A To Z Common Abbreviations & Acronyms Used In Education​

Acronym

Definition

Starting with A

ABA

Applied Behavioral Analysis

ACT

 ACT (formerly American College Testing) Exam

AD

Athletic Director

ADA

Americans with Disabilities Act (also Average Daily Attendance)

ADD

Attention Deficit Disorder

ADHD

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

AESOP

Automated Substitute Placement & Absence Management

AFT

American Federation of Teachers

AH

Auditorally Impaired

AIDS

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

AM

Accelerated Math

AMAOs

Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives

AP

Advanced Placement (also Assistant Principal)

APA

Administrative Procedures Act

APE

 Adaptive Physical Education

AR

Accelerated Reader

ARC

Accountability Report Card

ARRA

American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009

ASL

American Sign Language

ASVAB

Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery

AT

 Assistive Technology

AU

Autistic/Autism

AUP

Acceptable Use Policy (Internet)

AVA

American Vocational Association

AYP

Adequate Yearly Progress

Starting with B

BD

Behaviour Disorder

BDR

Bill Draft Request

BIA

Bureau of Indian Affairs

BIC

Behaviour Intervention Class

BIP

Behaviour Intervention Plan

BMP

Behaviour Management Plan

BOT

Board of Trustees

Starting with C

CA

Chronological Age

CASE

Council of Administrators of Special Education

CBA

Curriculum-Based Assessment

CBE

Credit by Exam

CCBD

Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders

CCSS

Common Core State Standards

CSN

College of Southern Nevada

CD

Cognitive Delay

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CE

Character Education

CEC

Council for Exceptional Children

CELL

California Early Literacy Learning

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations

C & I

Curriculum & Instruction

CLS

Comprehensive Life Skills

CP

Cerebral Palsy

CPS

Child Protective Services

CRT

Criterion Referenced Test

CSE

 Committee on Special Education

CSR

Class Size Reduction

CST

Child Study Team

CTE

Career and Technical Education

Starting with D

DB

Deaf/Blind

DCFS

Division of Child and Family Services

DD

Developmentally Delayed

DEAR

Drop Everything and Read

DI

Direct Instruction

DO

District Office

DOE

Department of Education (State)

DOG

Daily Oral Geography

DOL

Daily Oral Language

DOM

Daily Oral Math

DPH

Due Process Hearing

DPP

District Performance Plan

DRA

Developmental (or Diagnostic) Reading Assessment

DRD

Dyslexia and Related Disorders

DSA

Distributive School Account

Starting with E

EAHCA

Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975

EAP

Employee Assistance Program

EBD

Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

EC

Early Childhood (also Extra-Curricular)

ECSE

Early Childhood Special Education

ED

Emotionally Disturbed (also U.S. Department of Education)

EDGAR

Education Department General Administrative Regulations

EDSA

Enhanced Data Submission Application (Bighorn)

EEOC

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

EH

Emotionally Handicapped

EHA

Education for the Handicapped Act

EI

Early Intervention

ELA

English Language Arts

ELD

English Language Development

ELL

English Language Learner (used interchangeably with ESL and LEP)

EMR

Educable Mentally Retarded

EMRB

Employee Management Relations Board

ePAR

Electronic Personnel Action Request

ERIC

Educational Resources Information Center

ESD

Extended School Day

ESEA

Elementary and Secondary Education Act

ESL

English as a Second Language

ESS

Early Success Screening

ESY

Extended School Year

ETS

Educational Testing Service

EYP

Extended Year Program

EYS

Extended Year Service

Starting with F

FAPE

Free Appropriate Public Education

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

FAS

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

FBA

Functional Behavioral Assessment

FBLA

Future Business Leaders of America

FCCLA

Family Career Community Leaders of America  

FERPA

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (AKA)

FRL

Free and Reduced-Price Lunch

FSP

Family Support Plan

FTE

Full Time Equivalent

FY

Fiscal Year

Starting with G

GATE

Gifted and Talented Education

GBC

Great Basin College

GE

General Education

GED

General Education Diploma

GEPA

General Education Provisions Act

GO

Graphic Organizer

GPA

Grade Point Average

GTE

Gifted & Talented Education

Starting with H

HCPA

Handicapped Children’s Protection Act of 1986

HDP

Habitual Discipline Problem

HHS

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

HI

Health Impaired (also Hearing Impaired)

