Helpful acronyms

School Alphabet Soup

The education system in the U.S. represents a large government system and like most government entities, schools have developed a long list of abbreviations and acronyms for our many programs. Following is a list of acronyms and abbreviations you will often hear in school settings.

A

• ABC — Antecedent Behavior Consequence
• ACT — American College Testing
• ADA — Americans with Disabilities Act
  (or) Average Daily Attendance
• AD(H)D — Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder
• ADM(w) — Average Daily Membership (weighted)
• AEP — Alternative Education Placement
• AP — Advanced Placement
• ASL — American Sign Language
• AMAO — Annual Measurable Academic Objectives
• AR — Administrative Rules
  (or) Accelerated Reader
• ASPIRE — Accessing Student Assistance Programs in Reach of Everyone
• ATOD — Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs
• AVID — Advancement Via Individual Determination
• AYP — Adequate Yearly Progress

B

• BD — Behaviorally Disordered
• BICS — Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
• BOE — Board of Education
• BSA — Boy Scouts of America
• BUZZ — Hartley Elementary's after school program
• BVAT — Bilingual Verbal Ability Test

C

• CAL — Center for Advanced Learning
• CALP — Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
• CIM — Certificate of Initial Mastery
• CIP — Continuous Improvement Plan
  (or) Consolidated Improvement Plan
• CLC — Community Learning Center
• CNP — Child Nutrition Programs
• COSA — Confederation of Oregon School Administrators

D

• DD — Developmentally Disabled
• DHS — Department of Human Services
• DIBELS — Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills
• DMC — District Media Center
• DMV — Department of Motor Vehicles
• DOE — Department of Education
• DRA — Developmental Reading Assessment

E

• EAP — Employee Assistance Program
• EBISS — Effective Behavioral and Instructional Support System
• ECCC — East County Caring Community
• ECE — Early Childhood Education
• E3 — Employers for Educational Excellence
• ED — Emotionally Disturbed
• EFB — Ending Fund Balance
• ELD — English Language Development
• ELL — English Language Learners
• ELPA — English Language Proficiency Assessments
• ESD — Education Service District
• ESIS — Electronic Student Information System
• ESL — English as a Second Language
• ESOL — English for Speakers of Other Languages
• ESY — Extended School Year

F

• FAFSA — Free Application for Federal Student Aid
• FAPE — Free and Appropriate Public Education
• FAST — Families and Students Together (RMS Program)
• FERPA — Federal Education Right to Privacy Act
• FMLA — Family Medical Leave Act
• FTE — Full-Time Equivalent
• FBA — Functional Behavior Assessment

G-H

• GLAD — Guided Language Acquisition Development
• GSA — Girl Scouts of America
• HIPAA — Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
• HQT — Highly Qualified Teacher
• HR — Human Resources

I-L

• IB — International Baccalaureate
• IDEA — Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
• IEP — Individualized Education Plan
• IMP — Integrated Math Program
• IPT — IDEA Proficiency Test
• ITP — Individualized Transition Plan
• LA — Language Arts
• LEP — Limited English Proficiency

M

• MECP — Multnomah Early Childhood Program
• MESD — Multnomah Education Service District
• MFS — Metropolitan Family Services
• MHCC — Mt. Hood Community College
• MIM — Mastery in Motion
• MLA — Multisensory Learning Academy
• MYC — Multnomah Youth Corps

N

• NAEP — National Assessment of Educational Progress
• NCLB — No Child Left Behind
• NRA — Natural Resources Academy
• NSBA — National School Boards Association
• NSF — National Science Foundation
  (or) Non-Sufficient Funds
• NSLP — National School Lunch Program
• NTSB — National Traffic Safety Board
• NWREL — Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory

O

• OAR — Oregon Administrative Rules
• ODD — Oppositional Defiant Disorder
• ODE — Oregon Department of Education
• ODOT — Oregon Department of Transportation
• OHSPP — Oregon Head Start Pre-Kindergarten Program
• ORF — Oral Reading Fluency
• ORS — Oregon Revised Statutes
• OSAA — Oregon Student Activities Association
• OSAC — Oregon Student Assistance Commission
• OSBA — Oregon School Boards Association
• OSEA — Oregon School Employees Association
• OSHA — Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• OUS — Oregon University System
• OYA — Oregon Youth Authority

P-Q

• PAL — Police Activities League
• PBS — Positive Behavior Supports
• PERS — Public Employees Retirement System
• PLC — Professional Learning Community
• PSAT — Pre-Scholastic Assessment Test
• QEM — Quality Education Model

R

• RAA — Reynolds Arthur Academy
• RAMS — Reynolds Alternative Middle School
• RAP — Reynolds Athletic Program (afterschool grant program)
• REF — Reynolds Education Foundation
• RIF — Reading is Fundamental
• RIT — Rasch Unit
• RLA — Reynolds Learning Academy
• RLT — Reynolds Leadership Team
• RSD — Reynolds School District
• RTI — Response to Intervention

S

• SAT — Scholastic Assessment Test
• SBS — School-Wide Behavior Supports
• SDC — School Development Charges
• SES — Socio-Economic Status
  (or) Supplementary Education Services
• SHS — Student Health Services
• SIOP — Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol
• SIP — School Improvement Plan
• SLP — Speech/Language Pathologist
• SMART — Start Making a Reader Today
• SNP — School Nutrition Program
• SPED — Special Education
• SPIN — Students Preparing for Individualized Needs
• SSF(F) — State School Fund (Formula)
• SSID — State Student Identification
• STARS — Students Today Aren't Ready for Sex
• SUN — Schools Uniting Neighborhoods

T-Z

• TAG — Talented and Gifted
• TESA — Technology Enhanced State Assessment
• TOEFL — Test of English as a Foreign Language
• TOSA — Teacher on Special Assignment
• TSCC — Tax Supervising and Conservation Commission
• TSPC — Teacher Standards and Practices Commission
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• USDE — United States Department of Education
• YTS — Youth Transition Services