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Acronyms Used by CDE
# - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
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- 504
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 – a civil rights statute that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability - 21stCCLC
21st Century Community Learning Centers - 2e
Twice Exceptional or Twice-Exceptional
A
- AAC
Augmentative Alternative Communication - AACTE
American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education - AASL
American Association of School Librarians (related: ALA) - AASTE
Amgen Award for Science Teaching Excellence - ABE
Adult Basic Education - a component of adult education. ABE is instruction in the basic skills below the 9th grade level (0-8.9). - ABEA
Adult Basic Education Authorization-The authorization is a state-issued credential for adult educators in Colorado. It is the minimum professional standard for instructors in Colorado adult education programs that receive AEFLA funding. - Adult Basic Education Training and Learning Center
- ABI
Acquired Brain Injury - ACCESS
Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State for English Language Learners - ACEE
Association of Colorado Educational Evaluators - ACSN
Advisory Council for School Nutrition - ACT
American College Test - ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act – federal law that protects civil rights of the disabled in public accommodations (buildings), employment, transportation, government services, and telecommunications - ADD
Attention Deficit Disorder - ADE (now RISE)
Automated Data Exchange - ADL
Activities of Daily Living - ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyper-activity Disorder - AEC
Alternative Education Campus - AEFLA
Adult Education and Family Literacy Act - Title II of the Workforce Investment Act. - AEI
Adult Education Initiatives – an office within the Division of Innovation, Choice, and Engagement at the Colorado Dept. of Education. (formerly Adult Education and Family Literacy Office or AEFL) - AFDC
Old acronym for Aid to Families with Dependent Children which was replaced with TANF. - AFT
American Federation of Teachers, one of two teachers unions, the other is NEA, and at the Colorado level, CEA. - AIR (formerly NCREL)
American Institutes for Research - AIR
Annual Implementation Review - AITQ
Academic Improvement and Teacher Quality - ALA
American Library Association
- ALJ
Administrative Law Judge - ALMIS
America’s Labor Market Information System - National databases to permit the seamless transfer of labor market information within and between states in a standardized format. - AMAO
Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives - AP
Advanced Placement - APE
Adapted Physical Education - APF
Annual Performance Factor - APR
Annual Performance Report - APRP
Advanced Placement Reimbursement Program - APUSH
Advanced Placement U.S. History - ARM
Administrator's Reference Manual - ARP
American Rescue Plan - ARRA
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - ASAA
Advancing Student Academic Achievement - ASCENT
Accelerating Schools through Concurrent Enrollment - ASCLA
Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies - ASD
Autism Spectrum Disorder - ASE
A component of adult education. ASE is instruction in basic skills at or above the 9th grade level (9-12). - ASHA
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association - ASL
American Sign Language - ASMT
Assessment - ASP
Afterschool Snack Program - ASPIRE
Assessment of Prevention Indicators and Resources - AT
Assistive Technology - ATE
Association of Teacher Educators - AU
Administrative Unit - AUA
Administrative Unit of Attendance - AUD
Auditing - AVP
Area Vocational Program - AYP
Adequate Yearly Progress
B
- BAAC
Building Accountability Advisory Committees - BABNP
Breakfast After the Bell Nutrition Program - BD
Behavior Disorder - BEAR
Basic Early Assessment in Reading - BEP
Behavior Education Program - BEST
Basic English Skills Test -The BEST is designed to test listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills of limited English proficient adults.
