If you’ve tried to get involved in a school committee, done some reading about the topic of education, or gone to a parent teacher conference, you’ve likely run into acronyms that leave you wondering what people are talking about, especially if you’re new to this. We’ve created this acronym guide to help you participate! If you have more questions or see one missing, email us at info@jeffcopta.org.

 

2E – Twice Exceptional
504 – Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a statute which prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities. A 504 plan is an individual education plan for a special-needs student.
ABA – Applied Behavior Analysis
ACCESS for ELLs – Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State for English Language Learners
ACGR – Adjusted-Cohort Graduation Rate
ACT – American College Testing
AD – Athletic Director
ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act
ADD – Attention-Deficit Disorder
ADHD – Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
ADR – Alternative Dispute Resolution
AESOP – Automated Substitute Placement & Absence Management
AFGR – Averaged Freshmen Graduation Rate
AFT – American Federation of Teachers
AH – Auditorally Impaired
ALP – Advanced Learning Plan
AMAO – Annual Measurable Achievement Objective
AMP – Art Music and Physical Education
AP – Advanced Placement or Assistant Principal
APA – American Pediatrics Association or APA Format, Writing Style
APD – Auditory Processing Disorder
APE – Adaptive Physical Education
APHG – Advanced Placement Human Geography
APHuG – Advanced Placement Human Geography
APR – Annual Performance Report
APUSH – Advanced Placement United States History
ASL – American Sign Language
AT – Assistive Technology
AYP – Adequate Yearly Progress
BCBA – Board Certified Behavior Analyst
BD – Behavior Disorder
BIE – Bureau of Indian Education
BIP – Behavior Intervention Plan
BL – Building Level
BMP – Behavior Management Plan
BOE – Board of Education
BT – Behavior Therapist
CA – Chronological Age
CAAC – Capital Asset Advisory Committee
CAFR – Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
CAGT – Colorado Association for Gifted and Talented
CAO – Chief Academic Officer
CAS – Colorado Academic Standards
CASE – Colorado Association of School Executives
CAPD – Central Auditory Processing Disorder
CASB – Colorado Association of School Boards
CBA – Collective Bargaining Agreement or Curriculum-Based Assessment
CCSS – Common Core State Standards
CCSSO – Council of Chief State School Officers
CDE – Colorado Department of Education
CDC – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CEA – Colorado Education Association
CEC – Council for Exceptional Children
CEIS – Coordinated Early Intervening Services
CFO – Chief Financial Officer
C&I – Curriculum & Instruction
CLS – Comprehensive Life Skills
CMAS – Colorado Measures of Academic Success
COALT – Colorado Alternative Assessment
COGAT – Cognitive Abilities Test
CORA – Colorado Open Records Act
CP – Cerebral Palsy
CPS – Child Protective Services
CRT – Criterion Referenced Test
CSR – Class Size Reduction
CSSO – Chief School Success Officer
CTE – Career and Technical Education
DAC – District Accountability Committee
DAG – Design Advisory Group
DB – Deaf/Blind
DCFS – Division of Child and Family Services
DD – Developmentally Disabled or Developmentally Delayed
DEAR – Drop Everything And Read
DI – Direct Instruction or Destination Imagination
DIBELS – Dynamic Inventory of Basic Early Literacy Skills
DL – District Level or Dual Language
DLM – Deeper Learning Model
DLT – Digital Teacher Librarian
DOE – Department of Education
DOH – Department of Health
DPH – Due Process Hearing
DQ – Data Quality
DRA – Developmental (or Diagnostic) Reading Assessment
DSS – Disability Support Services
DUIP – District Unified Improvement Plan
EAP – Employee Assistance Program
EBD – Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
EC – Early Childhood or Extra-Curricular or Extra Credit
ECSE – Early Childhood Special Education
ED – Emotionally Disturbed
EDGAR – Education Department General Administrative Regulations
EDTAP – Education Data Technical Assistance Program
EEOC – Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EH – Emotionally Handicapped
EI – Early Intervention
EL – English Learner
ELA – English Language Arts
ELD – English Language Development
ELL – English Language Learner
EO – Essential Outcomes
ESEA – Elementary and Secondary Education Act
ESL – English as a Second Language
ESS – Early Success Screening
ESSA – Every Student Succeeds Act
ESY – Extended School Year Services
EU – Educational Unit
FACS – Family and Consumer Sciences
FAFSA – Free Application for Federal Student Aid
FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions
FAPE – Free Appropriate Public Education
FAS – Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
FBA – Functional Behavioral Assessment
FBLA – Future Business Leaders of America
FCCLA – Family Career Community Leaders of America
FEP – Functionally English Proficient
FERPA – Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
FIPS – Federal Information Processing Standards
FNS – Food and Nutrition Services
FOC – Financial Oversight Committee
FOIA – Freedom of Information Act
FRL – Free and Reduced Price Lunch
FSCP – Family School Community Partnership
FSP – Family School Partnership or Family Support Plan
FTE – Full Time Equivalent or Full Time Employee
FY – Fiscal Year
GATE – Gifted and Talented Education
GE – General Education
GED – General Education Diploma
GPA – Grade Point Average
GSA – Gay Straight Alliance
GT – Gifted and Talented
GTE – Gifted & Talented Education
HCPA – Handicapped Children’s Protection Act of 1986
HE – Higher Education
HHS – U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
HI – Hearing Impaired
HOH – Hard of Hearing
HIPPY – Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters
HQT – Highly Qualified Teachers
HR – Human Resources
HS – High School
HSE – High School Equivalency
HSPE – High School Proficiency Examination
IB – International Baccalaureate
ID – Intellectual Disability
IDEA – Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEE – Independent Educational Evaluation
IEP – Individual Education Plan
IGA – Intergovernmental Agreement
ILT – Instructional Leadership Team
IPEDS – Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Systems
IQ – Intelligence Quotient
