Communications & Marketing : Acronyms
| SUSD ACRONYMS | |
| CIMS | Comprehensive Information Management System (Financials) |
| EIS | English Immersion Studies |
| IB | International Baccalaureate |
| IEP | Individualized Education Program |
| MOE | Modified Open Enrollment |
| SAA | Scottsdale Affiliated Administrators |
| SEA | Scottsdale Education Association |
| SDAIE | Specially Designed Academic Instruction In English |
| SRO | School Resource Officer |
| SSPA | Scottsdale Support Personnel Association |
| EDUCATION ACRONYMS | |
| AFT | American Federation of Teachers |
| AYP | Adequate Yearly Progress |
| CEFPI | Council of Educational Facility Planners International |
| ESEA | Elementary and Secondary Education Act, first enacted in 1965. NCLB most recent re-authorization of the ESEA. |
| ELL | English Language Learner |
| ESL | English as Second Language |
| EVIT | East Valley Institute of Technology |
| EVTT | East Valley Think Tank |
| FETC | Florida Educational Technology Conference |
| IRA | International Reading Association |
| LEA | Local Education Agency (a public board of education or other public authority within the state that maintains administrative control of public ed) |
| NAEP | National Assessment of Educational Progress (an independent benchmark) |
| NCLB | No Child Left Behind Act (see ESEA) (www.nclb.gov) |
| NVEC | Northeast Valley Education Consortium |
| OCR | Office for Civil Rights |
| SEA | State Educational Agenda |
| SDAIE | Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English |
| SST | Student Study Team |
| OTHER ACRONYMS | |
| ABEC | Arizona Business-Education Coalition |
| ACEE | Arizona Council on Economic Education |
| ATRA | Arizona Tax Research Association |
| CAFR | Comprehensive Annual Financial Report |
| GPEMC | Greater Phoenix Education Management Council |
| JLBC | Joint Legislative Budget Committee |
| NCREL | North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (www.ncrel.org) |
| OMLET | Open Meeting Law Enforcement Team |
| OSPB | Office of Strategic Planning and Budget (governor’s office) |
| SLIC | State Legislative Issues Committee |
| STATEWIDE EDUCATION GROUP ASSOCIATIONS | |
| AASBO | Association of Arizona School Business Officials |
| ACSA | Arizona Charter Schools Association |
| AEA | Arizona Education Association |
| AFT | Arizona Federation of Teachers |
| AIA | Arizona Interscholastic Association |
| ASA | Arizona School Administrators Association (including Principals Division) |
| ASBA | Arizona School Boards Association |
| ASRS | Arizona Small and Rural Schools |
| Arizona PTA | Arizona Parent-Teacher Association |
| PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS | |
| AASP | Arizona Association of School Psychologists |
| ACOSA | Arizona Council of School Attorneys |
| ACTE-AZ | Association of Career and Technical Educators of Arizona |
| ASBO | Association of School Business Officials |
| ASCA | Arizona School Counselors Association |
| ASHA | Arizona School Health Association |
| ASPAA | Arizona School Personnel Administrators Association |
| ASPRA | Arizona School Public Relations Association |
| ASROA | Arizona School Resource Officers Association |
| SNOA | School Nurses Organization of Arizona |
| GOVERNMENT ENTITIES | |
| ADE | Arizona Department of Education |
| ASRS | Arizona State Retirement System |
| PPAC | Professional Practices Advisory Committee |
| SBOE | State Board of Education |
| SFB | Arizona School Facilities Board |
| NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS | |
| AASA | American Association of School Administrators |
| AASPA | American Association of School Personnel Administrators |
| ASBO | International Association of School Business Officials |
| ASCD | Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development |
| ECS | Education Commission of the States |
| ELC | Education Leadership Council |
| NABSE | National Alliance of Black School Educators |
| NABT | National Association for Beginning Teachers |
| NAESP | National Association of Elementary School Principals |
| NASSP | National Association of Secondary School Principals |
| NCES | National Center for Education Statistics |
| 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 |
| NECC | National Educational Computing Conference |
| NMSA | National Middle School Association |
| NSDC | National Staff Development Council |
| NSBA | National School Boards Association |
| NSTA | National Science Teachers Association |
| NVEC | Northeast Valley Education Consortium |
| PDK | Phi Delta Kappa International |
| COMMERCIAL ENTITIES | |
| ASBAIT | Arizona School Boards Association Insurance Trust |
| ASHIP | Arizona School Health Insurance Programs |
| ETS | Educational Testing Service |
| COMMON ACRONYMS | |
| ADM | Average Daily Membership |
| AIMS | Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards |
| CSF | Classroom Site Fund |
| DAP | District Assessment Profile |
| ESEA | Elementary and Secondary Education Act |
| FAPE | Free and Appropriate Public Education |
| FERPA | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
| JTED | Joint Technological Education Districts |
| NAEP | National Assessment for Educational Progress |
| NCLB | No Child Left Behind |
| OCR | Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education |
| OML | Open Meeting Law |
| RCL | Revenue Control Limit |
| SAIS | Student Accountability Information System |
| SAT-9 | Stanford Achievement Test 9 |
| STO | Student Tuition Organization |
| USFR | Uniform System of Financial Records |
| TITLE PROGRAMS | |
| Title I | First section of the ESEA. Refers to programs aimed at America’s most disadvantaged students. Title I, Part A provides assistance to improve the teaching and learning of children in high-poverty schools to enable those children to meet challenging state academic content and performance standards. Title I reaches about 1.25 million students enrolled in both public and private schools. (source: US Dept of Ed |
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