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21st CCLC
|
21st Century Community Learning Centers
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AAA
|
Arkansas Activities Association
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|
AA-AAS
|
Alternate Assessment based on Alternate Achievement Standards
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|
AAEA
|
Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators
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AAHE
|
American Association for Higher Education
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AAIMS
|
Arkansas Advanced Initiative for Math and Science
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AAPT
|
Arkansas Association of Pupil Transportation
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|
AASA
|
American Association of School Administrators
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AASBO
|
Arkansas Association of School Business Officials
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AASCD
|
Arkansas Association of Supervisors of Curriculum Development
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AASIS
|
Arkansas Administrative Statewide Information System
|
|
AAT
|
ADE Acronym Translator
|
|
ABC
|
Arkansas Better Chance
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AC
|
Alliance Coordination
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ACCR
|
Advisory Committee on College Career Readiness
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ACE
|
American Council on Education
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ACE
|
Assesment Corrections Engine
|
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ACGRS
|
ADE Cohort Graduation Rates System
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ACM
|
ADE Commissioner's Memo
|
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ACSIP
|
Arkansas Comprehensive School Improvement Plan
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ACT
|
ACT (formerly the American College Testing Program)
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ACTAAP
|
Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment and Accountability Program
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ACTS
|
Arkansas Course Transfer System
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ADA
|
Average Daily Attendance Arkansas
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ADC
|
ADE Data Center
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ADC
|
ADE Data Center
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ADE
|
Arkansas Department of Education
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ADHE
|
Arkansas Department of Higher Education
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ADM
|
Average Daily Membership
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|
ADP
|
America Diploma Project
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ADPSAFT
|
Arkansas Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation
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|
ADTracker
|
Assessment Division Tracker
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ADWS
|
Arkansas Department of Workforce Services
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|
AEA
|
Arkansas Education Association
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AEEN
|
Arkansas Exemplary Educators Network
|
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AEETT
|
Arkansas Education to Employment Tracking and Trends Initiative
|
|
AEI
|
ADE Employees Intranet
|
|
AELS
|
Arkansas Educator Licensure System
|
|
AERA
|
American Education Research Association
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|
AESAA
|
Arkansas Educational Support and Accountability Act
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AETN
|
Arkansas Educational Television Network
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|
AFRB
|
Award Fee Review Board
|
|
AFT
|
American Federation of Teachers
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|
AIP
|
Academic Improvement Plan
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AIR
|
American Institutes for Research
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ALA
|
Arkansas Leadership Academy
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ALE
|
Alternative Learning Environment
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|
ALP
|
Additional Licensure Plan
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ALS
|
Achievement-level Setting
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AMO
|
Annual Measurable Objective
