CDE Acronyms

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1	504	Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 – a civil rights statute that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability	https://ed.cde.state.co.us/spedlaw/rules
2	21stCCLC	21st Century Community Learning Centers	https://ed.cde.state.co.us/studentsupport/21stcclc
3	2e	Twice Exceptional or Twice-Exceptional	https://ed.cde.state.co.us/gt/twice-exceptional
4	AAC	Augmentative Alternative Communication	https://ed.cde.state.co.us/cdesped/rs-main
5	AACTE	American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education	https://aacte.org/
6	AASL	American Association of School Librarians (related: ALA)	http://www.ala.org/aasl/
7	AASTE	Amgen Award for Science Teaching Excellence	https://www.amgen.com/
8	ABE	Adult Basic Education	https://ed.cde.state.co.us/cdeadult/instructors/instructors-abea
9	ABEA	Adult Basic Education Authorization	https://ed.cde.state.co.us/cdeadult/instructors/instructors-abea
10	ABI	Acquired Brain Injury	https://ed.cde.state.co.us/cdesped/sd-main/sd-tbi
11	ACESS	Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State for English Language Learners	https://ed.cde.state.co.us/assessment/ela
12	ACEE	Association of Colorado Educational Evaluators
13	ACSN	Advisory Council for School Nutrition
14	ACT	American College Test
15	ADA	Americans with Disabilities Act – federal law that protects civil rights of the disabled in public accommodations (buildings), employment, transportation, government services, and telecommunications	https://ed.cde.state.co.us/nutrition/advisory-council-for-school-nutrition
16	ADD	Attention Deficit Disorder
17	ADE (now RISE)	Automated Data Exchange
18	ADL	Activities of Daily Living
19	ADHD	Attention Deficit Hyper-activity Disorder
20	AEC	Alternative Education Campus	https://ed.cde.state.co.us/accountability/stateaccountabilityaecs
21	AEFLA	Adult Education and Family Literacy Act - Title II of the Workforce Investment Act
22	AEI	Adult Education Initiatives
23	AELA	Adult Education Literacy Act
24	AFDC	Old acronym for Aid to Families with Dependent Children which was replaced with TANF.	https://ed.cde.state.co.us/cdeadult
25	AFT	American Federation of Teachers, one of two teachers unions, the other is NEA, and at the Colorado level, CEA.	https://www.aft.org/
26	AIR (formerly NCREL)	American Institutes for Research	https://www.air.org/
27	AIR	Annual Implementation Review
28	AITQ	Academic Improvement and Teacher Quality
29	ALA	American Library Association	http://www.ala.org/
30	ALJ	Administrative Law Judge
31	ALMIS	America’s Labor Market Information System - National databases to permit the seamless transfer of labor market information within and between states in a standardized format.
32	AMAO	Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives
33	AP	Advanced Placement	https://ed.cde.state.co.us/concurrentenrollment/options/ap
34	APE	Adapted Physical Education	https://ed.cde.state.co.us/cdesped/resources/ape
35	APF	Annual Performance Factor
36	APR	Annual Performance Report
37	APRP	Advanced Placement Reimbursement Program
38	APUSH	Advanced Placement U.S. History
39	ARM	Administrator's Reference Manual
40	ARP	American Rescue Plan	https://ed.cde.state.co.us/caresact/esser/esser3
41	ARRA	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
42	ASAA	Advancing Student Academic Achievement
43	ASCENT	Accelerating Schools through Concurrent Enrollment	https://ed.cde.state.co.us/concurrentenrollment/options/ascent
44	ASCL	Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies
45	ASD	Autism Spectrum Disorder	https://ed.cde.state.co.us/cdesped/sd-main/sd-autism
46	ASHA	American Speech-Language-Hearing Association	https://www.asha.org/
47	ASL	American Sign Language
48	ASMT	Assessment
49	ASN	Administrative Support Network	https://mycde.cde.state.co.us/generalresources/administrativesupportnetwork
50	ASP	Afterschool Snack Program	https://ed.cde.state.co.us/nutrition/nutrition-programs/afterschool-snack-program-asp
51	ASPIRE	Assessment of Prevention Indicators and Resources
52	AT	Assistive Technology
53	ATE	Association of Teacher Educators
54	AU	Administrative Unit
55	AUA	Administrative Unit of Attendance
56	AUD	Auditing
57	AVP	Area Vocational Program
58	AYP	Adequate Yearly Progress
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