| AAR |
Academic Achievement Record |
| 504 |
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 |
| AA |
African American |
| ABLE |
Academic and Behavior Learning Environment |
| ACCESS |
Alternative Curriculum Centered for Exceptional Student Success |
| ACE |
Accelerated Curriculum Education |
| ACES |
Adult and Community Education System |
| ACET |
Association of Compensatory Educators for Texas |
| ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 |
| ADA |
Average Daily Attendance |
| ADD |
Attention Deficit Disorder |
| ADHD |
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
| AEA |
Alternative Education Accountability |
| AEC |
Alternative Education Campus |
| AEFLA |
Adult Education and Family Literacy Act |
| AEIS |
Academic Excellence Indicator System |
| AEP |
Alternative Education Program |
| AI |
Auditory Impairment |
| AMAOs |
Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives |
| AODA |
Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse |
| AP |
Advanced Placement |
| AP |
Assistant Principal |
| APR |
Annual Performance Report |
| AR |
At-Risk |
| ARD |
Admission, Review, and Dismissal |
| ARRA |
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Stimulus) |
| ASCD |
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development |
| ASEP |
Accountability System for Educator Preparation |
| askTED |
Texas Education Directory |
| ASL |
American Sign Language |
| AT |
Assistive Technology |
| ATCP |
Alterantive Teacher Certification Program |
| ATS |
Adult Transition Services |
| AU |
Autism |
| AYP |
Adequate Yearly Progress |
| BE |
Bilingual Education |
| BIP |
Behavior Intervention Plan |
| BSS |
Behavior Support Services |
| BTIM |
Beginning Teacher Induction and Mentoring |
| CAFR |
Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports |
| CAN |
Comprehensive Needs Assessment |
| CARS |
Center for Academic & Reading Skills |
| CATE |
Career and Technology Education |
| CBM |
Curriculum Based Measurement |
| CCSRI |
Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement |
| CCSSO |
Council of Chief State School Officers |
| CD |
Cognitive Disability |
| CEHI |
Compensatory Education Home Instruction |
| CF |
Child Find |
| CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
| CFT |
Communities Foundation of Texas |
| CI |
Comparable Improvement |
| CIMP |
Continuous Improvement Monitoring Process |
| CIP |
Campus Improvement Plan |
| CIP |
Continuous Improvement Plan |
| CIRCLE |
Center for Improving the Readiness of Children for Reading and Education |
| CIS |
Communities In Schools |
| CIT |
Campus Intervention Team |
| CJD |
The Governor’s Criminal Justice Division |
| CLC |
Collaborative Learning Center |
| CLEP |
College-Level Examination Program |
| COE |
Certificate of Eligibility |
| CRCG |
Community Resource Coordination Groups |
| CRI |
College Readiness Indicator |
| CSPD |
Comprehensive System for Personnel Development |
| CSR |
Confidential Student Report |
| CTE |
Career and Technical Education |
| CTED |
Career and Technical Education for the Disabled |
| DADAP |
Drug and Alcohol Driving Awareness Program |
| DAEP |
Disciplinary Alternative Education Program |
| DAP |
Distinguished Achievement Program |
| DARS |
Texas Department of Assistive & Rehabilitative Services |
| DAS |
Data Analysis System |
| DATE |
District Awards for Teacher Excellence |
| DB |
DeafBlind |
| DIP |
District Improvement Plan |
| DOE |
Department of Education |
| DOJ |
Department of Justice |
| DPH |
Due Process Hearing |
| DSHS |
Texas Department of State Health Services |
| DVM |
Data Validation Monitoring |
| EBD |
Emotional Behavioral Disability (formerly ED) |
| ECI |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| ECO |
Early Childhood Outcomes |
| ED |
Economically Disadvantaged |
| ED |
Emotionally Disturbed |
| EDGAR |
Education Department General Administrative Regulations |
| EE |
Early Education |
| EEO |
Equal Educational Opportunity |
| EIA |
Emergency Impact Aid |
| EIS |
Early Intervention Services |
| ELA |
English Language Acquisition |
| ELAR |
English Language Arts and Reading |
| ELL |
English Language Learner |
| EMAT |
Educational Materials Online |
| EMO |
Educational Management Organization |
