Acronym List.xlsx

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3	504 Plan	A 504 plan is a legal document falling under the provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. It is designed to plan a program of instructional services to assist students with special needs who are in a regular education setting. A 504 plan is not an Individualized Education Program (IEP) as is required for special education students. However, a student moving from a special education to a regular education placement could be placed under a 504 plan.
4	ACT	American College Test. An assessment taken by students as a precursor to college/university admission.
5	ADA	American with Disabilities Act
6	ADD	Attention Deficit Disorder
7	ADHD	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
8	AIMSweb	A popular RtI program offered by Pearson
9	AIS	Academic intervention services
10	AP	Advanced Placement. A program that enables high school students to complete college-level courses for college placement and/or credit.
11	ASCD	Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
12	AYP	Adequate Yearly Progress - A former measure under No Child Left Behind used by the state to gauge yearly progress of student subgroups toward meeting 100 proficiency in reading and mathematics.
13	BEDS	Basic Educational Data System - Reporting required by NYSED
14	BOE	Board of Education
15	BRIC Countries	Brazil, Russia, India and China, which are all deemed to be at a similar stage of newly advanced economic development
16	CAP	Comprehensive Attendance Policy
17	CARES Act	The Federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act enacted in March 2020. One-time funds for our schools come from mutiple districts, like Title I.
18	CPSE	Committee on Preschool Special Education
19	CSE	Committee on Special Education
20	CTE	Career and Technical Education
21	CTGP	Catholic Elemetary Tuition Grant Program - Diocese of Buffalo Funding program previously available for parish schools only
22	DIRI	Documentation of Integration of Required Instruction in 7th and 8th Grade - Home and Careers, Library Skills, and Computer Skills
23	EANS	Emergency Assistance for Non-Public Schools - Part of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSA Act). These one-time funds were allocated and managed by NYSED in Spring 2021.
24	ECCA	Educational Choice for Children Act - Proposed Federal legislation that would encourage donations to Scholarship Granting Organizations like BISON Fund, and would result in more scholarships available for families interested in attending Catholic schools.
25	ED	Emotional Disturbed
26	ELA	English/Language Arts
27	ELL	English Language Learner - Student's first language is not English and requires remediation to participate in school.
28	ESEA	Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This is the principal federal law affecting K-12 education. When the ESEA of 1965 was reauthorized and amended in 2002, it was renamed the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act; the current name is the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
29	ESL	English as a Second Language. A program model that delivers specialized instruction to students who are learning English as a new language.
30	ESSA	Every Student Succeeds Act, the current version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This is the principal federal law affecting K-12 education. When the ESEA of 1965 was reauthorized and amended in 2002, it was renamed the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act.
31	FAPE	Free Appropriate Public Education
32	FAQ	Frequently Asked Questions
33	FBA	Functional Behavioral Assessment
34	FERPA	Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
35	FTE	Full-time Equivalency
36	GED	General Education Development Test. (A GED Diploma may be granted if the individual passes the GED Test.)
37	GRE	Graduate Record Examination
38	GT	Gifted and Talented
39	HIPAA	The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) - The Office for Civil Rights enforces the HIPAA Privacy Rule, which protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information; the HIPAA Security Rule, which sets national standards for the security of electronic protected health information; the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule, which requires covered entities and business associates to provide notification following a breach of unsecured protected health information; and the confidentiality provisions of the Patient Safety Rule, which protect identifiable information being used to analyze patient safety events and improve patient safety.
40	HSA	Home and School Association - This term is used by our Catholic schools instead of PTA (Parent/Teacher Association)
41	IDEA	Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. This federal law, reauthorized in 2004, is designed to ensure that all children with disabilities have available to them a free and appropriate public education that emphasizes special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs and prepare them for further education, employment and independent living.
42	IEP	Individualized Education Plan/Program
43	IESP	Individualized Education Services Program - special education services for parentally-placed nonpublic school children
44	LD	Learning Disabled
45	LEA	Local Education Agency - Synonymous with a local Public school system or a local public school district
46	LEP	Limited English Proficient. Students whose first language is one other than English who need language assistance to participate fully in the regular curriculum and the statewide assessment system.
47	LMC	Library Media Center
48	LMS	Learning Management System. A software application that is used to administer, document, track, report and deliver educational courses or training programs.