- BEST
Building Excellent Schools Today - BIA
Bureau of Indian Affairs - BIP
Behavior Intervention Plan - BOCES
Board of Cooperative Educational Services - Frequently BOCES are a group of smaller districts that band together to use their collective for a better use of funds. Also known as BOCS. - BOCS
Board of Cooperative Services. Also known as BOCES. - BVI
Blind/Visually Impaired
C
- C (at the end of a school district name)
Consolidated. - CABE
Colorado Association of Bilingual Educators - CABO
Colorado Association of Business Officials - CACE
Colorado Association of Community Educators - CADI
Comprehensive Appraisal for District Improvement - CAEPA
Colorado Adult Education Professional Association - CAES
Colorado Association of Educational Specialists - CAI
Computer Assisted Instruction - CAL
Colorado Association of Libraries - CAL
Center for Applied Linguistics - CALET
Colorado Association of Leaders in Educational Technology - CAP
Corrective Action Plan - CAP4K
Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids (SB-212) - CAQSAP
Colorado Alliance of Quality School Age Providers - CARES Act
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security - CAS
Colorado Academic Standards - CASAS
Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System. Standardized assessment instruments for assessing adult basic skills within a functional context. - CASASTART
Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse Striving Together to Achieve Rewarding Tomorrows - CASB
Colorado Association of School Boards - CASBO
Colorado Association of School Business Officials - CASE
Colorado Association for School Executives - CASL
Classroom Assessment for Student Learning - CASL
Colorado Association of School Librarians - CASN
Colorado Association of School Nurses - CASPA
Colorado Association of School Personnel Administrators - CASSA
Colorado Association of Superintendents/Senior Administrators - CASSP
Colorado Association of Secondary School Principals - CATE
Colorado Association of Teacher Educators - CBLA
Colorado Basic Literacy Act – state law that ensures students are reading at grade level by third grade. Replaced with the READ Act. - CBO
Community Based Organization - a local organization that works with one specialized population or group of clients. (i.e.: youth, women, adult learners, ex- offenders). - CBT
Computer-Based Training - the dissemination of text for instruction via electronic means. - CBT
Computer Based Testing - CCA
Capital Construction Assistance - CCAB
Capital Construction Assistance Board - CCB
Community Centered Board - CCHE
Colorado Council on Higher Education - CCHS
Colorado Coalition for Healthy Schools - CCIRA
Colorado Council of the International Reading Association - CCLC
Century Community Learning Centers - CCML
Colorado Council of Medical Libraries - CCR
Colorado Code of Regulations - CCRA
Colorado Comprehensive Reading Academy - CCRS
College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education - CCSG
Connecting Colorado Students Grant - CCSRI
Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement - CCSS
Common Core State Standards - CCSSO
Council of Chief State School Officers - CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDE
Colorado Department of Education - CDE/AEI
Colorado Department of Education, Adult Education Initiatives (formerly Adult Education and Family Literacy Office or AEFL) - CDEC
Colorado Department of Early Childhood - CDHE
Colorado Department of Higher Education - CDHS
Colorado Department of Human Services - CDL&E
Colorado Department of Labor and Employment - CDOT
Colorado Department of Transportation - CDPHE
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment - CE
Concurrent Enrollment - CEA
Colorado Education Association, the state chapter of NEA – one of two teachers unions, the other is AFT - CEC
Council for Exceptional Children - CECFA
Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority – issues bonds for charter schools - CEDAR
Colorado Education Data Analysis and Reporting System - CEEC
Colorado Educator Excellence Center - CEI
Colorado Education Initiative (formerly Colorado Legacy Foundation) - CELP
Colorado English Language Proficiency - CELT
Center for Educational Leadership and Technology - CEMA
Colorado Educational Media Association (now: CASL) - CEP
Community Eligibility Provision - CFDA
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance - now called Assistance Listings - C-FIRS
Colorado – Federal Integrated Review System - CFP
Consolidated Federal Programs - CHADD
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - CHCO
Children's Hospital Colorado
- CI
Cochlear Implant - CIMC-VH
Colorado Instructional Materials Center for the Visually Handicapped - CIPA
Children’s Internet Protection Act - CK
Core Knowledge - CLC
Colorado Libraries Collaborate! (formerly Colorado Library Card) - CLCS
Colorado League of Charter Schools - CLD
Culturally and/or Linguistically Diverse - CLF
Colorado Legacy Foundation (now Colorado Education Initiative) - CLiC
Colorado Library Consortium - CLICK
A listserv for the adult education and family literacy community in Colorado managed by the Office of Adult Education and Family Literacy - CLSD
Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant - CMAS
Colorado Measures of Academic Success - CNS
Central Nervous System - COA
Chart of Accounts - CoALL
Colorado Association of Law Libraries - CoALT
Colorado Alternate Assessment - COMMSTEP
Colorado Mathematics Middle School Teacher Enhancement Project - CoP
Committee of Practitioners - COPA
Children’s Online Protection Act - CoPINE
Colorado Parent Information Network for Education - COPMS
Colorado State Model Performance Management System - CORA
Colorado Open Records Act - CORE
Consortium on Reading Excellence - COSPRA
Colorado School Public Relations Association - COSLA
Chief Officers of State Library Agencies - CoSN
Consortium for School Networking - CoSPL
Colorado State Publications Library - COWD
Colorado Office of Workforce Development - CP
Cerebral Palsy - CPIRC
Colorado Parent Information and Resource Center - CPP
Colorado Preschool Program - CPRE
Consortium for Policy Research in Education - CRC
Colorado Resource Center - CRDC
Civil Rights Data Collection (formerly the Elementary and Secondary School Survey, E&S Survey) - CREA
Colorado Reading Excellence Act - CRF
Colorado Reading First - CRF
Coronavirus Relief Fund - CROWD
Completion, Recall, Open-ended, Wh- questions, and Distancing. Prompts used in dialogic reading. - CRS
Colorado Revised Statutes - CSAC
Commissioner’s Superintendent Advisory Council - CSAN
Colorado State Accountability Network - CSAP
Colorado Student Assessment Program - CSAPA
Colorado State Assessment Program Alternate - CSBASP
Colorado Student Before and After School Project - CSCC
Charter School Capital Construction - CSDB
Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind - CSEAC
Colorado Special Education Advisory Committee - CSI
Charter School Institute - CSL
Colorado State Library - CSNA
Colorado School Nutrition Association - CSPTA
Colorado State Pupil Transportation Association - CST
Coordinated Support Team - CRD
Colorado Reading Directorate - CRRSA
Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act - CSP
Charter School Program - CSPR
Consolidated State Performance Report - CSR
Comprehensive School Reform – a federal grant for failing schools, formerly known as Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration - CSR
Class Size Reduction - CSRC
Colorado School Resource Center - CSRS
Child Safety Restraint System - CSSEAC
Charter Schools Special Education Advisory Committee - CSSI
Charter School Support Initiative - CSU
Colorado State University - CTAG
Closing the Achievement Gap - C-TAG
Closing the Achievement Gap - CTBS
California Test of Basic Skills - CTBL
Colorado Talking Book Library - CTOY
Colorado Teacher of the Year - CTLT
Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology - CVL
Colorado Virtual Library - CVSA
Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance - CWEL
Child Welfare Education Liaison (CWEL)
D
- DAC
District Assessment Coordinator - DARE
Data, Accountability, Reporting and Evaluation - DB
Deafblind or Deafblindness - DBO
Department of Business Officials - DCO
Deputy Commissioner’s Office - DD
Developmentally Disabled - DHH
Deaf/Hard of Hearing - DI
Direct Instruction - DIBELS
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills - DIG
District Improvement Grant - DISH
District and School Dashboard - DLI
Daily Language Instruction - DLM
Dynamic Learning Maps Consortia - DOC
Department of Corrections - DODEA
Department of Defense Educational Activity
- DOT
Department of Transportation - DPER
Data, Program Evaluation and Reporting - DPF
District Performance Frameworks - DPL
Denver Public Library - DSA
Data Sharing Agreement - DSM-IV
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV - DSU
Data Services Unit - DTC
District Technology Coordinator - DU
University of Denver - DVR
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation - DWDB
Denver Workforce Development Board - DYS
Division of Youth Services (formerly DYC, Division of Youth Corrections)
E
- EANS
Emergency Assistance to Non-Public Schools - EASI
Empowering Action for School Improvement - ECARE
Early Childhood At-Risk Enhancement - ECE
Early Childhood Education - ECEA
Exceptional Children's Educational Act - ECHS
Early College High School - ECLC
Early Childhood Leadership Commission - ECS
Education Commission of the States - ECSE
Early Childhood Special Education - ECWD
Early Childhood Workforce Development (formerly Early Childhood Professional Development or ECPD) - ED
Emotional Disability - ED
U.S. Department of Education - EDAC
Education Data Advisory Committee - EDGAR
Education Department General Administrative Regulations - EDI
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion - EDID
Educator Identifier Project. Purpose was to improve teaching and learning by linking student achievement data to the students' teacher(s). - EDIS
Educator Identifier System - EDLG
Early Learning and Development Guidelines, Birth to 8 - EE
Educator Effectiveness - EEO
Extended Evidence Outcomes - EF
Employment First - A federally mandated program designed to ensure that all able- bodied food stamp participants funded by the US Dept. of Agriculture clients are engaged in activities that will improve their employability. - EFL
