AA Affirmative Action
ABC Across the Board Cut
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
ADD Attention-Deficit Disorder
ADHD Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
AEA Area Education Agency
AIG Annual Improvement Goal
AMO Annual Measurable Objective
AP Advanced Placement (high school courses)
APR Annual Progress Report
ASCD Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
AT Assistive Technology
AYP Adequate Yearly Progress
BEDS Basic Educational Data Survey
BIP Behavior Intervention Plan
BOEE Board of Educational Examiners
BRI Basic Reading Inventory
BT Building Tomorrow Survey
CBA Curriculum Based Assessment
CBE Curriculum Based Evaluation
CBM Curriculum Based Measurement
CD Compact Disc
CFA Common Formative Assessment
CGI Cognitively Guided Instruction
CH 12 Iowa Code – Accreditation Standards for Public & Non-Public Schools
CIA Career Interest Academy
CIA Curriculum Instruction Assessment
CIP Continuous Improvement Process
CPI Competent Private Instruction
CSD Community School District
CSIP Comprehensive School Improvement Plan
CTE Career and Technical Education
CVP Cedar Valley Promise
DCDP District Career Development Plan (Professional Development)
DDDM Data Driven Decision Making
DDISD District Developed Instructional Service Delivery Systems
DDL Data Driven Leadership
DE Iowa Department of Education
DHS Department of Human Services
DIBELS Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills
DINA District in Need of Assistance
DOT Department of transportation (driver’s ed.)
DRA Developmental Reading Assessment
DWA District-Wide Assessment
E2T2 Enhancing Education Through Technology
ECE Early Childhood Education
ECR Every Child Reads
ECSE Early Childhood Special Education
EEO Equal Employment Opportunity
EHC2 Exploring Health Careers Consortium
EI Eligible Individual
EIS Effective Instructional Strategies
EIT Excellence in Teaching (class for teachers)
ELDA English Language Development Assessment
ELL English Language Learner
ELP Enriched Learning Program- Gifted
EMC2 Exploring Manufacturing Careers Consortium
E-rate Universal Service Fund for Schools and Libraries
ESC Education Service Center
ESL English as a Second Language (programming model)
ESYS Extended School Year Services
ETP Early Talent Program (high schools and John Deere)
ETS Effective Teaching Strategies
FA Formative Assessment
FAPE Free Appropriate Public Education
FAY Full Academic Year
FBA Functional Behavioral Assessment
FCS Family Consumer Science
FERPA Family Education Rights Privacy Act
FINE First in the Nation in Education
FINO Failure is not an Option
FRL Free and Reduced Lunch
FRN A Funding Request Number
FTP File Transfer Protocol
GBPAC Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center
GE Grade Equivalent
GED General Equivalency Diploma
GEI General Education Intervention
GRR Gradual Release of Responsibility
GTT Gateway To Technology (middle school engineering)
H1N1 Type of Influenza Strand
HCC Hawkeye Community College
HH Hospital Homebound
HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act
HR Human resources
HSAP Home School Assistance Program
HSCI High School Continuous Improvement
IAA Iowa Alternate Assessment
IAAE Iowa Association of Alternative Education
IACTE Iowa Association of Career and Technical Education
IASB Iowa Association of School Boards
IASBO Iowa Association of School Business Officials
IASCD Iowa Association of Supervision & Curriculum Development
IBEA Iowa Business Education Association
ICAM Iowa Collaborative Assessment Modules (assessment tools)
ICC Iowa Core Curriculum
ICDP Individual Career Development Plan
ICN Iowa Communications Network
IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IDM Instructional Decision Making Model
IEP Individual Education Program
IGE Iowa Grade Equivalent
IHP Individualized Health Plan
IJAG Iowa Jobs for America?s Graduates
IMS Information Management System
IMSEP Iowa Math and Science Education Partnership
IP (address) Internet Protocol (network number asked for by tech dept when troubleshooting)
IPDM Iowa Professional Development Model
IPERS Iowa Public Employees Retirement System
IPR Iowa Percentile Ranks
IPTV Iowa Public Television
ISEA Iowa State Education Association
ISLLC Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium
ISP Internet Service Provider
ISS Iowa Standard Score
ISTA Iowa Science Teachers Association
ISU Iowa State University
IT Industrial Technology
IT Information Technology
ITAP Iowa Technical Adequacy Project
ITBS Iowa Test of Basic Skills
