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