What Do Those Letters Mean? |
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Acronyms COMMONly USED IN EDUCATION
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A – Autism
AASA – American Association of School Administrators
AASPA – American Associationof School Personnel Administrators
ABA – Applied Behavior Analysis
ACLU – American Civil Liberties Union
ACT – American College Testing
ADA – American’s with Disabilities Act
ADA – Average Daily Attendance
ADD – Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADM – Average Daily Membership
ADRC – Aging and Disability Resource Center
AFT – American Federation of Teachers
AHS – Amery High School (Amery School District’s Grades 9-12)
AIS – Amery Intermediate School (Amery School District’s Grades 3-5)
AMS – Amery Middle School (Amery School District’s Grades 6-8)
AODA – Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse
AP – Advanced Placement
ASCD – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
ASD – Autism Spectrum Disorders -and- Amery School District
ATODA – Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Abuse
AWSA – Association of Wisconsin School Administrators
AYP – Adequate Yearly Progress
BIP – Behavior Intervention Plan
BOE – Board of Education
BTL – Breakthrough to Literacy
CAPP – College Advanced Placement Program
CCDEB – County Children’s Disability Education Board
CD – Cognitive Disability
CEC – Current Educational Cost
CESA – Cooperative Educational Service Agency
CIP – Community Integration Program
CLC – 21st Century Community Learning Centers
COBRA – Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Ac
CSR – Class Size Reduction
CWD – Children With Disabilities
CWUC – Central Wisconsin Uniserv Council
DAC – Disabled Adult Child
DDS – Developmental Disabilities Services
DEP – Differentiated Educational Plans
DHH – Deaf & Hard of Hearing
DIAL – Differentiated Instruction for Advanced Learning
DIFI – Districts Identified For Improvement
DOE – Department of Education
DPI – (Wisconsin) Department of Public Instruction
DVR – Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
EA – Enrollment Aide
EBD – Emotional Behavioral Disability
EC – Early Childhood
ECB – Educational Communications Board
EEOC – Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EEN – Exceptional Educational Needs
ELL – English Language Learner
ERIC – Education Resource Information Center
ESEA – Elementary and Secondary Education Act
ESL – English as a Second Language
ESY – Extended School Year
ETF – Department of Employee Trust Funds
FACE or F/CE – Family and Consumer Education
FACETS – WI Family Assistance Center for Education, Training & Support
FAM – Family Advocacy Mentoring
FAPE – Families and Advocates Partnership for Education
FAPE – Free Appropriate Public Education
FASB – Financial Accounting Standards Board
FAY – Full Academic Year
FBA – Functional Behavior Assessment
FCT – Functional Communication Training
FERPA – Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
FICA – Federal Insurance Contributions Act
FICC – Federal Interagency Coordinating Council
FLSA – Fair Labor Standards Act
FMLA – Family Medical Leave Act
FPCO – Family Policy Compliance Office
FTE – Full-Time Equivalent
GAAP – Generally Accepted Accounting Principals
GAO – United States General Accounting Office
GASB – Governmental Accounting Standards Board
GED – General Equivalency Diploma
GPR – General Purpose Revenue
GT – Gifted and Talented
HI – Hearing Impaired
HIPAA – Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act
HSED – High School Equivalency Diploma
IAES – Interim Alternative Educational Setting
IB – International Baccalaureate
IDEA – Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEP – Individualized Educational Program
ILC – Independent Living Center
IPE – Individualized Plan for Employment
IRWE – Impairment Related Work Expenses
ISES – Individual Student Enrollment System)
LEP – Limited-English Proficiency
LES – Lien Elementary School (Amery School District’s Grades EC-2)
LID – Low Incidence Disabilities
LRE – Least Restrictive Environment
LTD – Long Term Disability
LVEC – Local Vocational Education Coordinator
MA – Medical Assistance (Medicaid)
MD – Manifestation Determination
NACTE – National Association for Career & Technical Education
NAEP – National Assessment of Educational Progress
NCLB – No Child Left Behind
NEA – National Education Association
NSBA – National School Boards Association
NSPRA – National School Public Relations Association
NTEA – National Technology Education Association
NUE – Northwest United Educators
O&M – Orientation and Mobility
OCD – Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
OCR – Office of Civil Rights
ODC – Opportunity Development Centers, Inc.