ITED Iowa Test of Educational Development
JA Junior Achievement
JCS Juvenile Court System
KU University of Kansas Strategies and Content Enhancement
LAN Local Area Network
LAS Language Assessment Scale
LEA Local Education Association (school district)
LEP Limited English Proficiency
LRE Least Restrictive Environment
MAP Measures of Academic Progress Testing
MCGF Multicultural Gender Fair
McREL Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning
MSDS Material Supply Data Sheet
NAEP National Assessment of Educational Progress
NCE Normal Curve Equivalent
NCES National Center for Education Statistics
NCLB No Child Left Behind
NEA National Education Association
NGE National Grade Equivalent
NPR National Percentile Ranks
NSBA National School Board Association
NSS National Standard Score
NSTA National Science Teachers Association
NWEA Northwest Evaluation Association
OCR Office of Civil Rights
OS Operating System
OSEP Office of Special Education Programs
OSERS Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services
OT Occupational Therapist
P & A Iowa Protection and Advocacy
PAT Performance Assessment Task
PBDA Performance Based Diploma Academy
PBS Positive Behavior Supports or PBIS Positive Behavior Intervention Supports
PD Professional Development
PE Physical Education
PI Parent Involvement
PIE Partners in Education
PIRC Parent Involvement Resource Center
PLC Professional Learning Communities
PLE Plato Learning Environment (on-line learning)
PLTW Project Lead the Way (engineering courses)
PO Purchase Order
POS Program of Studies
PPEL Physical Plant and Equipment Levy Grant
PR Percentile Ranks
PSEO Post Secondary Education Option Act
PSY Psychologist
PT Physical Therapist
PTO/PTA Parent Teacher Organization or Parent Teacher
Association
PWIM Picture Word Inductive Model
QA Quality Assurance
QAR Question Answer Relationship
QPPS Quality Preschool Program Standards
QPVI Quality Programs for Students with Visual Impairments
R4 Rigor, Relevance, Relationships & Reflection
R & D Research & Development
RFP Request for Proposal
RFQ Request For Quotation
RIOT Review, Interview, Observe, Test/Assess
RN Registered Nurse
ROM Read-Only Memory
RR Reading Recovery
RSVP Retired Senior Volunteer Program
RTI Response to Intervention
SAI School Administrators of Iowa
SBR Scientifically Based Research
SBRC School Budget Review Committee
SBRI Scientifically Based Reading Instruction
SBRR Scientifically Based Reading Research
SCR Second Chance Reading (help for struggling MS/HS learners w/reading)
SEA State Education Agency
SEP Summer Enrichment Program
SES Social Economic Status
SES Supplemental Educational Services
SIAC School Improvement Advisory Committee
SINA Schools in Need of Assistance
SIOP Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol
SIP School Improvement Plan
SIS Student Information System
SLC Smaller Learning Communities
SLP Speech-Language Pathologist
SP Service Provider
SPED Special education
SPIN A unique nine-digit number for service providers after submitting Form 473
SS Standard Score
SSDI Social Security Disability Income (federal program)
SSI Supplemental Security Income (federal program)
SSW School Social Worker
STEM Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
SWRT Statewide Reading Team
TAG Talented and Gifted Students Program
TAP Transition Alliance Program
TDD-TTY Telecommunication Device for the Deaf
TESOL Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
TITLE I Supplemental Service for Eligible Children in
Reading and Math
TITLE XIX Section of Fed. Social Security Act relating to medical serv. for low income families w/special needs
TSA Tax Sheltered Annuity
UEN Urban Education Network
UNI University of Northern Iowa
USAC Universal Service Administrative Company
USF Universal Service Fund – discounts to telecommunications carriers
VNC Virtual Network Computing (tech department refers to this when connecting to staff computers remotely. ?Look for the VNC icon in the lower right hand corner of your computer?)
Voc Rehab Vocational Rehabilitation
VOD Video on Demand
VPN Virtual Private Network
VT Voluntary Transfer
WAN Wide Area Network
WASA Waterloo Association of School Administrators
WCS Waterloo Community Schools
WCSD Waterloo Community School District
WEA Waterloo Education Association
WEBC Waterloo Education and Behavioral Center
WEC Work Experience Coordinator
WEF Weighted Enrollment Factor
WESP Waterloo Education Support Personnel
WISC Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
WPN Written Prior Notice
WWW Wor