49	LRE	Least-Restrictive Environment
50	MSA	Mandated Services Aid (NYS) - Interchangable term with Mandated Services Reimbursement
51	MSR	Mandated Services Reimbursement (NYS) - Interchangable term with Mandated Services Aid
52	MST	The NYSED Math, Science, and Technology Teacher Grant - Reimburses private schools for the salaries paid to certain Teachers of MST
53	NAEP	National Assessment of Educational Progress. Also known as the “Nation’s Report Card,” NAEP assesses the educational achievement of elementary and secondary students in various subject areas. It provides data for comparing the performance of students in North Carolina to that of their peers nationwide.
54	NCEA	National Catholic Educational Association
55	NCLB	No Child Left Behind. NCLB was the 2002 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and represented a sweeping change in the federal government’s role in local public education. NCLB’s primary goal was for all public school children to be proficient or above in reading and mathematics by 2013-14. Title I schools that did not meet certain student achievement standards faced sanctions under this law.
56	NEA	National Education Association
57	NYS	New York State
58	NYSED	New York State Education Department
59	NYSESLAT	New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test
60	NYSITELL	New York State Identification Test for English Language Learners
61	NYSSIS	New York State Student Identification System
62	OT	Occupational Therapist; Occupational Therapy
63	PARCC	Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers
64	PBIS	Positive Behavior Intervention and Support. Positive Behavior Intervention and Support programs are a way to impact school learning environments by establishing and reinforcing clear behavioral expectations in order to support high student performance and to reduce behavioral problems. PBIS site schools work to integrate their Safe Schools Plans, character education efforts and strategies, and discipline efforts in order to make the schools caring and safe communities for learning.
65	PD	Professional Development. The term refers to skills and knowledge attained for both personal development and career advancement such as continuous courses, workshops, activities and learning objectives aimed at helping professional educators and staff members improve their skills in their fields.
66	PLC	Professional Learning Communities. PLCs are defined by collaborative inquiry, shared decision-making and joint planning of instruction among teachers. Teachers are provided structured time to work together in planning instruction, observing each other's classrooms, and sharing feedback.
67	PPP	Payroll Protection Program - A Federal support program enacted during the Coronavirus crisis. Two rounds of forgivable grants were awarded to eligible schools and parishes in 2020 and 2021.
68	PSAT	Pre-Scholastic Assessment Test. Normally taken by high school juniors as a practice test for the SAT. Some schools use the PSAT as a diagnostic tool to identify areas where students may need additional assistance or placement in more rigorous courses.
69	PT	Physical Therapist; Physical Therapy
70	RtI	Response to Intervention - a school district's process to determine if a student responds to scientific, research-based instruction. http://www.nysrti.org/
71	RTTT or RttT	Race to the Top. RttT is a federal grant program that supports the efforts of the state, local school districts and many charter schools.
72	SAT	The SAT is often taken by high school juniors and seniors as a precursor to college/university admission. It assesses a student’s verbal, mathematical and writing skills.
73	SD	School District
74	SEA	State Education Agency. Federal term for each state education department.
75	SED	State Education Department
76	SEDDAS	State Education Department Delegated Account System
77	SIRS	Student Information Repository System (NYS)
78	SIS	Student Information System. SIS is a software application educational institutions use to manage student data such as enrollment. Also sometimes called a a student information management system (SIMS).
79	STEM	Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. STEM curriculum emphasizes connections within and between the fields of mathematics and science; integrates technology; introduces and engages students in the engineering design process; cultivates creativity; and develops skills that drive innovation.
80	STEAM	Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics.
81	STREAM	Science, Technology, Religion, Engineering, Art and Mathematics.
82	TESOL	Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
83	Title I	Title I is the largest federal education funding program for schools. Its aim is to help students who are behind academically or at risk of falling behind. School funding is based on the number of low-income children, generally those eligible for the free and reduced price lunch program. Title I used to be known as Chapter I.
84	Title IIa	Federal funding, via public school district, for teacher and administrator Professional Development (PD).
85	Title III	Title III is the section of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act that provides funding and addresses English language acquisition and standards and accountability requirements for limited English proficient students.
86	Title IVa	This program provides funds on a formula basis to local school districts to: 1) provide all students with access to a well-rounded education, 2) improve school conditions for student learning, and 3) improve the use of technology in order to improve the academic achievement and digital literacy of all students. Funds from the school district of location are shared with Catholic Schools.
87	Title IX	Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 bans sex discrimination in schools receiving federal funds, whether it is in academics or athletics.
88	USDOE	US Department of Education
89	USED	United Stated Education Department. www.ed.gov
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