Acronyms Used by CDE

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504
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 – a civil rights statute that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability
21stCCLC
21st Century Community Learning Centers
2e
Twice Exceptional or Twice-Exceptional

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AAC
Augmentative Alternative Communication
AACTE
American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education
AASL
American Association of School Librarians (related: ALA)
AASTE
Amgen Award for Science Teaching Excellence
ABE
Adult Basic Education - a component of adult education. ABE is instruction in the basic skills below the 9th grade level (0-8.9).
ABEA
Adult Basic Education Authorization-The authorization is a state-issued credential for adult educators in Colorado. It is the minimum professional standard for instructors in Colorado adult education programs that receive AEFLA funding.
Adult Basic Education Training and Learning Center
ABI
Acquired Brain Injury
ACCESS
Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State for English Language Learners
ACEE
Association of Colorado Educational Evaluators
ACSN
Advisory Council for School Nutrition
ACT
American College Test
ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act – federal law that protects civil rights of the disabled in public accommodations (buildings), employment, transportation, government services, and telecommunications
ADD
Attention Deficit Disorder
ADE (now RISE)
Automated Data Exchange
ADL
Activities of Daily Living
ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyper-activity Disorder
AEC
Alternative Education Campus
AEFLA
Adult Education and Family Literacy Act - Title II of the Workforce Investment Act.
AEI
Adult Education Initiatives – an office within the Division of Innovation, Choice, and Engagement at the Colorado Dept. of Education. (formerly Adult Education and Family Literacy Office or AEFL)
AFDC
Old acronym for Aid to Families with Dependent Children which was replaced with TANF.
AFT
American Federation of Teachers, one of two teachers unions, the other is NEA, and at the Colorado level, CEA.
AIR (formerly NCREL)
American Institutes for Research
AIR
Annual Implementation Review
AITQ
Academic Improvement and Teacher Quality
ALA
American Library Association

ALJ
Administrative Law Judge
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.
AMAO
Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives
AP
Advanced Placement
APE
Adapted Physical Education
APF
Annual Performance Factor
APR
Annual Performance Report
APRP
Advanced Placement Reimbursement Program
APUSH
Advanced Placement U.S. History
ARM
Administrator's Reference Manual
ARP
American Rescue Plan
ARRA
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
ASAA
Advancing Student Academic Achievement
ASCENT
Accelerating Schools through Concurrent Enrollment
ASCLA
Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies
ASD
Autism Spectrum Disorder
ASE
A component of adult education. ASE is instruction in basic skills at or above the 9th grade level (9-12).
ASHA
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
ASL
American Sign Language
ASMT
Assessment
ASP
Afterschool Snack Program
ASPIRE
Assessment of Prevention Indicators and Resources
AT
Assistive Technology
ATE
Association of Teacher Educators
AU
Administrative Unit
AUA
Administrative Unit of Attendance
AUD
Auditing
AVP
Area Vocational Program
AYP
Adequate Yearly Progress

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BAAC
Building Accountability Advisory Committees
BABNP
Breakfast After the Bell Nutrition Program
BD
Behavior Disorder
BEAR
Basic Early Assessment in Reading
BEP
Behavior Education Program
BEST
Basic English Skills Test -The BEST is designed to test listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills of limited English proficient adults.

BEST
Building Excellent Schools Today
BIA
Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIP
Behavior Intervention Plan
BOCES
Board of Cooperative Educational Services - Frequently BOCES are a group of smaller districts that band together to use their collective for a better use of funds. Also known as BOCS.
BOCS
Board of Cooperative Services. Also known as BOCES.
BVI
Blind/Visually Impaired

