Acronym Glossary
Education acronyms can be quite confusing. This list may prove helpful in navigating the alphabet soup commonly used in education jargon. This list is ongoing. If you encounter an acronym that is not listed, please let us know.
ACT: American College Testing
ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act
AP: Advanced Placement
APR: Annual Performance Report
AVID: Advancement Via Individual Determination
AYP: Annual Yearly Progress
BOY: Beginning of Year
CBE: Competency-Based Education
CCLS: College and Career Readiness Standards
CCLS: Common Core Learning Standards
CSR: Comprehensive School Reform
CTE: Career and Technical Education
ELA: English Language Arts
ELL: English Language Learner
EOC: End-of-Course
EOY: End of Year
ESEA: Elementary and Secondary Education Act
ESOL: English Speakers of Other Languages
ESS: Essential Skills and Strategies
ESSA: Every Student Succeeds Act
ESSER: Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief
FAC: Fiscal Advisory Committee
FAPE: Free Appropriate Public Education
FERPA: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
GATE: Gifted and Talented Education
IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEP: Individualized Education Program
LEA: Local Education Agency
LRE: Least Restrictive Environment
MAP: Measures of Academic Progress
MTSS: Multi-Tiered System of Supports
NCLB: No Child Left Behind
NGSS: Next Generation Science Standards
NHDOE: New Hampshire Department of Education
PACE: Program of Accelerated Curriculum Enhancements
PARCC: Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers
PBIS: Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
PBL: Project-Based Learning
PD: Professional Development
PLC: Professional Learning Community
RTI: Response to Intervention
SAT: Scholastic Assessment Test
SEA: State Education Agency
SEL: Social and Emotional Learning
SES: Socioeconomic Status
SLO: Student Learning Objective
SPED: Special Education
SST: Student Support Team
STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
UDL: Universal Design for Learning