| 504: | Section
504 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973 is a civil
rights statute which prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities. A 504 plan is an individual education plan for a special-needs student. |
| AASA: | American
Association of School
Administrators |
| ABE: | Adult
Basic Education |
| ACT: | Prior
to 1996, known as the
American College Testing Program. ACT offers a college level assessment test. |
| ADA: | American
with Disabilities Act |
| ADD: | Attention
Deficit Disorder |
| ADHD: | Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder |
| AFDC: | Aid
to Families with Dependent
Children |
| AFT: | American
Federation of Teachers |
| AIP: | Academic
Improvement Plan |
| AP: | Advanced
Placement |
| AR: | Accelerated
Reader™. Created
by Renaissance Learning |
| CBE: | Community-based
education |
| CP: | Cerebral
Palsy |
| CRISS: | Creating
Independence through Student-owned
Strategies |
| CST: | Child
Study Team |
| CTB: | Competency
Testing Battery |
| DD: | Developmentally
Delayed |
| D/HH: | Deaf/Hard
of Hearing |
| ED: | Emotional
Disturbance |
| EH: | Emotionally
Handicapped |
| EMH: | Educable
Mentally Handicapped |
| ERIC: | Education
Resources Information Center.
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education “to provide access to education literature and resources.” |
| ESE: | Exceptional
Student Education. (In
some areas of the country known as EEN: Exceptional Educational Needs.) |
| ESL: | English
as a Second Language. Student’s
native language is not
English. |
| ESOL: | English
Speakers of Other Languages |
| ETR: | Evaluation
Team Report |
| ETS: | Educational
Testing Service |
| FAPE: | Free
Appropriate Public Education |
| FBA: | Functional
Behavioral Assessment |
| FERPA: | Family
Educational Rights and
Privacy Act |
| FFA: | Future
Farmers of America |
| FTE: | Full-time
Equivalency Student. Student
enrollment. |
| GED: | General
Education Development Test.
(A GED Diploma may be granted if the individual passes the GED Test.) |
| GRE: | Graduate
Record Examination |
| GT: | Gifted |
| HI: | Hearing
Impared |
| IDEA: | Individuals
with Disabilities Education
Act. (This is a PDF file. You will need Acrobat Reader to view it. If you do not have the Reader, you may download it here for free.) |
| IEP: | Individualized
Education Plan. A legal
document required for ESE
students. |
| IFSP: | Individualized
Family Service Plan |
| IRA: | International
Reading Association |
| LD: | Learning
Disabled |
| LDA: | Learning
Disabilities Association |
| LEP: | Limited
English Proficiency. Of
late, the term "English learner" is being used in parts of the country. |
| LLD: | Language
Learning Disabilities |
| LRE: | Least-Restrictive
Environment |
| MD: | Multiple
Disabilities |
| MENC: | The
National Association for
Music Education |
| MS: | Multiple
Sclerosis |
| NAEA: | National
Art Education Association |
| NAESP: | National
Association of Elementary
School Principals |
| NCLB: | No
Child Left Behind. Individual
state contracts. |
| NCSS: | National
Council for the Social
Studies |
| NCTE: | National
Council of Teachers of
English |
| NCTM: | National
Council of Teachers of
Mathematics |
| NEA: | National
Education Association |
| NSF: | National
Science Foundation |
| NSTA: | National
Science Teachers Association |
| OCD: | Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder |
| OI: | Orthopedically
Impaired |
| PI: | Physically
Impaired |
| PMH: | Profoundly
Mentally Handicapped |
| PSAT: | Preliminary
Scholastic Aptitude Test |
| PTSA | Parent
Teacher Student Association |
| PTSO | Parent
Teacher Student Organization |
| PTA: | Parent
Teacher Association |
| SAC: | School
Advisory Council |
| SAT: | Scholastic
Aptitude Test. Administered
by the College Board |
| SAT-9: | Stanford
9 Achievement Test |
| SCANS: | The
Secretary’s Commission
on Achieving Necessary
Skills |
| SED: | Severely
Emotionally Disabled |
| SIP: | School
Improvement Plan |
| SLI: | Speech
and Language Impaired |
| SRO: | School
Resource Officer |
| SST: | Student
Services Team |
| TBI: | Trainable
Mentally Handicapped. Also:
Traumatic Brain Injury. |
| TMH: | Trainable
Mentally Handicapped |
| VE: | Varying
Exceptionalities |
| VI: | Visually
Impaired |