| ENAR |
CIT Needs Assessment and Evaluation |
| EOC |
Emergency Operations Center |
| EOC |
End-of-Course Assessment |
| ERCs |
Education Research Centers |
| ESC |
Education Service Center |
| ESEA |
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 |
| ESL |
English as a Second Language |
| ESY |
Extended School Year |
| ETAC |
Educational Technology Advisory Committee |
| ETCC |
Educational Technology Coordinating Council |
| FAPE |
Free Appropriate Public Education |
| FAR |
Financial Accountability System Resource Guide |
| FAY |
Full Academic Year |
| FBA |
Functional Behavioral Assessment |
| FCR |
Full Compliance Review |
| FDA |
Focused Data Analysis |
| FERPA |
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
| FIE |
Full and Individual Evaluation |
| FIRST |
Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas |
| FSP |
Foundation School Program |
| FTE |
Full Time Equivalent |
| FY |
Fiscal Year |
| GASB34 |
Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement no. 34 |
| GEAR UP |
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs |
| GED |
General Educational Development |
| GEH |
General Education Homebound |
| GEPA |
General Education Provisions Act |
| GPA |
Gold Performance Acknowledgment |
| GPA |
Grade Point Average |
| GPC |
Grade Placement Committee Forms |
| H |
Hispanic |
| HEP |
High School Equivalency Program |
| HERA |
Hurricane Education Recovery Act |
| HERC |
Higher Education Readiness Component |
| HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountabilitiy Act |
| HIPPY |
Home Instruction Program for Pre school Youngsters |
| HLS |
Home Language Survey |
| HO |
Hearing Officer |
| HOSTS |
Helping One Student to Succeed |
| HOUSSE |
High, Objective, Uniform State Standard of Evaluation |
| HQT |
Highly Qualified Teacher |
| HSS |
Horizontal Scale Score |
| HUB |
Historically Underutilized Business Opportunities |
| IASA |
Improving America's Schools Act of 1994, amends ESEA of 1965 |
| IB |
International Baccalaureate |
| ICA |
Initial Compliance Analysis |
| ICD - |
International Classification of Diseases |
| ICFG |
Investment Capital Fund Grant |
| ICR |
Initial Compliance Review |
| ID&R |
Identification and Recruitment |
| IDEA |
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act |
| IEE |
Independent Educational Evaluation |
| IEP |
Individualized Education Plan |
| IFM |
Integrated Funds Management |
| IFSP |
Individualized Family Services Plan |
| IHE |
Institution of Higher Education |
| ILD |
Instructional Leadership Development |
| InVEST |
Vendor Evaluation and Selection Tool |
| ISAM |
Intervention State and Activity Manager |
| ISS |
In-School Suspension |
| ITP |
Individual Transition Plan |
| JJAEP |
Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program |
| LAT |
Linguistically Accommodated Testing |
| LD |
Learning Disability |
| LD |
Learning Disabled |
| LDAA |
Locally Determined Alternative Assessment |
| LEA |
Local Education Agency (school district) |
| LEP |
Limited English Proficient |
| LEP |
Limited English Proficient |
| LOTE |
Languages Other Than English |
| LPAC |
Language Proficiency Assessment Committee |
| LRE |
Least Restrictive Environment |
| LUCHA |
Language Learners from the University of Texas Center for Hispanic Achievement |
| M1 |
Monitor 1 - One year after exit from LEP status |
| M2 |
Monitor 2 - Two years after exit from LEP status |
| MAC |
Medicaid Administrative Claiming |
| MD |
Multiple Disabilities |
| MDR |
Manifestation Determination Review |
| MEP |
Migrant Education Program |
| MOE |
Maintenance of Effort |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MR |
Mental Retardation |
| MRT |
Master Reading Teacher |
| MSR |
Minimum Size Requirements |
| MSRP |
Monitoring & State Improvement Planning Division |
| NAEP |
National Assessment of Educational Progress |
| NAL |
National Academic League |
| NCDS |
National Comparative Data Study |
| NCEO |
National Center on Educational Outcomes |
| NCES |
National Center for Education Statistics |
| NCLB |
No Child Left Behind |
| NDPC |
National Dropout Prevention Center |
| NGS |
New Generation System |
| NHR |
National Honor Roll |
| NHS |
National Honor Society |
| NMSC |