ISS – In-School Suspension
ITP – Individual Transition Plan
JCAA – Jefferson County Administrators Assocation
JCEA – Jefferson County Education Association
JESPA – Jefferson County Education Support Professionals Association
K12 – Kindergarten through 12th grade
KEA – Kindergarten Early Assessment
LA – Language Arts
LAS – Language Assessment Scales
LD – Learning Disability
LEA – Local Education Agency
LEP – Limited English Proficient
LLD – Language Learning Disabilities
LRBI – Least Restrictive Behavioral Interventions
LRE – Least Restrictive Environment
MAP – Measures of Academic Progress (Assessment)
MBD – Minimal Brain Dysfunction
MD – Multiple Disabilities or Manifestation Determination
MDT – Multidisciplinary Team
MEP – Migrant Education Program
MH – Multiply Handicapped
MOU – Memorandum of Understanding
MPR – Multi-Purpose Room
MS – Middle School
MTSS – Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
NAEP – National Assessment of Educational Progress
NAESP – National Association of Elementary School Principals
NASSP – National Association of Secondary School Principals
NBCT – National Board Certified Teacher
NBPTS – National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
NCATE – National Council for Teacher Education
NCEA – National Center for Educational Accountability
NCES – National Center for Educational Statistics
NCHS – National Center for Health Statistics
NCLB – No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
NCLD – National Center for Learning Disabilities
NDCP – National Dropout Prevention Center
NEA – National Education Association
NEP – Non-English Proficient
NGSS – Next Generation Science Standards
NHS – National Honor Society
NICHCY – National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities formerly National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
NICHD – National Institute for Child Health and Human Development
NILD – National Institute for Learning Disabilities
NIMH – National Institutes of Mental Health
NIMS – National Incident Management System
NIST – National Institute of Standards and Technology
NJHS – National Junior Honor Society
NLD/NVLD – Nonverbal Learning Disability
NSBA – National School Boards Association
NSF – National Science Foundation
NWEA – Northwest Evaluation Association
OCD – Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
OCR – Office for Civil Rights
ODD – Oppositional Defiant Disorder
OELS – Outdoor Education Laboratory Schools
OG – Orton Gillingham
OHI – Other Health Impaired
OIE – Office of Indian Education
OSEP – Office of Special Education Programs
OSERS – Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
OSHA – Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OST – Office of School Turnaround
OT – Occupational Therapy
PAC – Parent Advisory Committee
PARA – Paraprofessional
PARCC – Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers
PBL – Project Based Learning
PD – Professional Development
PDD – Pervasive Development Disorders
PE – Physical Education
PERA – Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association
PK12 – Preschool & Kindergarten through 12th grade
PLC – Professional Learning Community
PLP – Personal Learning Plan
PO – Purchase Order
PRE-K – Pre-Kindergarten
PS – Preschool
PSAT – Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test
PT – Physical Therapy
PT Conf – Parent Teacher Conference
PTA – Parent Teacher Association (National Membership and Child Advocacy Association, Trademarked)
PTSA – Parent Teacher Student Association (National Membership and Child Advocacy Association, Trademarked)
PTO – Parent Teacher Organization
PTSD – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
PY – Prior Year
QPR – Question, Persuade, Respond, Suicide Prevention Training
RBT – Registered Behavior Therapist
RFBD – Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
RFQ – Request for Quote
RFP – Request for Proposals
RIF – Reduction in Force
RTI – Response to Intervention
RTTT – Race To The Top Grant Program, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009
SAC – School Accountability Committee or School Assessment Coordinator
SACPIE – State Advisory Council for Parent Involvement in Education
SAP – Student Assistance Program
SASA – Student Achievement and School Accountability
SAT – Scholastic Aptitude Test or School improvement Team
SBAC – Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
SBB – Student Based Budgeting
SBDM – Site-Based Decision Making
SBE – State Board of Education
SCC – Self Contained Classroom
SEA – State Education Agency
SEAC – Special Education Advisory Committee
SED – State Education Department or Severely Emotionally Disturbed
SEL – Social Emotional Learning
SELC – Social Emotional Learning Counselor
SELS – Social Emotional Learning Specialist
SENG – Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted
SESS – Special Education Support Services
SI – Sensory Integration
SIP – School Improvement Plan
SIT – School Improvement Team
SLD – Specific Learning Disability
SLP – Speech and Language Program or Speech and Language Pathologist
SMT – Simultaneous Multisensory Teaching
SPAC – Strategic Planning Advisory Committee
SPD – Sensory Processing Disorder
SPED – Special Education
SPF – School Performance Framework
SPP – State Performance Plan
SP/Lang or SP/LG – Speech and Language
Ss – Students
SSI – Supplemental Security Income (related to Social Security)
SST – Student Study Team
ST – Speech Therapy
STEAM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics
STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
SWAP – School to Work Alliance Program
TA – Tentative Agreement or Teaching Assistant or Threat Assessment
TDPAC – Technology and Data Privacy Advisory Committee
TESOL – Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
TE/TM – Teacher’s Edition/Teacher’s Manual
TOSA – Teacher on Special Assignment
UIP – Unified Improvement Plan
USDA – United States Department of Agriculture, which operates the Child Nutrition
Program
USDOE – U.S. Dept. of Education
VH/VI – Visually Impaired
VICA – Vocational Industrial Clubs of America
VOTEC – Vocational and Technical College
WIAT – Wechsler Individual Achievement Test
WIDA Consortium – World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment
WISC – Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
WJ – Woodcock-Johnson Psychoeducational Battery
YRBS – Youth Risk Behavior Survey