Association
NBPTS
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
NCA
North Central Association
NCATE
National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education
NCES
National Center for Education Statistics
NCLB
No Child Left Behind Act (pronounced: "nickel-B")
NCRRC
North Central Regional Resource Center
NCRVE
National Center for Research in Vocational Education
NCS
National Computer Systems
NEA
National Education Association
NEA-ESP
National Education Association-Educational Support Personnel
NEP
Non-English Proficient
NETS
National Educational Technology Standards (pronounced: "nets")
NGA
National Governors' Association
NMSQT
National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test
NOAPPP
National Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting Prevention
NPR
National Percentile Rank
NRT
Norm-referenced Test
NSBA
National School Boards Association
NSDC
National Staff Development Council
NSF
National Science Foundation
NSLP
National School Lunch Program
NSTA
National Science Teachers Association; also National School Transportation Association
NWF
Nonsense Word Fluency
OCILE
Off-Campus Integrated Learning Experience
OCR
Office for Civil Rights, A part of the U. S. Department of Education responsible for enforcement of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
OEPA
Office of Education Performance Audits
OERI
Office of Educational Research and Improvement
OHI
Other Health Impairment
OI
Orthopedic Impairment
OLT
Out-of-Level Testing/ Off-level Testing
OMB
U.S. Office of Management and Budget
OMCFH
Office of Maternal, Child and Family Health
ORF
Oral Reading Fluency
OSEP
Office of Special Education Programs, U. S. Department of Education
OSERS
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
OT
Occupational Therapy
OTIS
Office of Technology and Information Systems
PAC
Parent Advisory Council/Committee; also Principal's Advisory Council
PAL
Parent Academic Liaison
PALS
Phonemic Awareness Literacy Screening
PAR
Peer Assistance and Review Program for Teachers
PBIS
Positive Behavioral Intervention Systems
PBL
Phi Beta Lambda
PBS
Positive Behavior Support
PDK
Phi Delta Kappa
PEP
Personalized Education Plan
PERC
Parent-Educator Resource Center (pronounced: "perk")
PERS
Public Employees Retirement System (pronounced: “purrs”)
PFDA
Pupil Fair Dismissal Act
PL
Public Law
PL 94-142
Public Law 94-142
PLOEP
Present Level of Educational Performance
PLP
Personal Literacy Plan
PO
Purchase Order
POHI
Physical or Other Health Impaired
PPFT
President's Physical Fitness Test
PPP
Personal Progress Plan
PPST
Pre-Professional Skills Tests (Praxis I)
PRB
Program Review Board
PSAT
Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test
PSD
Pawtucket School Department
PSF
Phonemic Segmentation Fluency
PT
Physical Therapy
PT3
Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology
PTA
Parent Teacher Association
PTO
Parent Teacher Organization
PTSA
Parent Teacher Student Association
PU
Pupil Unit
RCC
Residential Care Center (formerly known as CCI)
RCCI
Residential Child Care Institution
REA
Reading Excellence Act
REACh
Responsive Education for All Children initiative (pronounced: "reach")
READS
Reading Evaluation and Demonstration of Success initiative (pronounced: "reads")
ReCAPP
Resource Center for Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting (pronounced: "reecap")
RESA
Regional Education Services Agencies
RFA
Request for Applications
RFP
Request for Proposals
RIDOE
Rhode Island Department of Education (pronounced: "rye doe")
RMCPU
Resident Marginal Cost Pupil Units
ROP
Regional Occupational Program
ROTC
Reserve Officers Training Corps
RSN
Regional Service Network
RSP
Resource Specialist Program; also Responsible Students Program
RTI
Response to Intervention
SABE/2
Spanish Assessment of Basic Education, Second Edition
SAC
School Advisory Committee/Council
SAP
Student Assistance Program; also School Age Parents
SARB
School Attendance Review Board (pronounced: “sarb”)
SARC
School Accountability Report Card (pronounced: “sark”)
SAS
Student Assistance Services; also Student Accountability Standards
SASBO
Southeastern Association of School Business Officials
SASI
School Administrative Student Information
SAT
Scholastic Aptitude Test; also Scholastic Achievement Test; also Student Assistance Team
SAT 9
Stanford Achievement Test, Ninth Edition
SB
Senate Bill
SB 300
Senate Bill 300
SBA
School Building Authority
SBAT
School Based Assistance Team
SBE
State Board of Education
SBEA
Southern Business Education Association
SBP
School Breakfast Program
SBS
School Based Services
SCASS
State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards
SCE
State Compensatory Education
SDC
Special Day Class
SDCOE
San Diego County Office of Education
SDCS
San Diego City Schools
SDD
Significant Developmental Delay
SDEA
San Diego Education Association
SDF
Safe and Drug Free
SDRT
Stanford Diagnostic Reading Test
SDSCPA
San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts
SDSU
San Diego State University
SDUSD
San Diego Unified School District
SE
Special Education
SEA
State Educational Agency
SED
Severely Emotionally Disturbed
SEEC
Special Education Early Childhood
SELPA
Special Education Local Plan Area
SEP
Special Education Plan
SERC
Satellite Educational Resources Consortium (pronounced: "serck")
SERVE
Southeastern Regional Vision for Education (pronounced: "serve")
SESPTC
Southeastern States Pupil Transportation Conference
SFSP
Summer Food Service Program
SGT
Site Governance Team
SHEC
State Health Education Council
SHEP
School Health Education Profile
SHPPS
School Health Policy and Programs Study
SIMS
School Information Management Systems (pronounced: "sims")
SIP
School Improvement Program; also Site Initiated Placement (pronounced: "sip")
SIS
Student Information Services/System (pronounced: "sis")
SIT
School Improvement Team (pronounced:"sit")
SLD
Specific Learning Disability (formerly just LD)
SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
SMI
School Meals Initiative
SPP
State Performance Plan
SREB
Southern Regional Education Board
SSC
School Site Council
STAR
Standardized Testing and Reporting (pronounced: “star”)
STRS
State Teachers Retirement System (pronounced: “stirs”)
STW
School To Work
SUCCESS
Student Utilization of Computers in Curriculum for the Enhancement of Scholastic Skills (pronounced: "success")
T&E
Training and Experience
TBI
Traumatic Brain Injury
TEAC
Teacher Education Advisory Committee
TIES
Technology and Information Educational Services (pronounced: "ties")
TIMSS
Third International Math and Science Study
TLCF
Technology Literacy Challenge Fund
TPAD
Tech Prep/Associate Degree
TSA
Technology Student Association
UCIP
Unified County Improvement Plan
UCSD/USD
University of California, San Diego/University of San Diego
USDA
United States Department of Education
USDOE
United States Department of Education
USI
Urban Systemic Initiative
USIP
Unified School Improvement Plan
USOE
United States Office of Education
USSEA
United School Service Employees Association of West Virginia
VAPA
Visual and Performing Arts (pronounced: “vappa”)
VEEC
Vocational Education Equity Council
VEEP
Voluntary Ethnic Enrollment Program
VI
Visually Impaired
WADM
Weighted Average Daily Membership
WAN
Wide Area Network (pronounced: "wan")
WASC
Western Association of Schools and Colleges (pronounced: “wask”)
WESTEST
WV Education Standards Test (pronounced: "west test")
WIA
Workforce Investment Act
WTW
Welfare to Work
WWW
World Wide Web
YRBS
Youth Risk Behavior Survey
YRS
Year-Round School/Schedule
YTS
Youth Tobacco Survey