School Alphabet Soup
A list of commonly used education acronyms/jargon.
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
- ABC — Antecedent Behavior Consequence
- ACH - Automated Clearing House
- ACT — American College Testing
- ADA — Americans with Disabilities Act
- ADA - Average Daily Attendance
- ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder
- ADHD — Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- ADM(w) — Average Daily Membership (weighted)
- AEP — Alternative Education Placement
- AHR - All Hands Raised
- AMAO — Annual Measurable Academic Objectives
- AP — Advanced Placement
- ASL — American Sign Language
- AR — Administrative Rules
- AR - Accelerated Reader
- ASB - Associated Student Body
- ASPIRE — Accessing Student Assistance Programs in Reach of Everyone
- ATOD — Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs
- AVID — Advancement Via Individual Determination
- AYP — Adequate Yearly Progress
- BD — Behaviorally Disordered
- BICS — Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
- BOB - Battle of the Books
- BOE — Board of Education
- BSA — Boy Scouts of America
- BUZZ — Hartley Elementary's after school program
- BVAT — Bilingual Verbal Ability Test
- CAL — Center for Advanced Learning
- CALP — Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
- CBM - Curriculum Based Measurement (EasyCBM is a brand of CBMs)
- CCLI - Christian Copyright Licensing International
- CCSS - Common Core State Standards
- CIELD - Content Integrated English Language Development
- 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
- CSY - Collaboratives Supporting Youth
- DD — Developmentally Disabled
- DELT - District Equity Leadership Team
- 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
- 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
- ESEA - Elementary and Secondary Education Act
- ESIS — Electronic Student Information System
- ESL — English as a Second Language
- ESOL — English for Speakers of Other Languages
- ESSA - Every Student Succeeds Act
- ESY — Extended School Year
- 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
- GLAD — Guided Language Acquisition Development
- GSA — Girl Scouts of America
- HIPAA — Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- HQT — Highly Qualified Teacher
- HR — Human Resources
- IB — International Baccalaureate
- IDEA — Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
- IEP — Individualized Education Plan
- IHAD - "I Have A Dream" - Oregon
- IMP — Integrated Math Program
- IPT — IDEA Proficiency Test
- IRLA - Independent Reading Level Assessment Framework
- ITP — Individualized Transition Plan
- LA — Language Arts
- LEP — Limited English Proficiency
- MECP — Multnomah Early Childhood Program
- MESD — Multnomah Education Service District
- MFS — Metropolitan Family Services
- MHCC — Mt. Hood Community College
- MHCRC - Mount Hood Cable Regulatory Commission
- MIM — Mastery in Motion
- MLA — Multnomah Learning Academy
- MYC — Multnomah Youth Corps
- 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
- OAR — Oregon Administrative Rules
- OBOB - Oregon Battle of the Books
- ODD — Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- ODE — Oregon Department of Education
- ODOT — Oregon Department of Transportation
- OEBB - Oregon Educators Benefit Board
- OEIB - Oregon Edcucation Investment BOard
- 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
- PAL — Police Activities League
- PBS — Positive Behavior Supports
- PBiS or PBIS - Positive Behaviorial Intervention and Supports
- PEEK-8 - Physical Education Expansion K-8 Grant Program
- PERS — Public Employees Retirement System
- PLC — Professional Learning Community
- PLTW - Project Lead the Way
- PSAT — Pre-Scholastic Assessment Test
- PSG - Parent Support Group
- PTA _ Parent Teacher Association
- QEM — Quality Education Model
- RAA — Reynolds Arthur Academy
- RALC - Reynolds Athletic Leadership Council (Reynolds High School)
- RAMS — Reynolds Alternative Middle School
- RAP — Reynolds Athletic Program (afterschool grant program)
- REF — Reynolds Education Foundation
- RIF — Reading is Fundamental
- RIT — Rasch Unit
- RJ - Restorative Justice
- RLA — Reynolds Learning Academy
- RLT — Reynolds Leadership Team
- RSD — Reynolds School District
- RTI — Response to Intervention
- SAT — Scholastic Assessment Test
- SBA - Smarter Balanced Assessment
- SBAC - Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
- 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
- SIG - School Improvement Grant
- SIP — School Improvement Plan
- SLIP - Second Language Inventory Protocol (exam for achieveing World Language Credit for being proficient in languages, such as: Farsi, Arabic, Thai, Nepalese, Karen, Zomi, Burmese, Romanian, Korean, Cantonese, Russian, Ukrainian, Spanish, Vietnamese, Somali, Swahili, Amharic, Samoan, Laos, Hindi, and Tagalog)
- 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
- STEM - Science, Tehnology Engineering and Mathematics
- SUN — Schools Uniting Neighborhoods
- 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
- YTP - Youth Transitions Program
- YTS — Youth Transition Services