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C

C (at the end of a school district name)
Consolidated.
CABE
Colorado Association of Bilingual Educators
CABO
Colorado Association of Business Officials
CACE
Colorado Association of Community Educators
CADI
Comprehensive Appraisal for District Improvement
CAEPA
Colorado Adult Education Professional Association
CAES
Colorado Association of Educational Specialists
CAI
Computer Assisted Instruction
CAL
Colorado Association of Libraries
CAL
Center for Applied Linguistics
CALET
Colorado Association of Leaders in Educational Technology
CAP
Corrective Action Plan
CAP4K
Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids (SB-212)
CAQSAP
Colorado Alliance of Quality School Age Providers
CARES Act
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security
CAS
Colorado Academic Standards
CASAS
Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System. Standardized assessment instruments for assessing adult basic skills within a functional context.
CASASTART
Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse Striving Together to Achieve Rewarding Tomorrows
CASB
Colorado Association of School Boards
CASBO
Colorado Association of School Business Officials
CASE
Colorado Association for School Executives
CASL
Classroom Assessment for Student Learning
CASL
Colorado Association of School Librarians
CASN
Colorado Association of School Nurses
CASPA
Colorado Association of School Personnel Administrators
CASSA
Colorado Association of Superintendents/Senior Administrators
CASSP
Colorado Association of Secondary School Principals
CATE
Colorado Association of Teacher Educators
CBLA
Colorado Basic Literacy Act – state law that ensures students are reading at grade level by third grade. Replaced with the READ Act.
CBO
Community Based Organization - a local organization that works with one specialized population or group of clients. (i.e.: youth, women, adult learners, ex- offenders).
CBT
Computer-Based Training - the dissemination of text for instruction via electronic means.
CBT
Computer Based Testing
CCA
Capital Construction Assistance
CCAB
Capital Construction Assistance Board
CCB
Community Centered Board
CCHE
Colorado Council on Higher Education
CCHS
Colorado Coalition for Healthy Schools
CCIRA
Colorado Council of the International Reading Association
CCLC
Century Community Learning Centers
CCML
Colorado Council of Medical Libraries
CCR
Colorado Code of Regulations
CCRA
Colorado Comprehensive Reading Academy
CCRS
College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education
CCSG
Connecting Colorado Students Grant
CCSRI
Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement
CCSS
Common Core State Standards
CCSSO
Council of Chief State School Officers
CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDE
Colorado Department of Education
CDE/AEI
Colorado Department of Education, Adult Education Initiatives (formerly Adult Education and Family Literacy Office or AEFL)
CDEC
Colorado Department of Early Childhood
CDHE
Colorado Department of Higher Education
CDHS
Colorado Department of Human Services
CDL&E
Colorado Department of Labor and Employment
CDOT
Colorado Department of Transportation
CDPHE
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
CE
Concurrent Enrollment
CEA
Colorado Education Association, the state chapter of NEA – one of two teachers unions, the other is AFT
CEC
Council for Exceptional Children
CECFA
Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority – issues bonds for charter schools
CEDAR
Colorado Education Data Analysis and Reporting System
CEEC
Colorado Educator Excellence Center
CEI
Colorado Education Initiative (formerly Colorado Legacy Foundation)
CELP
Colorado English Language Proficiency
CELT
Center for Educational Leadership and Technology
CEMA
Colorado Educational Media Association (now: CASL)
CEP
Community Eligibility Provision
CFDA
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance - now called Assistance Listings
C-FIRS
Colorado – Federal Integrated Review System
CFP
Consolidated Federal Programs
CHADD
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
CHCO
Children's Hospital Colorado