Educational Functioning Level – The levels at which adult learners in AEFLA-funded programs are initially placed based on their ability to perform literacy-related tasks in specific content areas. - EHCY
Education for Homeless Children and Youth - EI
Educational Interpreter - EIEP
Emergency Immigrant Education Program
- EL
Educator Licensing - EL
English Learner - ELA
English Language Acquisition - ELA
English Language Arts - ELAT
Early Literacy Assessment Tool - ELD
English Language Development - ELG
Early Literacy Grant - ELL
English Language Learner (formerly: LEP – Limited English Proficiency) - ELPA
English Language Proficiency Act - ELU
Education Licensing Unit - EMAC
Emergency Management Assistance Compact - EOY
End of Year - EQIT
Expanding Quality in Infant Toddler Care Initiative - E-rate
A discount telecom program from the US Government, the universal service fund - ERIC
Educational Resources Information Center - ES
Elementary School - ESEA
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (aka: No Child Left Behind) - ESL
English as a Second Language - ESOL
English for Speakers of Other Languages - ESRA
Education Sciences Reform Act - ESSA
Every Student Succeeds Act - ESSER
Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief - ESSU
Exceptional Student Services Unit - ESY
Extended School Year - ET/IL
Educational Technology and Information Literacy
F
- FAPE
Free Appropriate Public Education - FASD
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders - FAST
Field Analyst Services Team – now called School Auditing Office - FBA
Functional Behavior Assessment - FBO
Faith-Based Organization - Organizations that have their charter from a particular church/religious affiliation. - FCC
Federal Communications Commission - FDA
Facilitated Data Analysis - FDK
Full-Day Kindergarten Facility Capital Construction - FELL
Former English Language Learner - FEP
Fluent English Proficient - FERPA
Family Education Rights and Privacy Act – federal law governing privacy - FFVP
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program
- FHA
Functional Hearing Assessment - FMCSA
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration - FMVSS
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards - FOIA
Freedom of Information Act - FPP
Financial Policies and Procedures - FRL
Free and Reduced Price Lunch - FRUMPS
Front Range Urban Media Professionals - FSCS
Federal-State Cooperative System - FSCP
Family, School, and Community Partnering - FTE
Full Time Equivalent - FTL
Following the Leaders (program from the Education Leaders Council) - FVA
Functional Visual Assessment - FY
Fiscal Year - the fiscal year begins July 1 and ends June 30 the following year
G
- GAO
Government Accounting Office - GED (also known as HSE or High School Equivalency)
General Educational Development - GEER
Governor's Emergency Education Relief - GEPA
General Education Provisions Act - GFM
Grants Fiscal Management (now Office of Grants Fiscal)
- GIS
Geographic Information Services - GLE
Grade Level Expectation - GPRA
Government Performance and Results Act - GT
Gifted and Talented
H
I
- IASA
Improving America’s Schools Act – 1994 federal law - IB
International Baccalaureate - ICAP
Individual Career and Academic Plan - ICC
Interagency Coordinating Council - ID
Intellectual Disability - IDEA
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act - federal law regarding educating students with disabilities - IDEA-B
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act – Part B - IEE
Independent Educational Evaluation - IELCE
Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education - Federal grant funds, made available under AEFLA, to enable local programs to provide integrated English literacy and civics education services to immigrants and other limited English proficient populations. (Formerly EL/Civics) - IEP
Individualized Education Program - IES
Institute of Education Sciences - IFC
Intellectual Freedom Committee - IFSP
Individualized Family Service Plan - IHE
Institution of Higher Education - ILL
Interlibrary Loan - ILP
Individual Literacy Plan – the Colorado Basic Literacy Act requires an ILP for any student not reading at grade level by third grade - IMLS
Institute of Museum and Library Services - IMP
Interactive Mathematics Program - IMS
Information Management Systems
- IPBS
Integrated Performance and Benchmarking System - IPS
Individualized Planning Sessions - IPST
Instructional Program Service Type - IPT
Idea Proficiency Test - IQ
Intelligence Quotient - IRA
International Reading Association - IRA
Inter-rater Agreement - IRI
Informal Reading Inventory - IRR
Inter-rater Reliability - ISBN
International Standard Book Number - ISP
Internet Service Provider - ISSN
International Standard Serial Number - ITA
Individual Training Accounts - Workforce Investment Act funds used to pay for training; or a voucher system established under WIA. It is part of the set of services available to those customers needing specific occupational skill attainment. - ITBS
Iowa Test of Basic Skills - ITP
Individual Transition Plan
J
- J (at the end of a school district name)
Joint, crosses county lines. - JBC
Joint Budget Committee - JT (at the end of a school district name)
Joint, crosses county lines.
