Acronyms

Acronym	Description
AAHE	American Association for Health Education
AAHPERD	American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
AB 430	(Formerly Assembly Bill 75) Training for administrators in state-adopted ELA/math curriculum
ACES	Access, Culture and Climate, Expectations, Strategies
ACSA	Association of California School Administrators
ACTE	Association for Career and Technical Education
ACTFL	American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
AIR	American Institutes for Research
AMAO	annual measurable achievement objective
API	Academic Performance Index
APS	Academic Program Survey for the Middle Grades
ARRA	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
ASCD	Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
ASL	American Sign Language
AUP	Acceptable use policy
AVID	Advancement Via Individual Determination
AYP	Adequate Yearly Progress (required under the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001)
BICS	Basic Interpersonal Communicative Skills
BTSA	Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment
CABE	California Association for Bilingual Education
CAC	Comprehensive Assistance Center (California Comprehensive Center at WestEd)
CACTE	California Association for Career and Technical Education
CAHPERD	California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance
CAHSEE	California High School Exit Examination
CAL	The Center for Applied Linguistics
CALP	Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
CALPADS	California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System
CalSTAT	California Services for Technical Assistance and Training
CALTIDES	California Longitudinal Data System for Education Data
CAPA	California Alternate Performance Assessment
CAPP	California Academic Partnership Program
CASBO	California Association of School Business Officials
CASC	California Association of School Counselors
CASEMIS	California Special Education Management Information System
CAST	Center for Advanced Spatial Technology
CATE	California Association of Teachers of English
CBM	Curriculum-based measurement
CCHE	California Council for History Education
CCSESA	California County Superintendents Educational Services Association
CCSS	California Council for the Social Studies
CCTC	California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
CDE	California Department of Education
CDE acronyms	California Department of Education page on acronyms
CEA	Career Education Association
CELDT	California English Language Development Test
CETPA	California Educational Technology Professionals Association
CFTL	Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning
CHKS	California Healthy Kids Survey
CIF	California Interscholastic Federation
CIPA	Children’s Internet Protection Act
CISC	Curriculum and Instruction Steering Committee
CLMS	California League of Middle Schools
CLRN	California Learning Resource Network
CLTA	California Language Teachers Association
CMA	California Modified Assessment
CMD	Clearinghouse for Multilingual Documents
CMGA	California Middle Grades Alliance
CMGPN	California Middle Grades Partnership Network
COE	County Office of Education
COMET	California Online Mathematics Education Times
CPM	Categorical Program Monitoring
CPS	Child Protective Services
CRL	California Reading List
CSBA	California School Boards Association
CSIS	California School Information Services
CSPV	Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
CSR	Comprehensive School Reform
CSRQ	Comprehensive School Reform Quality Center
CST	California Standards Test
CSTA	California Science Teachers Association
CSU	California State University
CTA	California Teachers Association
CTAP	California Technology Assistance Project
CTE	Career Technical Education
CTEL	California Teachers of English Learners Examination
DAIT	District Assistance and Intervention Team
DAS	District Assistance Survey
DASH	Division of Adolescent School Health
DPLT	Designated Primary Language Test (currently the Aprenda 3)
DSLT	District and School Leadership Team
DWW	Doing What Works Clearinghouse
EAP	Early Assessment Program
EAST	Environmental and Spatial Technology
EBS	Effective Behavior Support
EL	English learner
ELA	English language arts
ELAC	English Language Advisory Committee
ELAP	English Language Acquisition Program
ELD	English Language Development
ELL	English Language Learners
ELM	Entry Level Mathematics (CSU placement test)
ELSSA	English Learner Subgroup Self Assessment
EPA	Environmental Protection Agency
EPCs	Essential Program Components
EPT	English Placement Test (CSU placement test)
FAPE	Free and Appropriate Public Education
FMTA	Focused Monitoring and Technical Assistance
GATE	Gifted and Talented Education
GEAR UP	Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs
GEODE	Geographic Data in Education
GIS	Geographic Information Systems
GPS	Global Positioning System
HQT	Highly qualified teacher
IAQ	Indoor Air Quality
ICC	Intersegmental Coordinating Committee of the California Education Round Table
IDEA	Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEP	Individualized Education Program
IRA	International Reading Association
ISTE	International Society for Technology in Education
KPIs	key performance indicators
LEA	Local Educational Agency
LEAP	Local Educational Agency Plan
LRE	least restrictive environment
LRS	Library Research Services
NABE	National Association for Bilingual Education
NAEA	National Art Educators Association
NAEP	National Assessment of Educational Progress
NAGC	National Association of Gifted Children
NBPTS	National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
NCES	National Center for Education Statistics
NCLB	No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
NCLR	National Council of La Raza
NCREL	North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
NCSS	National Council for the Social Studies
NCTE	National Council of Teachers of English
NCTM	National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
NMSA	National Middle School Association
NSTA	National Science Teachers Association
NTAC	National Threat Assessment Center
NTC	New Teacher Center
OSEP	Office of Special Education Programs
PAL	Peer Assistance and Leadership
PALMS	Postsecondary Access for Latino Middle-Grades Students
PDF	Portable Document Format
PFT	Physical Fitness Testing
PI	Program Improvement
PLC	Professional Learning Community
PSAA	Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999
PSRS	Procedural Safeguards Referral Service
PTSA	Parent Teacher Student Association
QAP	Quality Assurance Process
QEIA	Quality Education Investment Act
RSDSS	Regional System of District and School Support
RSP	resource specialist program
RtI	Response to Intervention
RTI2	Response to Instruction and Intervention
S4	Statewide System of School Support
SAIT	School Assistance and Intervention Team
SAMHSA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration
SARB	School Attendance Review Board
SARC	School Accountability Report Card
SB 472	Mathematics and Reading Professional Development
SBE	California State Board of Education
SDAIE	Specially designed academic instruction in English
SED	Special Education Division
SEID	Statewide Educator Identifier
SES	Supplemental Educational Services
SETS	Statewide Education Technology Services
SIG	State Improvement Grant
SIOP	Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol
SLC	Small Learning Communities
SPARC	Support Personnel Accountability Report Card
SPSA	Single Plan for Student Achievement
SSC	School Site Council
SST	Student Success Teams
STAR Program	Standardized Testing and Reporting Program
STS	Standards-based Tests in Spanish
STW-TCS	Schools to Watch™—Taking Center Stage
TA	technical assistance
TechSETS	Technical Support for Education Technology in Schools
TICAL	Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership
URL	Uniform Resource Locator
WISER	Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders

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