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

HIV

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HMO

Health Maintenance Organization

HO

Hearing Officer

HOTS

Higher-Order Thinking Skills

HQT

Highly Qualified Teachers

HSE

High School Equivalency

HSPE

High School Proficiency Examination

Starting with I

ID

Intellectually Disabled

IDEA

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

IEE

Independent Educational Evaluation

IEP

Individualized Educational Program

IEPT

Individualized Education Program Team

IFSP

Individualized Family Service Plan

ID

Intellectual Disability

IGA

Intergovernmental Agreement

IHE

Institution of Higher Education

IHO

Impartial Hearing Officer

IL

Independent Living

iNVest

Investing in Nevada’s Education, Students and Teachers

IPEDS

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Systems

IQ

Intelligence Quotient

IRA

International Reading Association

ISA

Interagency Services Agreement

ISS

In-School Suspension

ITBS

Iowa Test of Basic Skills

ITED

Iowa Tests of Educational Development

ITP

Individual Transition Plan

IU

Intermediate Unit

Starting with K

K-12

Kindergarten through 12th Grade

KTEA

Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement

KWL

Know, Want to Know, Learned

Starting with L

LA

Language Arts

LAS

Language Assessment Scales

LCB

Legislative Council Bureau

LCE

Legislative Committee on Education

LD

Learning Disabled

LEA

Local Education Authority (e.g., a Nevada school district)

LEP

Limited English Proficient

LLD

Language Learning Disabilities

LRBI

Least Restrictive Behavioral Interventions

LRE

Least Restrictive Environment

LSST

Local School Support Tax

Starting with M

MAP

Measures of Academic Progress

MBD

Minimal Brain Dysfunction

MCR

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity

MD

Multiple Disabilities

MDR

Manifestation Determination Review

MDT

Multidisciplinary Team

MH

Multiply Handicapped

MIS

Management Information System

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

MPE

Managed Performance Empowerment

MPR

Multi-Purpose Room

MRI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

MU

Multiply Impaired

Starting with N

NAC

Nevada Administrative Code

NACS

Nevada Academic Content Standards

NAEA

National Art Education Association

NAEP

National Assessment of Educational Progress

NAESP

National Association of Elementary School Principals

NASA

Nevada Association of School Administrators

NASB

Nevada Association of School Boards

NASS

Nevada Association of School Superintendents

NASSP

National Association of Secondary School Principals

NBCT

National Board Certified Teacher

NBPTS

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

NC

Non-Categorical

NCASA

Nye County Association of School Administrators

NCATE

National Council for Teacher Education

NCCAT-D

Nevada Comprehensive Curriculum Audit Tool for District

NCCAT-S

Nevada Comprehensive Curriculum Audit Tool for Schools

NCCTA

Nye County Classroom Teachers Association

NCES

National Center for Education Statistics

NCHS

National Center for Health Statistics

NCLB

No Child Left Behind (Act of 2001)

NCLD

National Center for Learning Disabilities

NCSD

Nye County School District

NCSSO

Nye County Support Staff Organization

NDE

Nevada Department of Education (also NDOE)

NDO

Northern District Office (also TDO)

NDPC

National Dropout Prevention Center

NEA

National Education Association

NEIS

Nevada Early Intervention Services

NELIP

Nevada Early Literacy Intervention Program

NEPF

Nevada Educator Performance Framework

NERA

Nevada Education Reform Act of 1997

NERC

Nevada Equal Rights Commission

NGSS

Next Generation Science Standards

NHS

National Honor Society

NIAA

Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association

NICHD

National Institute for Child Health and Human Development

NIH

National Institutes of Health

NILD

National Institute for Learning Disabilities

NIMH

National Institutes of Mental Health

NIMS

National Incident Management System

NMA

Nevada Mining Association

NPEF

Nevada Educator Performance Framework

NPEP

Nevada Proficiency Examination Program

NPRI

Nevada Policy Research Institute

NRS

Nevada Revised Statutes

NRT

Norm-Referenced Test

NSBA

National School Boards Association

NSEA

Nevada State Education Association

NSF

National Science Foundation

NSHE

Nevada System of Higher Education

NSPF

Nevada School Performance Framework

NSTA

National Science Teachers Association

NTTSI

Nevada Tahoe Teacher Stem Institute

NWEA

Northwest Evaluation Association

Starting with O

OCD

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

OCR

Office for Civil Rights

ODD

Oppositional Defiant Disorder

OH

Orthopedically Handicapped

OHI

Other Health Impaired

OJT

On-the-job Training

OMB

Office of Management and Budget

OSEP

Office of Special Education Programs

OSES

Office of Special Education Programs

OSERS

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services

OSHA

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OT

Occupational Therapist

Starting with P

PA

Personnel Action (form)