OHI – Other Health Impaired
OI – Orthopedically Impaired
OPEB – Other Post Employment Benefits
PBS – Positive Behavior Support
PL – Personal Leave
PLEP – Present Level of Educational Performance
PLTW – Project Lead The Way
PST – Program Support Teacher
PTA – Parent Teacher Association
PTO – Parent Teacher Organization
QEC – Quality Education Coalition
QEO – Qualified Economic Offer (negotiations)
RCC – Residential Care Centers
SAA – School Administrators Alliance
SAGE – Student Achievement Guarantee in Education
SAP – School Age Parent
SAT – Scholastic Aptitude Test
SAT – Student Assistance Team
SDD – Significant Developmental Delay
SEA – Southeast Asian
SEA – State Education Agency
SEM – Standard Error of Measurement
SIG – State Improvement Goal
SIFI – Schools Identified For Improvement
SL – Speech / Language
SL – Sick Leave
SLD – Specific Learning Disability
SLP – Speech/Language Pathologist
SOEP – State Open Enrollment Program
SOWI – Special Olympics Wisconsin
SPR – School Performance Report
SSA – Social Security Administration
SSDI – Social Security Disability Insurance
SSI – Supplemental Security Income
SWD – Students With Disabilities
TABOR – Taxpayers Bill of Rights
TAC – Transition Advisory Council
TAT – Transition Action Team
TBI – Traumatic Brain Injury
TEC – Total Education Cost
TDC – Total District Cost
TID – Tax Incremental District
TIF – Tax Incremental Finance
TRAN – Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes
VI – Visually Impaired
VTS – Vocational Training Specialist
WAA – Wisconsin Alternate Assessment
WAAE – Wisconsin Alliance for Arts Education
WACES – Wisconsin Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
WACTE – Wisconsin Association for Career and Technical Education
WAEA – Wisconsin Art Education Association
WAFLT – Wisconsin Association For Language Teachers
WALEW – Wisconsin Association for Leadership in Education & Work
WASB – Wisconsin Association of School Boards
WASBO – Wisconsin Association of School Business Officials
WASCD – WI Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development
WASDA – Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators
WASN – Wisconsin Association of School Nurses
WASPA – Wisconsin Association of School Personnel Administrators
WASSA – Wisconsin Association of School Superintendent Assistants
WATG – Wisconsin Association of Talented and Gifted
WATI – Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative
WCA – Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy
WCASS – Wisconsin Council of Administrators of Special Services
WCATY – Wisconsin Center for Academically Talented Youth
WCCF – Wisconsin Council on Children & Families
WCRIS – Wisconsin Council of Religious and Independent Schools
WEAC – Wisconsin Education Association Council
WECA – Wisconsin Early Childhood Association
WEMA – Wisconsin Educational Media Association
WESSAS – Wisconsin Elementary & Secondary School Accounting System
WFEA – Wisconsin Fair Employment Act
WI-TESOL – Wisconsin Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
WIA – Workforce Investment Act
WIEA – Wisconsin Indian Education Association
WINSS – Wisconsin Information Network for Successful Schools
WITC – Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College
WKCE – Wisconsin Knowledge & Concepts Examination
WMCI – Wisconsin Mathematics Council, Inc.
WMEA – Wisconsin Music Educators Association
WOERMS – Wisconsin Open Enrollment Reporting and Management System
WRCT – Wisconsin Reading Comprehension Test
WRS – Wisconsin Retirement System
WSAS – Wisconsin Student Assessment System
WSCA – Wisconsin School Counselor Association
WSLS – Wisconsin Student Number Locator System
WSPA – Wisconsin School Psychologists Association
WSPEI – Wisconsin Statewide Parent-Educator Initiative
WSPR – Wisconsin School Performance Report
WSPRA – Wisconsin School Public Relations Association
WSST – Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers
WSSWA – Wisconsin School Social Workers Association
WSTI – Wisconsin Statewide Transition Initiative
WTA – Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance
WUFAR – Wisconsin Uniform Financial Accounting Requirements
YSL – Youth Service Learning
YWC – Youth to Work Coalition
Title Programs:
Title IA - Improving Basic Programs
Title II, Part A - Quality Teacher and Principals
Title II, Part D - Enhancing Education through Technology
Title III, Part A - English Language Acquisition
Title IV, Part A - Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities
Title V, Part A - Innovative Programs
Title VII - Employment Based Discrimination
Title IX - Equity & Discrimination
(Special thanks to the Wausau School District staff for creating a basic list
that we were able to customize for the School District of Amery.)
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