Acronyms
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
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
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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
RTTT: Race to the Top
SAB: State Allocation Board
SACS: Standardized Account Code Structure
SAT-9: Stanford Achievement Test, Ninth Edition, Form T
SB: Senate Bill
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
STRS: California State Teachers' Retirement System
STS: Standards-based Tests in Spanish
TAP: Targeted Assistance Program
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