AB: Assembly Bill

ACE: Assessments in Career Education

ADA: Average Daily Attendance

AMAOs: Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives

AMOs: Annual Measurable Objectives

AP: Advanced Placement

API: Academic Performance Index

ARRA: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

ASAM: Alternative Schools Accountability Model

AYP: Adequate Yearly Progress

CAHSEE: California High School Exit Exam

CalPERS: California Public Employees' Retirement System

CalSTRS: California State Teachers' Retirement System

CalWORKS: California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids

CAT/6: California Achievement Tests, Sixth Edition survey

CBEST: California Basic Educational Skills Test

CELDT: California English Language Development Test

CMA: California Modified Assessment

COE: County Office of Education

COLAs: Cost-of-living Adjustment

CPI: Consumer Price Index

CSR: Class Size Reduction

CSTs: California Standards Test

CSTP: California Standards for the Teaching Profession

EAP: Early Assessment Program

EIA: Economic Impact Aid

EL: English Learner (EL replaces ELL, English Language Learner and LEP, Limited English Proficiency)

ELAP: English Language Acquisition Program

ELILP: English Language and Intensive Literacy Program

ESEA: Elementary and Secondary Education Act

F/RPM: Free/Reduced-price Meals

GATE: Gifted and Talented Education

G.O. Bonds: General Obligation Bond

Back to top HPSGP: High Priority Schools Grant Program

HSEE: California High School Exit Exam

IASA: Improving America’s Schools Act

IB: International Baccalaureate Program

IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

IEP: Individualized Education Program

II/USP: Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program

IMFRP: Instructional Materials Funding Realignment Program

JPA: Joint Powers Agreement

K–12: Kindergarten Through 12th Grade

K–14: Kindergarten Through Community College

K–16: Kindergarten Through Undergraduate University

LEA: Local Education Agency

LEP: Limited English Proficient (See English Learner)

MPSE: California Master Plan for Special Education

MTYRE: Multitrack, Year-round Education

NAEP: National Assessment of Educational Progress

NCLB: No Child Left Behind Act

NPR: National Percentile Rank

OTL: Opportunity To Learn

PAR: Teacher Peer Assistance and Review program

PERS: California Public Employees' Retirement System

PI: Program Improvement

PL: Public Law

PSAA: Public Schools Accountability Act

RICA: Reading Instruction Competence Assessment

ROC/ROP: Regional Occupational Center/Regional Occupational Program

RTT: Race to the Top

SAB: State Allocation Board

SACS: Standardized Account Code Structure

SARC: School Accountability Report Card

SAT-9: Stanford Achievement Test, Ninth Edition, Form T

SB: Senate Bill

SEID: Statewide Educator Identifier

SELPA: Special Education Local Planning Area

SFID: School Facility Improvement District

SFSF: State Fiscal Stabilization Fund

SIP: School Improvement Program

SLLA: School Leaders Licensure Assessment

STAR: California’s Standardized Testing and Reporting Program

STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

STRS: California State Teachers' Retirement System

STS: Standards-based Tests in Spanish

TAP: Targeted Assistance Program
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TIMSS: Third International Mathematics and Science Study Back to top

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