National Merit Scholarship Corporation |
| NOGA |
Notice of Grant Award |
| NPRM |
Notice of Proposed Rule Making |
| NR |
Not Rated |
| NSDC |
National Staff Development Council |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| NSLP |
National School Lunch Program |
| OCIO |
Office of the Chief Information Officer, US Dept. of Education |
| OCR |
Office for Civil Rights |
| OEYP |
Optional Extended Year Program |
| OFSDP |
Optional Flexible School Day Program |
| OFYP |
Optional Flexible School Year Program |
| OHI |
Other Health Impairment |
| OI |
Orthopedic Impairment |
| OI |
Orthopedic Impairment |
| OIG |
Office of the Inspector General, US Dept. of Education |
| OMB |
Office of Management & Budget |
| ORR |
Open Records Request |
| OSEP |
Office of Special Education Programs |
| OSS |
Out-of-school Suspension |
| PA |
Program Access |
| PAC |
Parent Advisory Committee |
| PACER |
Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights |
| PBIS |
Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports |
| PBM |
Performance Based Monitoring |
| PBMAS |
Performance Based Monitoring Analysis System |
| PBS |
Positive Behavior Support |
| PDAS |
Professional Development and Appraisal System |
| PE |
Physical Education |
| PEG |
Public Education Grant |
| PEIMS |
Public Education Information Management System |
| PEP |
Pregnancy, Education, and Parenting Programs |
| PER |
Program Effectiveness Review |
| PET |
PID Enrollment Tracking |
| PFAI |
Physical Fitness Assessment Initiative |
| PGA |
Perkins Grant Application |
| PID |
Personal Identification Database |
| PIL |
Parent Information Line |
| PIRTS |
Public Information Request Tracking System |
| PJSA |
Professional Judgment Special Analysis |
| PK |
Prekindergarten |
| PL |
Performance Level |
| PL |
Public Law (federal law) |
| PLA |
Persistently Low Achievement |
| PMI |
Program Monitoring and Interventions |
| PNL |
Parent Notification Letter |
| PPCD |
Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities |
| PRS |
Pregnancy Related Services |
| PSF |
Permanent School Fund |
| PSP |
Professional Service Provider |
| PTA |
Parent Teacher Association |
| QAD |
Qualifying Arrival Date |
| QIR |
Quarterly Implementation Report |
| QSCB |
Qualified School Construction Bond Program |
| QZAB |
Qualified Zone Academy Bond Program |
| RADA |
Refined Average Daily Attendance |
| RDSPD |
Regional Day School Programs for the Deaf |
| RFA |
Request for Application |
| RFI |
Request for Information |
| RFO |
Request for Offer |
| RFP |
Request for Proposal |
| RFQ |
Request for Qualifications |
| RHSP |
Recommended High School Program |
| RI |
Required Improvement |
| RLISP |
Rural Low Income School Program |
| ROPER |
Registry of Parent Educators Resources |
| RPTE |
Reading Proficiency Test in English |
| RTI |
Response to Intervention |
| SA |
State Agency |
| SAAC |
Student Assessment Advisory Committee |
| SAF |
Superintendent Approval Form |
| SAHE |
State Agency for Higher Education |
| SAS |
standard application system |
| SBEC |
State Board for Educator Certification |
| SBOE |
State Board of Education |
| SC |
School Choice |
| SCE |
State Compensatory Education |
| SDAA |
State-Developed Alternative Assessment |
| SDFSC |
Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities |
| SE |
Special Education |
| SEA |
State Education Agency (Texas Education Agency) |
| SEDL |
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory |
| SENS |
Statewide Education Notification System |
| SES |
Socio Economic Status |
| SES |
Supplemental Educational Services |
| SHARS |
School Health and Related Services |
| SI |
Speech or Language Impairment |
| SIFA |
Schools Interoperability Framework Association |
| SIG |
School Improvement Grants |
| SIOP |
Sheltered Instructional Observational Protocol |
| SIP |
School Improvement Program |
| SIRC |
School Improvement Resource Center |
| SLA/R |
Spanish Language Arts/Reading |
| SLP |
School Leaver Provision |
| SLR |
Student-Level Review |
| SPEARS |
Special Education Ad Hoc Reporting System |
| SPED |
Special Education |
| SPP |
State Performance Plan |
| SRC |
School Report Card |
| SRCS |
Texas School Ready Certification System |
| SRSA |