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AP
|
Advanced Placement
|
|
APR
|
Annual Performance Report
|
|
APSCN
|
Arkansas Public School Computer Network
|
|
AQL
|
ADE Quick Links
|
|
ARP
|
American Rescue Plan Act
|
|
ARRA
|
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
|
|
ASBA
|
Arkansas School Boards Association
|
|
ASES
|
Assessing Special Education Students
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ASP
|
Active Server Pages
|
|
ASVAB
|
Armed Service Vocational Aptitude Battery
|
|
ATOY
|
Arkansas Teacher of the Year
|
|
ATRS
|
Arkansas Teacher Retirement System
|
|
ATSI
|
additional targetd support and improvement
|
|
AYP
|
Adequate Yearly Progress
|
|
BIB
|
Balanced Incomplete Block (PBIB adds “partially”)
|
|
BMI
|
Body Mass Index
|
|
CADE
|
Computer Assisted Data Entry
|
|
CARES
|
Coronavirus Aid Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act
|
|
CCB
|
Change Control Board
|
|
CCD
|
Common Core of Data
|
|
CCR
|
College Career Readiness
|
|
CCSS
|
Common Core State Standards
|
|
CCSSO
|
Council of Chief State School Officers
|
|
CELA
|
National Research and Development Center on English Learning and Achievement
|
|
CELT
|
Center for Educational Leadership and Technology
|
|
CGI
|
Cognitively Guided Instruction
|
|
CMO
|
Charter Management Organization
|
|
CO
|
Contracting Officer
|
|
CoP
|
Community of Practice
|
|
COR
|
Contracting Officer’s Representative
|
|
COTS
|
Commercial-Off-The-Shelf
|
|
CRC
|
Content Review Committees
|
|
CRM
|
Customer Relations Management
|
|
CRRSA
|
Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act
|
|
CRT
|
Criterion Referenced Test
|
|
CS
|
Contracting Specialist
|
|
CSI
|
comprehensive support and improvement
|
|
CTAG
|
Closing The Achievement Gap
|
|
CTE
|
Career Technical Education
|
|
CV
|
Coefficient of Variation
|
|
DAC
|
Design and Analysis Committee
|
|
DAR
|
Design, Analysis, and Reporting
|
|
DARTSS
|
Differentiated Accountability, Recognition and Targeted Support System
|
|
DC
|
District conversion public charter school
|
|
DDESS
|
Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools (see also DoDDS)
|
|
DECA
|
Distributive Education Clubs of America
|
|
DESE
|
Division of Elementary and Secondary Education
|
|
DESI
|
Direct Estimation Software Interactive
|
|
DF&A
|
Department of Finance and Administration
|
|
DHS
|
Department of Human Services
|
|
DIBELS
|
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills
|
|
DIF
|
Differential item functioning
|
|
DIS
|
Department of Information Systems
|
|
DoDDS
|
Department of Defense Dependents Schools (Overseas) (see also DDESS)
|
|
DoDEA
|
Department of Defense Education Administration
|
|
DQC
|
Data Quality Campaign
|
|
DRB
|
Disclosure Review Board
|
|
DWE
|
Division of Workforce Education, now known as Arkansas Department of Career Education (ACE)
|
|
EAST
|
Environmental and Spatial Technology
|
|
EBSR
|
Evidence-Based Selected Response
|
|
ECD
|
Evidence-Centered Design
|
|
ECLS
|
Early Childhood Longitudinal Study
|
|
ECM
|
Extending Children’s Mathematics
|
|
ECPIC
|
Electronic Capitol Planning and Investment Control System
|
|
ED
|
U.S. Department of Education
|
|
EFT
|
Electronic Funds Transfer
|
|
EIMAC
|
Education Information Management Advisory Consortium (of CCSSO)
|
|
EL
|
English Learner
|
|
ELA
|
English Language Arts
|
|
ELAP
|
English Language Acquisition Plan
|
|
ELC
|
Educator Leader Cadre
|
|
ELL
|
English language learner (see also LEP)
|
|
EMO
|
Educational Management Organization
|
|
EOC
|
End-of-Course
|
|
EOY
|
End of Year Assessment
|
|
EQuIP
|
Educators Evaluating Quality Instructional Products
|
|
ERIC
|
Educational Resources Information Center
|
|
ERZ
|
Educational Renewal Zone
|
|
ESEA
|
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
|
|
ESOL
|
English for Speakers of Other Languages
|
|
ESSA
|
Every Student Succeeds Act
|
|
ESSA
|
Every Student Succeeds Act
|
|
ESSER
|
Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund
|
|
ETS
|
Educational Testing Service
|
|
FAPE
|
Free and Appropriate Public Education
|
|
FAQ
|
Frequently Asked Questions
|
|
FAR
|
Federal Acquisition Regulation
|
|
FDO
|
Fee Determining Official
|
|
FDR
|
False Discovery Rate
|
|
FERPA
|
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
|
|
FGM
|
Federal Grants Management
|
|
FLEP
|
Former Limited English Proficient
|
|
FOIA
|
Freedom of Information Act
|
|
FTE
|
Full-time Equivalent
|
|
FY
|
Fiscal Year
|
|
GAO
|
U.S. Government Accountability Office
|
|
GMR
|
Government Micro Resources, Inc. (also GMRI)
|
|
GPC
|
General Partial Credit
|
|
GPO
|
