Education Acronyms, Abbreviations, & Initialisms

education acronyms abbreviationsAEC (Alternative Education Center)
AMAO (Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives)
AP (Advanced Placement)
API (Academic Performance Index)
ASES (After School Education and Safety)
AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination)
BTSA (Beginning Teacher Support & Assessment)
CAC (Community Advisory Committee)
CAHSEE (California High School Exit Examination)
CASSPP (California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress)
CBAPPP (College Board Advanced Placement Potential Program)
CCF (Common Core Funds)
CCSS (Common Core State Standards)
CDS (County/District/School code)
CELDT (California English Language Development Test)
COE (County Office of Education)
CSEA (California School Employees Association)
CSU (California State University)
CTE (Career Technical Education)
CWA (Child Welfare & Attendance)
DAC (District Advisory Council)
DAELE (Digital Advanced Educational Learning Environment)
DELAC (District English Learner Advisory Council)
DOK (Depth of Knowledge)
DSLT (District / School Liaison Team)
EAP (Early Assessment Program)
EL (English Learner)
ELA (English-Language Arts)
ELAC (English Learner Advisory Committee)
ELD (English Language Development)
ELPAC (English Language Proficiency Assessments for California)
ERWC (Expository Reading and Writing Course)
ES (Elementary School)
FAC (Financial Advisory Committee)
FTE (full-time equivalent)
FY (Foster Youth)
GATE (Gifted And Talented Education)
GLAD (Guided Language Acquisition Design)
HMH (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
HS (High School)
HY (Homeless Youth)
IB (International Baccalaureate)
ILC (Intensive Learning Center)
ILT (Instructional Leadership Team)
IST (Instructional Support Team)
LAC (Language Assessment Center)
LCAAC (Local Control Accountability Advisory Committee)
LCAP (Local Control Accountability Plan)
LCFF (Local Control Funding Formula)
LFA (Learning for All)
LI (Low Income)
LTEL (Long Term English Learners)
MAP (Measures of Academic Progress)
MS (Middle School)
NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards)
NSLP (National School Lunch Program)
OCDE (Orange County Department of Education)
PAC (Preschool Advisory Committee)
PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports)
PBL (Project-Based Learning)
PD (Professional Development)
PI (Program Improvement)
PIQE (Parent Institute for Quality Education)
PK (Pre-Kindergarten)
PLC (Professional Learning Community)
PSAT (Preliminary Scholastic Achievement Test)
PTA (Performance Task Assessments Parent Teacher Association)
PTSA (Parent Teacher Student Association)
PTSO (Parent Teacher Student Organization)
RFEP (Reclassified Fluent English Proficient)
ROP (Regional Occupational Program)
RTI (Response to Intervention)
SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium)
SDAIE (Specifically Designed Academic Instruction in English)
SED (Severe Emotional Disability)
SELPA (Special Education Local Plan Area)
SPAC (Superintendent’s Parent Advisory Council)
SRI (Scholastic Reading Inventory)
SSC (School Site Council)
SWD (Students With Disabilities)
SWIS (School-Wide Information System)
TBD (To Be Determined)
TK (Transitional Kindergarten)
TOA (Teachers-on-Assignment)
TOSA (Teacher On Special Assignment)
UC (University of California)
UDL (Universal Design for Learning)
USD (Unified School District)
VAPA (Visual and Performing Arts)
WASC (Western Association of Schools and Colleges)