CI
Cochlear Implant
CIMC-VH
Colorado Instructional Materials Center for the Visually Handicapped
CIPA
Children’s Internet Protection Act
CK
Core Knowledge
CLC
Colorado Libraries Collaborate! (formerly Colorado Library Card)
CLCS
Colorado League of Charter Schools
CLD
Culturally and/or Linguistically Diverse
CLF
Colorado Legacy Foundation (now Colorado Education Initiative)
CLiC
Colorado Library Consortium
CLICK
A listserv for the adult education and family literacy community in Colorado managed by the Office of Adult Education and Family Literacy
CLSD
Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant
CMAS
Colorado Measures of Academic Success
CNS
Central Nervous System
COA
Chart of Accounts
CoALL
Colorado Association of Law Libraries
CoALT
Colorado Alternate Assessment
COMMSTEP
Colorado Mathematics Middle School Teacher Enhancement Project
CoP
Committee of Practitioners
COPA
Children’s Online Protection Act
CoPINE
Colorado Parent Information Network for Education
COPMS
Colorado State Model Performance Management System
CORA
Colorado Open Records Act
CORE
Consortium on Reading Excellence
COSPRA
Colorado School Public Relations Association
COSLA
Chief Officers of State Library Agencies
CoSN
Consortium for School Networking
CoSPL
Colorado State Publications Library
COWD
Colorado Office of Workforce Development
CP
Cerebral Palsy
CPIRC
Colorado Parent Information and Resource Center
CPP
Colorado Preschool Program
CPRE
Consortium for Policy Research in Education
CRC
Colorado Resource Center
CRDC
Civil Rights Data Collection (formerly the Elementary and Secondary School Survey, E&S Survey)
CREA
Colorado Reading Excellence Act
CRF
Colorado Reading First
CRF
Coronavirus Relief Fund
CROWD
Completion, Recall, Open-ended, Wh- questions, and Distancing. Prompts used in dialogic reading.
CRS
Colorado Revised Statutes
CSAC
Commissioner’s Superintendent Advisory Council
CSAN
Colorado State Accountability Network
CSAP
Colorado Student Assessment Program
CSAPA
Colorado State Assessment Program Alternate
CSBASP
Colorado Student Before and After School Project
CSCC
Charter School Capital Construction
CSDB
Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind
CSEAC
Colorado Special Education Advisory Committee
CSI
Charter School Institute
CSL
Colorado State Library
CSNA
Colorado School Nutrition Association
CSPTA
Colorado State Pupil Transportation Association
CST
Coordinated Support Team
CRD
Colorado Reading Directorate
CRRSA
Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act
CSP
Charter School Program
CSPR
Consolidated State Performance Report
CSR
Comprehensive School Reform – a federal grant for failing schools, formerly known as Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration
CSR
Class Size Reduction
CSRC
Colorado School Resource Center
CSRS
Child Safety Restraint System
CSSEAC
Charter Schools Special Education Advisory Committee
CSSI
Charter School Support Initiative
CSU
Colorado State University
CTAG
Closing the Achievement Gap
C-TAG
Closing the Achievement Gap
CTBS
California Test of Basic Skills
CTBL
Colorado Talking Book Library
CTOY
Colorado Teacher of the Year
CTLT
Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology
CVL
Colorado Virtual Library
CVSA
Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance
CWEL
Child Welfare Education Liaison (CWEL)

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DAC
District Assessment Coordinator
DARE
Data, Accountability, Reporting and Evaluation
DB
Deafblind or Deafblindness
DBO
Department of Business Officials
DCO
Deputy Commissioner’s Office
DD
Developmentally Disabled
DHH
Deaf/Hard of Hearing
DI
Direct Instruction
DIBELS
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills
DIG
District Improvement Grant
DISH
District and School Dashboard
DLI
Daily Language Instruction
DLM
Dynamic Learning Maps Consortia
DOC
Department of Corrections
DODEA
Department of Defense Educational Activity

DOT
Department of Transportation
DPER
Data, Program Evaluation and Reporting
DPF
District Performance Frameworks
DPL
Denver Public Library
DSA
Data Sharing Agreement
DSM-IV
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV
DSU
Data Services Unit
DTC
District Technology Coordinator
DU
University of Denver
DVR
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
DWDB
Denver Workforce Development Board
DYS
Division of Youth Services (formerly DYC, Division of Youth Corrections)

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EANS
Emergency Assistance to Non-Public Schools
EASI
Empowering Action for School Improvement
ECARE
Early Childhood At-Risk Enhancement
ECE
Early Childhood Education
ECEA
Exceptional Children's Educational Act
ECHS
Early College High School
ECLC
Early Childhood Leadership Commission
ECS
Education Commission of the States
ECSE
Early Childhood Special Education
ECWD
Early Childhood Workforce Development (formerly Early Childhood Professional Development or ECPD)
ED
Emotional Disability
ED
U.S. Department of Education
EDAC
Education Data Advisory Committee
EDGAR
Education Department General Administrative Regulations
EDI
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
EDID
Educator Identifier Project. Purpose was to improve teaching and learning by linking student achievement data to the students' teacher(s).
EDIS
Educator Identifier System
EDLG
Early Learning and Development Guidelines, Birth to 8
EE
Educator Effectiveness
EEO
Extended Evidence Outcomes
EF
Employment First - A federally mandated program designed to ensure that all able- bodied food stamp participants funded by the US Dept. of Agriculture clients are engaged in activities that will improve their employability.
EFL
Educational Functioning Level – The levels at which adult learners in AEFLA-funded programs are initially placed based on their ability to perform literacy-related tasks in specific content areas.
EHCY
Education for Homeless Children and Youth
EI
Educational Interpreter
EIEP
Emergency Immigrant Education Program