Government Printing Office
|
|
GT
|
Gifted and Talented
|
|
HB
|
House Bill
|
|
HCR
|
House Concurrent Resolution
|
|
HIPPY
|
Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters
|
|
HJR
|
House Joint Resolution
|
|
HOBY
|
Hugh O'Brian Youth (Leadership Seminar)
|
|
HQT
|
Highly Qualified Teacher
|
|
HRS
|
High Reliability Schools
|
|
HSTS
|
High School Transcript Study
|
|
IAEP
|
International Assessment of Educational Progress
|
|
IB
|
International Baccalaureate
|
|
ICLF
|
Implementing a Comprehensive Literacy Framework
|
|
ICT
|
Interactive Computer Task
|
|
ID
|
Item Development
|
|
IDEA
|
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
|
|
IEP
|
Individualized Education Program
|
|
IES
|
Institute of Education Sciences
|
|
IMO
|
Interim Measurable Objective
|
|
IMS
|
Integrated Management System (for NAEP staff archiving, collaboration)
|
|
IMT
|
Information Management Team (of the Department of Education)
|
|
INA
|
Information Network of Arkansas
|
|
IRA
|
International Reading Association
|
|
IRC
|
Interdepartmental Relations Committee
|
|
ITDS
|
Item Tracking and Development System
|
|
LEA
|
Local Education Agency
|
|
LEADS
|
Leader Excellence and Development System
|
|
LEP
|
Limited-English-Proficient (see also ELL)
|
|
LRE
|
Least Restrictive Environment
|
|
LTT
|
Long-Term Trend
|
|
M&O
|
Maintenance and Operation
|
|
M&R
|
Marketing and Redistribution
|
|
MDPS
|
Materials Distribution, Preparation, and Scoring
|
|
MMLE
|
Marginal Maximum Likelihood Estimates
|
|
MOE
|
Maintenance of Effort
|
|
MOEquity
|
Maintenance of Equity
|
|
MOU
|
Memorandum of Understanding
|
|
NAE
|
National Academy of Education
|
|
NAEP
|
National Assessment of Educational Progress
|
|
NAGB
|
National Assessment Governing Board (may be referred as “the Governing Board”)
|
|
NAIS
|
National Association of Independent Schools
|
|
NAS
|
National Academy of Sciences
|
|
NASBE
|
National Association of State Boards of Education
|
|
NBCT
|
National Board Certified Teachers
|
|
NCES
|
National Center for Education Statistics
|
|
NCLB
|
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
|
|
NCSC
|
National Center and State Collaborative
|
|
NCSS
|
National Council for Social Studies
|
|
NCTE
|
National Council of Teachers of English
|
|
NCTM
|
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
|
|
NDE
|
NAEP Data Explorer
|
|
NEA
|
National Education Association
|
|
NEGP
|
National Education Goals Panel
|
|
NELS
|
National Education Longitudinal Study
|
|
NESSI
|
NAEP Education Statistics Services Institute
|
|
NGSS
|
Next Generation Science Standards
|
|
NIES
|
National Indian Education Study
|
|
NIT
|
NAEP Incident Tracker
|
|
NMSI
|
National Math and Science Initiative
|
|
NORMES
|
National Office for Research on Measurement and Evaluation Systems
|
|
NPTS
|
NAEP Project Tracking System
|
|
NRC
|
National Research Council
|
|
NSBA
|
National School Boards Association
|
|
NSF
|
National Science Foundation
|
|
NSLA
|
National School Lunch Act Funding
|
|
NSLP
|
National School Lunch Program
|
|
NSPRA
|
National School Public Relations Association
|
|
NTOY
|
National Teacher of the Year
|
|
NTT
|
NAEP Task Tracking System
|
|
NVS
|
NAEP Validity Studies
|
|
OARS
|
On-line Activity Reporting System
|
|
OBEMLA
|
Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs
|
|
OCR
|
Office of Civil Rights
|
|
OCSS
|
Office of Coordinated Support and Service
|
|
ODBC
|
Open Database Connectivity
|
|
OE
|
Open enrollment public charter school
|
|
OERI
|
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (now IES)
|
|
OFCCP
|
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
|
|
OIE
|
Office of Innovation for Education
|
|
OMB
|
Office of Management and Budget
|
|
OSEP
|
Office of Special Education Programs
|
|
PARCC
|
Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers
|
|
PBA
|
Performance-Based Assessment
|
|
PBTS
|
Project Budget Tracking System
|
|
PCR
|
Prose Constructed Response
|
|
PCTS
|
Public Communication Tracking System (for NAEP)
|
|
PD
|
Professional Development
|
|
PIL
|
Process Improvement Log
|
|
PIP
|
Priority Improvement Plan
|
|
PLC
|
Professional Learning Community
|
|
PLDs
|
Performance-Level Descriptors
|
|
PLP
|
Professional Learning Plan
|
|
PLSB
|
Professional Licensure Standards Board
|
|
PODS
|
Publication, Outreach and Dissemination
|
|
PRAIISE
|
Project ACHIEVE Implementation Integrity Self-Evaluation
|
|
PSA
|
Public School Accountability
|
|
PSU
|
Primary Sampling Unit
|
|
QASP
|
Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan
|
|
QC
|
Quality Control
|
|
QCT
|
Quality Control Team (for NAEP)
|
|
R.I.S.E.