PAC

Parent Advisory Committee

PD

Professional Development

PDD

Pervasive Development Disorders

PDF

Portable Document Format

PE

Physical Education

PEBF

Public Employee Benefit Program

PERS

Public Employees Retirement System

PL

Public Law

PLAN

Pre-American College Test (Pre-ACT)

PLC

Practical Life Class

PLP

Personal Learning Plan

PO

Purchase Order

PPD

Progressive Plan of Discipline

PSAT

Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test

PT

Physical Therapist

PTA

Parent Teacher Association

PTO

Parent Teacher Organization

PTSD

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Starting with R

RFA

Request for Applications

RFP

Request for Proposals

RIF

Reduction in Force

RPDP

Regional Professional Development Program

RS

Reading Street

RTI

Response to Intervention

RTTT

Race To The Top Grant Program (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009)

Starting with S

SAC

School Advisory Council

SAGE

Student Achievement Gap Elimination

SAIN

System of Accountability Information for Nevada

SAP

Student Assistance Program

SASI

School Administration Student Information

SAT

Scholastic Aptitude Test

SBAC

Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

SBDM

Site-Based Decision Making

SBE

State Board of Education

SCAAN

Skills and Competencies Alternate Assessment of Nevada

SCC

Self Contained Classroom

SDO

Southern District Office (Pahrump)

SE/SN

Student Education or Student Workbook

SEA

State Education Authority

SED

Serious Emotional Disturbance

SES

Socio-Economic Status

SESS

Special Education Support Services

SH

Speech Handicapped

SID

Severe Intellectual Disability

SIOP

Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol

SIP

School Improvement Plan

SIS

Student Information System

SIT

Student Intervention Team

SL

Speech and Language

SLC

Small Learning Community

SLD

Specific Learning Disability

SLP

Speech and Language Pathologist

SNABC

Southern Nevada Anti-bullying Council

SNRPDP

Southern Nevada Regional Professional Development Program

SOTM

Student of the Month

SPED

Special Education

SPP

School Programme

SRLE

Safe and Respectful Learning Environment

SRO

School Resource Officer (also State Review Officer)

SS

Social Studies

SSA

Social Security Administration

SSI

Supplemental Security Income

SSR

Sustained Silent Reading

SST

Student Success or Study Team

STEM

Science, Technology, Education and Mathematics

STEPUP

Stem Teacher Enhancement and Preparation for Underserved Populations

SWBA

Students will be able to

Starting with T

TA

Tentatively Agreed (pertaining to negotiations)

TB or TBI

Traumatic Brain Injury

TBA

To be announced

TBD

To be determined

TDO

Tenopah District Office

TE/TM

Teacher’s Edition/Teachers Manual

TESL

Teaching English as a Second Language

TESOL

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

TLC

Teachers and Leaders Council

TMR

Trainable Mentally Retarted

TOSA

Teacher on Special Assignment

TRO

Temporary Restraining Order

TSF

Transition Services Fcailitator

TTY

Teletypewriter

TW

Teacher Will

Starting with U

USC

United States Code

USDOE

U.S. Dept. of Education

Starting with V

VH (VI)

Visually Impaired

VICA

Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (Skills USA)

VR

Vocational Rehabilitation

Starting with W

WICHE

Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education

WIDA

World Class Instructional Design and Assessment (also model for Measure of

 Developing English Language)

WISC

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children

Starting with Y

YRBS

Youth Risk Behavior Survey

Y Y1, Y2 etc

Year 1, Year 2 etc

YELLIS

Year 11 Indicator System

YIST

Youth Inclusion and Support System

YPLA

Young Person’s Learning Agency

YOT

Youth Offending Team

YTS

Youth Training Scheme