EL
Educator Licensing
EL
English Learner
ELA
English Language Acquisition
ELA
English Language Arts
ELAT
Early Literacy Assessment Tool
ELD
English Language Development
ELG
Early Literacy Grant
ELL
English Language Learner (formerly: LEP – Limited English Proficiency)
ELPA
English Language Proficiency Act
ELU
Education Licensing Unit
EMAC
Emergency Management Assistance Compact
EOY
End of Year
EQIT
Expanding Quality in Infant Toddler Care Initiative
E-rate
A discount telecom program from the US Government, the universal service fund
ERIC
Educational Resources Information Center
ES
Elementary School
ESEA
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (aka: No Child Left Behind)
ESL
English as a Second Language
ESOL
English for Speakers of Other Languages
ESRA
Education Sciences Reform Act
ESSA
Every Student Succeeds Act
ESSER
Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief
ESSU
Exceptional Student Services Unit
ESY
Extended School Year
ET/IL
Educational Technology and Information Literacy

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FAPE
Free Appropriate Public Education
FASD
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
FAST
Field Analyst Services Team – now called School Auditing Office
FBA
Functional Behavior Assessment
FBO
Faith-Based Organization - Organizations that have their charter from a particular church/religious affiliation.
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
FDA
Facilitated Data Analysis
FDK
Full-Day Kindergarten Facility Capital Construction
FELL
Former English Language Learner
FEP
Fluent English Proficient
FERPA
Family Education Rights and Privacy Act – federal law governing privacy
FFVP
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program

FHA
Functional Hearing Assessment
FMCSA
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
FMVSS
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
FOIA
Freedom of Information Act
FPP
Financial Policies and Procedures
FRL
Free and Reduced Price Lunch
FRUMPS
Front Range Urban Media Professionals
FSCS
Federal-State Cooperative System
FSCP
Family, School, and Community Partnering
FTE
Full Time Equivalent
FTL
Following the Leaders (program from the Education Leaders Council)
FVA
Functional Visual Assessment
FY
Fiscal Year - the fiscal year begins July 1 and ends June 30 the following year

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GAO
Government Accounting Office
GED (also known as HSE or High School Equivalency)
General Educational Development
GEER
Governor's Emergency Education Relief
GEPA
General Education Provisions Act
GFM
Grants Fiscal Management (now Office of Grants Fiscal)

GIS
Geographic Information Services
GLE
Grade Level Expectation
GPRA
Government Performance and Results Act
GT
Gifted and Talented

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HESTL
Highly Effective Schools through Libraries
HHFKA
Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act
HIP
Helping Improve Parents
HKCS
Healthy Kids Colorado Survey
HLM
Hierarchical Linear Model
HIPPA
Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act
HKNC
Helen Keller National Center

HOSTS
Help One Student to Succeed
HOUSSE
Highly Objective Uniform State Standard of Evaluation
HQT
Highly Qualified Teacher
HS
High School
HSE
High School Equivalency (HSE) Testing Program (also known as GED)

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IASA
Improving America’s Schools Act – 1994 federal law
IB
International Baccalaureate
ICAP
Individual Career and Academic Plan
ICC
Interagency Coordinating Council
ID
Intellectual Disability
IDEA
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act - federal law regarding educating students with disabilities
IDEA-B
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act – Part B
IEE
Independent Educational Evaluation
IELCE
Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education - Federal grant funds, made available under AEFLA, to enable local programs to provide integrated English literacy and civics education services to immigrants and other limited English proficient populations. (Formerly EL/Civics)
IEP
Individualized Education Program
IES
Institute of Education Sciences
IFC
Intellectual Freedom Committee
IFSP
Individualized Family Service Plan
IHE
Institution of Higher Education
ILL
Interlibrary Loan
ILP
Individual Literacy Plan – the Colorado Basic Literacy Act requires an ILP for any student not reading at grade level by third grade
IMLS
Institute of Museum and Library Services
IMP
Interactive Mathematics Program
IMS
Information Management Systems