K
No acronyms starting with this letter
L
- LD
Learning Disability(ies) - LD
Learning Disabled - LD
Library District - LEA
Local Educational Agency – official school district - LEP
Limited English Proficient - LETRS
Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling - LINCS
Literacy Information and Communication System - LMA
Learning Media Assessment
- LMC
Library Media Center School and Library Division (E-rate) - LMI
Labor Market Information - The cornerstone of Colorado’s delivery system for employment statistics. - LMS
Learning Management System (See CDE's Moodle Learning Management System, also known as CDE LMS) - LM/Ts
Lesson Maps and Templates - LRE
Least Restrictive Environment - LRS
Library Research Service - LSTA
Library Services and Technology Act
M
- MALDEF
Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund - MALL
Metro Area Learning Leaders - MARC
Machine Readable Cataloging - MATES
Metro Area Transportation - MBQC
Malcolm Baldrige Quality Criteria - Named for the late U.S. Secretary of Commerce, a national program to stimulate companies to become competitive in the area of quality management using leadership, strategic planning, customer and market focus, information and analysis, human resources, process management, and business results. - McREL
Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning - MD
Multiple Disabilities - MEP
Migrant Education Program - MET
Measures of Effective Teaching (Funded by Gates Foundation, study on how to evaluate teachers)
- MGP
Median Growth Percentile - MLS
Master of Library Science - MNT
Multi-use Network - MOE
Maintenance of Effort - MOU
Memorandum of Understanding - MPAEA
Mountain Plains Adult Education Association - MPRRC
Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center - MS
Middle School - MSP
Mathematics and Science Partnerships - MTSS
Multi-Tiered System of Supports
N
- N/D
Neglected or Delinquent - N/T
Nutrition/Transportation - NACSA
National Association of Charter School Authorizers - NAEYC
National Association for the Education of Young Children - NASBE
National Association of State Boards of Education - NASDSE
National Association of State Directors of Special Education - NASN
National Association of School Nurses - NAFEPA
National Association of Federal Education Program Administrators - NAEIR
National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources - NAEP
National Assessment of Educational Progress (Used to assess a sample of students in each state annually in 4th and 8th grade reading and math) - NAPT
National Association for Pupil Transportation - NARF
National Association for Reading First - NASDPTS
National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services - NASTID
National Association of State Title I Directors - now called ESEA Network - NCA
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools - NCATE
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education - NCES
National Center for Educational Statistics - NCIP
National Children’s Internet Protection Act
- NCTM
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics - NCLB
No Child Left Behind - NCLBA
No Child Left Behind Act - NCST
National Congress on School Transportation - NEA
National Education Association - NECTAS
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance System - NEP
Non-English Proficient - NGS
New Generation System - NHTSA
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - NIMAC
National Instructional Materials Access Center - NIMAS
National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard - NISO
National Information Standards Organization - NPSO
National Post-School Outcomes Center - NRS
National Reporting System for Adult Education - NRS
Network and Resource Sharing - NSLP
National School Lunch Program - NSTTAC
National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center - NTAC
National Technical Assistance Consortium - NTSB
National Transportation Safety Board
O
- OAO
Operational Advice and Oversight - OCD
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - OCLC
Online Computer Library Center - OCR
Office for Civil Rights - OCTAE
Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (formerly OVAE) - ODD
Oppositional Defiant Disorder - OELSR
Office of Early Learning and School Readiness - OES
Office of Educational Services - OESC
Office of Educational Services Council - OFPA
Office of Federal Program Administration - OLE
Online Education - OLS
Office of Learning Supports - O&M
Orientation and Mobility - OMB
Office of Management and Budget - Clearance Packages
- OMS
Office of Management Services - OOS
Out of Service - OPS
Office of Professional Services - OSEP