|
Reading Initiative for Student Excellence
|
|
RDA
|
Results Driven Accountability
|
|
REC
|
Regional Educational Cooperatives
|
|
RFP
|
Request for Proposal
|
|
RITS
|
Report Inquiry Tracking System
|
|
ROI
|
Return on Investment
|
|
RTI
|
Response to Intervention
|
|
SASS
|
Schools and Staffing Survey
|
|
SBE
|
State Board of Education
|
|
SCASS ASES
|
State Collaborative Assessment and Student Standards Assessing Special Education Students Students with Disabilities
|
|
SD
|
Students with Disabilities
|
|
SDC
|
Sampling and Data Collection
|
|
SE
|
Standard Error
|
|
SEA
|
State Educational Agency
|
|
SES
|
Supplementary Educational Services
|
|
SES
|
Socio-Economic Status
|
|
SES
|
Supplemental Educational Services
|
|
SFA
|
Standards for Accreditation (tool)
|
|
SIMR
|
State Identified Measurable Result
|
|
SoW
|
SoW Stat of the Week (NAEP home page)
|
|
SOW
|
Statement of Work
|
|
SPDG
|
Staff Personnel Development Grant
|
|
SPM
|
Strategic Performance Management
|
|
SPP
|
State Performance Plan
|
|
SPSS
|
Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
|
|
SPTS
|
State Participation Tracking System
|
|
SQSS
|
School Quality and Student Success
|
|
SREB
|
Southern Regional Education Board
|
|
SRSA
|
Small Rural School Achievement
|
|
SSC
|
State Service Center
|
|
SSIP
|
State Systemic Improvement Plan
|
|
SSOS
|
Statewide System of Support
|
|
STEM
|
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
|
|
STW
|
School-to-Work
|
|
SVG
|
Scalable vector graphics
|
|
SWD
|
Students With Disabilities
|
|
TAGG
|
Targeted Achievement Group Gap
|
|
TBA
|
Technology-Based Assessment project
|
|
TDW
|
Technical Documents on the Web
|
|
TECR
|
Technology-Enhanced Constructed Response
|
|
TEIs
|
Technology-Enhanced Items
|
|
TESS
|
Teacher Excellence and Support System
|
|
TFA
|
Teach for America
|
|
TICAL
|
Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership
|
|
TIMSS
|
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (used to be Third International Mathematics and Science Study)
|
|
TIP
|
Targeted Improvement Plan
|
|
TO
|
Task Order
|
|
TOC
|
Task Order Component
|
|
TOY
|
Teacher of the Year
|
|
TR-1
|
Travel Reimbursement Form
|
|
TRE
|
(Problem Solving in) Technology-Rich Environment (NAEP)
|
|
TSA
|
Trial State Assessment (NAEP state assessments in 1990, 1992, 1994)
|
|
TSDL
|
Teacher Student Data Link
|
|
TSI
|
targeted support and improvement
|
|
TUDA
|
Trial Urban District Assessment
|
|
UbD
|
Understanding by Design
|
|
UDL
|
Universal Design for Learning
|
|
USDA
|
U. S. Department of Agriculture
|
|
USDOE
|
U. S. Department of Education
|
|
USED
|
U. S. Department of Education
|
|
USSYP
|
United States Senate Youth Program
|
|
WebCMS
|
Web Content Management System for NAEP
|
|
WOM
|
Web Operations and Maintenance
|
|
WR
|
Work Request
|
|
WTCCB
|
Web/Technology Change Control Board (also referred to as CCB)
|