IPBS
Integrated Performance and Benchmarking System
IPS
Individualized Planning Sessions
IPST
Instructional Program Service Type
IPT
Idea Proficiency Test
IQ
Intelligence Quotient
IRA
International Reading Association
IRA
Inter-rater Agreement
IRI
Informal Reading Inventory
IRR
Inter-rater Reliability
ISBN
International Standard Book Number
ISP
Internet Service Provider
ISSN
International Standard Serial Number
ITA
Individual Training Accounts - Workforce Investment Act funds used to pay for training; or a voucher system established under WIA. It is part of the set of services available to those customers needing specific occupational skill attainment.
ITBS
Iowa Test of Basic Skills
ITP
Individual Transition Plan

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J (at the end of a school district name)
Joint, crosses county lines.
JBC
Joint Budget Committee
JT (at the end of a school district name)
Joint, crosses county lines.

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K

No acronyms starting with this letter

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LD
Learning Disability(ies)
LD
Learning Disabled
LD
Library District
LEA
Local Educational Agency – official school district
LEP
Limited English Proficient
LETRS
Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling
LINCS
Literacy Information and Communication System
LMA
Learning Media Assessment

LMC
Library Media Center School and Library Division (E-rate)
LMI
Labor Market Information - The cornerstone of Colorado’s delivery system for employment statistics.
LMS
Learning Management System (See CDE's Moodle Learning Management System, also known as CDE LMS)
LM/Ts
Lesson Maps and Templates
LRE
Least Restrictive Environment
LRS
Library Research Service
LSTA
Library Services and Technology Act

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MALDEF
Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund
MALL
Metro Area Learning Leaders
MARC
Machine Readable Cataloging
MATES
Metro Area Transportation
MBQC
Malcolm Baldrige Quality Criteria - Named for the late U.S. Secretary of Commerce, a national program to stimulate companies to become competitive in the area of quality management using leadership, strategic planning, customer and market focus, information and analysis, human resources, process management, and business results.
McREL
Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning
MD
Multiple Disabilities
MEP
Migrant Education Program
MET
Measures of Effective Teaching (Funded by Gates Foundation, study on how to evaluate teachers)

MGP
Median Growth Percentile
MLS
Master of Library Science
MNT
Multi-use Network
MOE
Maintenance of Effort
MOU
Memorandum of Understanding
MPAEA
Mountain Plains Adult Education Association
MPRRC
Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center
MS
Middle School
MSP
Mathematics and Science Partnerships
MTSS
Multi-Tiered System of Supports

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N/D
Neglected or Delinquent
N/T
Nutrition/Transportation
NACSA
National Association of Charter School Authorizers
NAEYC
National Association for the Education of Young Children
NASBE
National Association of State Boards of Education
NASDSE
National Association of State Directors of Special Education
NASN
National Association of School Nurses
NAFEPA
National Association of Federal Education Program Administrators
NAEIR
National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources
NAEP
National Assessment of Educational Progress (Used to assess a sample of students in each state annually in 4th and 8th grade reading and math)
NAPT
National Association for Pupil Transportation
NARF
National Association for Reading First
NASDPTS
National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services
NASTID
National Association of State Title I Directors - now called ESEA Network
NCA
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
NCATE
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
NCES
National Center for Educational Statistics
NCIP
National Children’s Internet Protection Act

NCTM
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
NCLB
No Child Left Behind
NCLBA
No Child Left Behind Act
NCST
National Congress on School Transportation
NEA
National Education Association
NECTAS
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance System
NEP
Non-English Proficient
NGS
New Generation System
NHTSA
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NIMAC
National Instructional Materials Access Center
NIMAS
National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard
NISO
National Information Standards Organization
NPSO
National Post-School Outcomes Center
NRS
National Reporting System for Adult Education
NRS
Network and Resource Sharing
NSLP
National School Lunch Program
NSTTAC
National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center
NTAC
National Technical Assistance Consortium
NTSB
National Transportation Safety Board

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OAO
Operational Advice and Oversight
OCD
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
OCLC
Online Computer Library Center
OCR
Office for Civil Rights
OCTAE
Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (formerly OVAE)
ODD
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
OELSR
Office of Early Learning and School Readiness
OES
Office of Educational Services
OESC
Office of Educational Services Council
OFPA
Office of Federal Program Administration
OLE
Online Education
OLS
Office of Learning Supports
O&M
Orientation and Mobility
OMB
Office of Management and Budget - Clearance Packages

