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Chapter 10

Common Acronyms

 

A-C
  • 3K – Three-year-old kindergarten
  • 4K – Four-year-old kindergarten
  • ADA – average daily attendance
  • ADD/ADHD – Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • AED – automated external defibrillators
  • AGR – Achievement Gap Reduction Program
  • AP – Advanced Placement program
  • APR – Annual performance report
  • AYP – Adequate yearly progress
  • BIP – Behavioral intervention plan
  • CIMS – Comprehensive instructional management system
  • CIPA – Children’s Internet Protection Act (federal)
  • CRT – Criterion referenced test
  • CTE – Career and technical education
D-F
  • DARE – Drug Abuse Resistance Education program
  • EBD – Emotional behavioral disability
  • EC – Early childhood
  • ELA – English language arts
  • ELL – English language learners
  • ERSS – Educationally related support services
  • ESEA – Elementary and Secondary Education Act (federal)
  • ESSER – Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Programs (federal)
  • ESL – English as a second language
  • ESSA – Every Student Succeeds Act (federal)
  • ESY – Extended school year
  • FAPE – Free appropriate public education
  • FAY – Full academic year
  • FBA – Functional behavioral assessment
  • FERPA – Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (federal)
  • FMLA – Family and Medical Leave Act (state and federal)
  • FLSA – Fair Labor Standards Act (federal)
  • FTE – Full-time equivalency
G-I

  • GED – General education diploma

  • GPR – General program revenue

  • HSED – High school equivalency diploma

  • IB – International Baccalaureate program

  • IDEA – Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (federal)

  • IEP – Individualized Education Program

  • ISES – Individual Student Enrollment System

J-L
  • K-16 – Kindergarten through college
  • KG – Five-year-old kindergarten
  • LEA – Local education agency
  • LEP – Limited English proficiency
  • LES – Limited English speaking student
  • LGBTQ – Individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, asexual, intersex, nonbinary, or identify their sexual orientation or gender identity in other ways (LGBTQI+). See the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR).
  • LPP – Local performance plan
  • LRE – Least restricted environment
M-O

  • NAEP – National Assessment of Educational Progress

  • NCLB – No Child Left Behind Act (federal)

  • OI – Orthopedic impairment

  • OML – Open Meetings Law (state)

  • OT – Occupational therapy

P-R

  • PAC – Political action committee

  • PBIS – Positive behavioral intervention and supports

  • PK or Pre-K – Pre-kindergarten

  • PT – Physical therapy

  • RTI – Response to Intervention

S-Z
  • SEA – State education agency
  • SES – Supplemental educational services
  • SINI – School In Need of Improvement
  • SIP – State improvement plan
  • SLD – Specific learning disability
  • ST-3 – School district annual financial report
  • STEM – Science technology engineering math
  • SWD – Students with disabilities
  • SWoD – Students without disabilities
  • UPK – Universal pre-kindergarten
  • WMAS – Wisconsin Model Academic Standards
  • WRS – Wisconsin Retirement System
  • WSAS – Wisconsin Student Assessment System
  • YRE – Year-round education
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