Office of Special Education Programs - OSERS
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services - OSPB
Office of State Planning and Budgeting - OSS
Office of Special Services, now known as Office of Federal Programs - OT
Occupational Therapy - OTL
Opportunity to Learn - OVAE
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (currently OCTAE)
P
- PA
Phonemic Awareness - PACT
Parent and Child Together Time - PAIR
Program Accountability and Improvement Review (The on-site monitoring process used by Office of Adult Education and Family Literacy) - PAMS
Planning and Management System - PARCC
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers - Part B
Special Education - School-Aged Children (Ages 3-21) - Part C
Special Education Early Intervention - Birth through 2 Years Old - PBIS
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports - PBS
Positive Behavior Support (new name: see Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)) - PC
Perceptual-Communicative Criteria - PCD
Perceptual Communicative Disorder - PCSGP
Public Charter School Grant Program - PCSP
Public Charter School Program - PD
Physical Disability - PD
Professional Development - PDAS
Professional Development and Academic Support - PDD
Professional Development District - PDS
Professional Development School - PDSSP
Professional Development and School Support - PEBC
Public Education Business Coalition - PEAK
Parent Education and Assistance for Kids - PEBC
Public Education & Business Coalition (A nonprofit partnership of Colorado education and business leaders dedicated to developing the intellectual and scholarly practices of educators across the continuum of their professional lives so our schools are worthy of our students) - PEER
Prompts the child to say something about the book, Evaluates the response, Expands the child's response, Repeats the prompt. Dialogic reading prompts.
- PEP
Parents Encouraging Parents - PGC
Prepared Graduate Competency - PI
Prevention Initiatives - PI’d
Postponed Indefinitely (legislative term meaning bill is dead) - PIE
Policy Innovators in Education Network - PII
Personally Identifiable Information - PIRC
Parent Information and Resource Center - PISA
Program for International Student Assessment - PITA
Priority Improvement or Turnaround. Refers to school and/or district’s annual ratings on the annual Performance Framework. - PL
Public Law - PL
Public Library - PLACE
Program for Licensing Assessments for Colorado Educators - PLC
Professional Learning Community - PPA
Per Pupil Allocation - PPOR
Per Pupil Operating Revenue - PPR
Per Pupil Revenue - PREL
Pacific Regional Educational Labs - PSAT
Pre-Stanford Achievement Test - PsD
Preschool Disability - PSF
Public School Finance - PSFU
Public School Finance Unit - PSRP
Paraprofessionals and School-Related Personnel - PT
Physical Therapy - P-TECH
Pathways in Technology Early College High Schools in Colorado - PTO
Parent-Teacher Organization - PTP
Personnel Technological Proficiency - PWR
Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness
Q
- QTC
Quality Teacher Committee - QZAB
Qualified Zone Academy Bonds
R
- R (at the end of a school district name)
Reorganized. - R2A
Read to Achieve - RAC
Regional Assistance Center - RAD
Reactive Attachment Disorder - RANDA
Colorado State Model Performance Management System - RE
Research/Evaluation - RE (at the end of a school district name)
Reorganized. - REA
Reading Excellence Act - READ Act
Reading to Ensure Academic Development Act - REAP
Rural Education Achievement Program - RF
Reading First
- RFI
Request for Information - RFP
Request for Proposal - RISC
Re-Inventing Schools Coalition - RISE
Relevant Information to Strengthen Education - RITS
Record Integration Tracking System - RM
Results Matter - RPDC
Regional Professional Development Council - RSA
Regional Service Area - RST
Regional Service Team - RtI
Response to Intervention - RTTT
Race to the Top (also known as Vision 2020)
S
- SA
Self-Assessment - SACPIE
State Advisory Council for Parent Involvement in Education - SAGE
Service-learning and Geographic Engagement - SAR
School Accountability Report - SAR
Supervisory Assistance Review of a District’s Transportation Department
- SASA
Student Achievement and School Accountability - SASID
State Assigned Student Identifier Numbers. - SAT
Stanford Achievement Test - SAU
Student Assessment Unit - SBD
Student Biographical Data - SBE
State Board of Education - SBIC
School Bus Inspection Council - SBP
School Breakfast Program - SBRR
Scientifically Based Reading Research - SCASS
State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards - SDFSC
Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities - SDI
Safety and Discipline Indicators - SEA
State Educational Agency (see CDE) - SEAP
Special Education Advisory Panel - SEC
Surveys of Enacted Curriculum - Section 619
Special Education 3-5 Years Old - SED
Serious Emotional Disability - SEDL
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory - SEE
Special Educator Eligibility - SEFAC
Special Education Fiscal Advisory Committee - SEP
Student Educational Plan- An individualized plan for instruction that assists a learner in achieving his/her goals. - SES
Supplemental Educational Services - SFA
School Finance Act - SFA
School Food Authority - SFSP
Summer Food Service Program - SI
Sensory Integration - S/I
Supplemental/Intervention - SIED
Significant Identifiable Emotional Disability - SIG
School Improvement Grant - SILC
Supporting Inclusive Learning Communities - SIP
School Improvement Plan - SIP
State Improvement Plan - SLD
School and Library Division (E-rate)
- SLD
Specific Learning Disabilities - SLDS
Statewide Longitudinal Data System - SLI
Speech or Language Impairment - SLIC
Significant Limited Intellectual Capacity - SLO
Student Learning Objectives - SLP
Speech Language Pathologist - SMART
Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent - SMART
Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Research-based, Time-phased - SMP
Special Milk Program - SOA
School of Accountability - SOP
State Operated Program - S/P
Severe/Profound - SPDG
State Personnel Development Grant - SPED
Special Education - SPF
School Performance Frameworks - SPGP
School Professional Grant Program - SPL
State Publications Library - SPL
Student Performance Level - SPP
State Performance Plan - SRO
School Resource Officer - SRSA
Small Rural School Achievement - SSAE
Title IV Student Support and Academic Enrichment - SSAS
Statewide System for Accountability and Support - SSN
Significant Support Needs - SSRG
Safe Schools Reopening Grant (SSRG) - SST
School Support Team - SSTEP
School Support Team Evaluation Program - SSW
School Social Work Services - STAR
Standardized Test for Assessment of Reading - STAR
State Top Achievement Recognition - STC
School to Career - STEM
Science, Technology, Engineering and/or Mathematics - SW
Schoolwide - SWAAAC
Statewide Assistive, Augmentative Alternative Communication - SWAP
Southwest Assessment Partners - SWAP
School to Work Alliance Program - SWCC
Southwest Comprehensive Center - SWD
Students with Disabilities - SWIFT
Statewide Interlibrary Loan Fast Track - SWP
Schoolwide Program (Schoolwide at CDE means that non-Title I students are included)
T
- TA
Targeted Assistance (Title I) - TA
Technical Assistance - TABE
Tests of Adult Basic Education - TABOR
Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights - TAC
Transportation Advisory Council - TANF
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families - Also known as welfare or AFDC, a time-limited program specific to low-income families. - TAP
Transition Action Plan - TAS
Targeted Assistance School - TASSIE
Title I Accountability Systems and School Improvement Efforts - TBI
Traumatic Brain Injury - TCAP
Transitional Colorado Assessment Program - TCPU
Transportation, Communications and Public Utilities - TDD
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf - TDG
Teacher Development Grants - TDIP
Targeted District Improvement Partnership - TIE
Technology in Education (now InnEdCO, Innovative Education in Colorado
- TIG
Tiered Intervention Grant - TIMSS
Third International Mathematics and Science Study - TIR
Teacher in Residence - TLAP
Technology Literacy Assessment Program - TLCC
Teaching and Learning Conditions Colorado (formerly TELL Colorado) - TLF
Technology Leadership Forum - TLCF
Old acronym for Technology Literacy Challenge Fund which has been replaced by E2T2 –Enhancing Education through Technology - TLU
Teaching and Learning Unit - TNTP
The New Teacher Project - ToD
Teacher of the Deaf - TOSA
Teacher on Special Assignment - TOT
Training of Trainers - TOY
Colorado Teacher of the Year - TP
Transition Plan - TS GOLD
Teaching Strategies GOLD™ - TSCP
Technical Support Consultant Program - TSDL
Teacher-Student Data Link - TTE
Temporary Teacher Eligibility - TTY
TeleType or Text Telephone - TVI
Teacher of Students Who Are Visually Impaired
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- WIDA Consortium
World-Class Instruction Design and Assessment - WIOA
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act - WISE
Web-based Inquiry Science Environment - WRAT
Wide Range Achievement Test - WSCC
Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child
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