Small Rural School Achievement Program |
| SSA |
Shared Services Arrangement |
| SSI |
Student Success Initiative |
| SSW |
School Start Window |
| STAAR |
State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness |
| STaR |
School Technology and Readiness |
| SUCCESS |
Students Utilizing Curriculum Concepts for Succeeding in Society |
| TA&D Centers |
Technical Assistance & Dissemination Centers |
| TAAS |
Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (previous state assessment system) |
| TAC |
Texas Administrative Code (State Board of Education rules) |
| TAKS |
Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills |
| TAKS-A |
Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills-Accommodated |
| TAKS-Alt |
Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills-Alternate |
| TAKS-M |
Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills-Modified |
| TALA |
Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies |
| TANF |
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families |
| TAP |
Technical Assistance Provider |
| TARGET |
Technology Applications Readiness Grant for Empowering Texas |
| TASA |
Texas Association of School Administrators |
| TASB |
Texas Association of School Boards |
| TASSP |
Texas Association of Secondary School Principals |
| TAT |
Technical Assistance Team |
| TBEC |
Texas Business and Education Coalition |
| TBI |
Traumatic Brain Injury |
| TBSI |
Texas Behavior Supports Initiative |
| TCASE |
Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education |
| TCIP |
Texas Continuous Improvement Process |
| TCR |
Targeted Compliance Review |
| TDCARSI |
Texas Data Collection, Analysis and Reporting System Investigation Recommendations Report |
| TEA |
Texas Education Agency |
| TEAMS |
Texas Educating Adults Management System |
| TEASE |
Texas Education Agency Secure Environment |
| TEC |
Texas Education Code (state law) |
| TEEG |
Texas Educator Excellence Grant |
| TEEM |
Texas Early Education Model |
| TEKS |
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills |
| TELPAS |
Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System |
| TEPSA |
Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association |
| TETN |
Texas Education Telecommunication Network |
| TEX |
Texas Educator Exchange |
| TExES |
Texas Examinations of Educator Standards |
| TEXTEAMS |
Texas Teachers Empowered in Mathematics and Science |
| TGI |
Texas Growth Index |
| THECB |
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
| THEO |
Texas Homeless Education Office |
| TIMSS |
Third International Mathematics and Science Study |
| TIP |
Duke Talent Identification Program |
| TLI |
Texas Learning Index |
| TLP |
Turnaround Leader Program |
| TMHP |
Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership |
| TMIP |
Texas Migrant Interstate Program |
| TMSDS |
Texas Math and Science Diagnostic System |
| TOP |
Texas Observational Protocol |
| TPEIR |
Texas P16 Public Education Information Resource |
| TPIA |
Texas Public Information Act |
| TPM |
Texas Projection Measure |
| TPRI |
Texas Primary Reading Inventory |
| TPSW |
Texas Public Schools Week |
| TREx |
Texas Records Exchange System |
| TSBVI |
Texas School for the Visually Impaired |
| TSD |
Texas School for the Deaf |
| TSDS |
Texas Student Data System |
| TSI |
Texas Success Initiative |
| TSR |
Teacher Self Report |
| T-STEM |
Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math |
| TTIPS |
Texas Title I Priority Schools Grant |
| TWC |
Texas Workforce Commission |
| TxBESS |
Texas Beginning Educator Support System |
| TXCC |
Texas Comprehensive Center |
| TxPEP |
Principal Excellence Program |
| TxVSN |
Texas Virtual School Network |
| TYC |
Texas Youth Commission |
| UGMS |
Uniform Grant Management Standards |
| UIL |
University Interscholastic League |
| UMIRS |
Uniform Management Information Reporting System |
| USDE |
United States Department of Education |
| VI |
Visual impairment |
| VOE |
Verification of Enrollment |
| VR |
Vocational rehabilitation |
| VSS |
Vertical Scale Score |
| W |
White |
WADA
|
Weighted Average Daily Attendance |
| WebER |
Web Expenditure Reporting |
| WIA |
Workforce Investment Act |
| YRE |
Year-Round Education |