OMS
Office of Management Services
OOS
Out of Service
OPS
Office of Professional Services
OSEP
Office of Special Education Programs
OSERS
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services
OSPB
Office of State Planning and Budgeting
OSS
Office of Special Services, now known as Office of Federal Programs
OT
Occupational Therapy
OTL
Opportunity to Learn
OVAE
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (currently OCTAE)

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PA
Phonemic Awareness
PACT
Parent and Child Together Time
PAIR
Program Accountability and Improvement Review (The on-site monitoring process used by Office of Adult Education and Family Literacy)
PAMS
Planning and Management System
PARCC
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers
Part B
Special Education - School-Aged Children (Ages 3-21)
Part C
Special Education Early Intervention - Birth through 2 Years Old
PBIS
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
PBS
Positive Behavior Support (new name: see Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS))
PC
Perceptual-Communicative Criteria
PCD
Perceptual Communicative Disorder
PCSGP
Public Charter School Grant Program
PCSP
Public Charter School Program
PD
Physical Disability
PD
Professional Development
PDAS
Professional Development and Academic Support
PDD
Professional Development District
PDS
Professional Development School
PDSSP
Professional Development and School Support
PEBC
Public Education Business Coalition
PEAK
Parent Education and Assistance for Kids
PEBC
Public Education & Business Coalition (A nonprofit partnership of Colorado education and business leaders dedicated to developing the intellectual and scholarly practices of educators across the continuum of their professional lives so our schools are worthy of our students)
PEER
Prompts the child to say something about the book, Evaluates the response, Expands the child's response, Repeats the prompt. Dialogic reading prompts.

PEP
Parents Encouraging Parents
PGC
Prepared Graduate Competency
PI
Prevention Initiatives
PI’d
Postponed Indefinitely (legislative term meaning bill is dead)
PIE
Policy Innovators in Education Network
PII
Personally Identifiable Information
PIRC
Parent Information and Resource Center
PISA
Program for International Student Assessment
PITA
Priority Improvement or Turnaround. Refers to school and/or district’s annual ratings on the annual Performance Framework.
PL
Public Law
PL
Public Library
PLACE
Program for Licensing Assessments for Colorado Educators
PLC
Professional Learning Community
PPA
Per Pupil Allocation
PPOR
Per Pupil Operating Revenue
PPR
Per Pupil Revenue
PREL
Pacific Regional Educational Labs
PSAT
Pre-Stanford Achievement Test
PsD
Preschool Disability
PSF
Public School Finance
PSFU
Public School Finance Unit
PSRP
Paraprofessionals and School-Related Personnel
PT
Physical Therapy
P-TECH
Pathways in Technology Early College High Schools in Colorado
PTO
Parent-Teacher Organization
PTP
Personnel Technological Proficiency
PWR
Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness

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QTC
Quality Teacher Committee
QZAB
Qualified Zone Academy Bonds

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R

R (at the end of a school district name)
Reorganized.
R2A
Read to Achieve
RAC
Regional Assistance Center
RAD
Reactive Attachment Disorder
RANDA
Colorado State Model Performance Management System
RE
Research/Evaluation
RE (at the end of a school district name)
Reorganized.
REA
Reading Excellence Act
READ Act
Reading to Ensure Academic Development Act
REAP
Rural Education Achievement Program
RF
Reading First

RFI
Request for Information
RFP
Request for Proposal
RISC
Re-Inventing Schools Coalition
RISE
Relevant Information to Strengthen Education
RITS
Record Integration Tracking System
RM
Results Matter
RPDC
Regional Professional Development Council
RSA
Regional Service Area
RST
Regional Service Team
RtI
Response to Intervention
RTTT
Race to the Top (also known as Vision 2020)

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SA
Self-Assessment
SACPIE
State Advisory Council for Parent Involvement in Education
SAGE
Service-learning and Geographic Engagement
SAR
School Accountability Report
SAR
Supervisory Assistance Review of a District’s Transportation Department

SASA
Student Achievement and School Accountability
SASID
State Assigned Student Identifier Numbers.
SAT
Stanford Achievement Test
SAU
Student Assessment Unit
SBD
Student Biographical Data
SBE
State Board of Education
SBIC
School Bus Inspection Council
SBP
School Breakfast Program
SBRR
Scientifically Based Reading Research
SCASS
State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards
SDFSC
Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities
SDI
Safety and Discipline Indicators
SEA
State Educational Agency (see CDE)
SEAP
Special Education Advisory Panel
SEC
Surveys of Enacted Curriculum
Section 619
Special Education 3-5 Years Old
SED
Serious Emotional Disability
SEDL
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
SEE
Special Educator Eligibility
SEFAC
Special Education Fiscal Advisory Committee
SEP
Student Educational Plan- An individualized plan for instruction that assists a learner in achieving his/her goals.
SES
Supplemental Educational Services
SFA
School Finance Act
SFA
School Food Authority
SFSP
Summer Food Service Program
SI
Sensory Integration
S/I
Supplemental/Intervention
SIED
Significant Identifiable Emotional Disability
SIG
School Improvement Grant
SILC
Supporting Inclusive Learning Communities
SIP
School Improvement Plan
SIP
State Improvement Plan
SLD
School and Library Division (E-rate)

SLD
Specific Learning Disabilities
SLDS
Statewide Longitudinal Data System
SLI
Speech or Language Impairment
SLIC
Significant Limited Intellectual Capacity
SLO
Student Learning Objectives
SLP
Speech Language Pathologist
SMART
Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent
SMART
Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Research-based, Time-phased
SMP
Special Milk Program
SOA
School of Accountability
SOP
State Operated Program
S/P
Severe/Profound
SPDG
State Personnel Development Grant
SPED
Special Education
SPF
School Performance Frameworks
SPGP
School Professional Grant Program
SPL
State Publications Library
SPL
Student Performance Level
SPP
State Performance Plan
SRO
School Resource Officer
SRSA
Small Rural School Achievement
SSAE
Title IV Student Support and Academic Enrichment
SSAS
Statewide System for Accountability and Support
SSN
Significant Support Needs
SSRG
Safe Schools Reopening Grant (SSRG)
SST
School Support Team
SSTEP
School Support Team Evaluation Program
SSW
School Social Work Services
STAR
Standardized Test for Assessment of Reading
STAR
State Top Achievement Recognition
STC
School to Career
STEM
Science, Technology, Engineering and/or Mathematics
SW
Schoolwide
SWAAAC
Statewide Assistive, Augmentative Alternative Communication
SWAP
Southwest Assessment Partners
SWAP
School to Work Alliance Program
SWCC
Southwest Comprehensive Center
SWD
Students with Disabilities
SWIFT
Statewide Interlibrary Loan Fast Track
SWP
Schoolwide Program (Schoolwide at CDE means that non-Title I students are included)

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TA
Targeted Assistance (Title I)
TA
Technical Assistance
TABE
Tests of Adult Basic Education
TABOR
Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights
TAC
Transportation Advisory Council
TANF
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families - Also known as welfare or AFDC, a time-limited program specific to low-income families.
TAP
Transition Action Plan
TAS
Targeted Assistance School
TASSIE
Title I Accountability Systems and School Improvement Efforts
TBI
Traumatic Brain Injury
TCAP
Transitional Colorado Assessment Program
TCPU
Transportation, Communications and Public Utilities
TDD
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
TDG
Teacher Development Grants
TDIP
Targeted District Improvement Partnership
TIE
Technology in Education (now InnEdCO, Innovative Education in Colorado

TIG
Tiered Intervention Grant
TIMSS
Third International Mathematics and Science Study
TIR
Teacher in Residence
TLAP
Technology Literacy Assessment Program
TLCC
Teaching and Learning Conditions Colorado (formerly TELL Colorado)
TLF
Technology Leadership Forum
TLCF
Old acronym for Technology Literacy Challenge Fund which has been replaced by E2T2 –Enhancing Education through Technology
TLU
Teaching and Learning Unit
TNTP
The New Teacher Project
ToD
Teacher of the Deaf
TOSA
Teacher on Special Assignment
TOT
Training of Trainers
TOY
Colorado Teacher of the Year
TP
Transition Plan
TS GOLD
Teaching Strategies GOLD™
TSCP
Technical Support Consultant Program
TSDL
Teacher-Student Data Link
TTE
Temporary Teacher Eligibility
TTY
TeleType or Text Telephone
TVI
Teacher of Students Who Are Visually Impaired