Donna Wade Dr. Thomas February 10, 2014 Acronym Assignment 1.

ADA-Americans with Disabilities act: prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accommodation, communications, and governmental activities. The ADA also establishes requirements for telecommunications relay services 2. ADD- Attention Deficit Disorder: is one of the most common childhood brain disorders and can continue through adolescence and adulthood. Symptoms include difficulty staying focused and paying attention, difficulty controlling behavior, and hyperactivity (over-activity).

3. ADHD-Attention Deficit with Hyperactivity Disorder: is one of the most common childhood brain disorders and can continue through adolescence and adulthood. Symptoms include difficulty staying focused and paying attention, difficulty controlling behavior, and hyperactivity (over-activity). 4. HOPE-Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally: is Georgia's unique scholarship and grant program that rewards students with financial assistance in degree, diploma, and certificate programs at eligible public and private colleges and universities and public technical colleges in Georgia. 5. AYP- Adequate Yearly Progress: is the measure by which schools, districts, and states are held accountable for student performance under Title I of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), the current version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. 6. PARCC- Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers: provide students, educators, policymakers and the public with the tools needed to identify whether students from grade 3 through high school are on track for postsecondary success and, critically, where gaps may exist and how they can be addressed well before students enter college or the workforce 7. EBD-Emotional and Behavioral Disorder: Inability to learn (cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors), Inability to develop or maintain interpersonal relationships, Inappropriate types of behaviors or feelings, Pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression,Physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problems

8. CRCT-Criterion Referenced Competency Test: is designed to measure how well students acquire the skills and knowledge described in the state mandated content standards in reading, English/language arts, mathematics, science and social studies. The assessments yield information on academic achievement at the student, class, school, system, and state levels. This information is used to diagnose individual student strengths and weaknesses as related to the instruction of the state standards, and to gauge the quality of education throughout Georgia. 9. EOCT- End of Course Test: end-of-course assessments for core courses to be determined by the Board. The EOCTs serve as a student's final exam in the associated course. With educator input, and State Board approval. 10. ELL- English Language Learner: a linguistically and culturally diverse (LCD) student who has an overall English Language Proficiency (ELP) level of 1-4 on the ACCESS for ELLs test administered each year. 11. FTE-Full Time Equivalent: The ratio of the total number of paid hours during a period (part time, full time, contracted) by the number of working hours in that period Mondays through Fridays. 12. FAPE-Free Appropriate Public Education: mandates that school districts provide access to general education and specialized educational services. It also requires that children with disabilities receive support free of charge as is provided to non-disabled students. It also provides access to general education services for children with disabilities by encouraging that support and related services be provided to children in their general education settings as much as possible 13. NEA-National Education Association: the nation's largest professional employee organization, is committed to advancing the cause of public education. NEA's 3 million members work at every level of educationfrom pre-school to university graduate programs. NEA has affiliate organizations in every state and in more than 14,000 communities across the United States. 14. GaDOE-GA Department Of Education: The Department of Education located in Georgia. Has jurisdiction over the state. 15. NAEP-National Assessment of Educational Progress: is the largest nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas 16. AR-Accelerated Reader: is a progress monitoring software assessment in wide use by primary and secondary schools for monitoring the practice of reading. 17. GKIDS-Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills: is a year-long, performance based assessment

18. RT3-Race to the Top: is a $4B federal fund through the US Department of Education that provides competitive grants to states 19. GTDRI-Georgia Teacher Duties and Responsibilities Instrument: The purpose of the Georgia Teacher Duties and Responsibilities Instrument (GTDRI) is to describe the expectations for teachers in addition to the teaching tasks outlined in the GTOI 20. GTEP-Georgia Teachers Evaluation Program: was developed in response to the Quality Basic Education (QBE) Act. The QBE Act requires that all personnel employed by local units of administration (LUA) shall have their performance evaluated annually by appropriately trained evaluators 21. CCGPS- Common Core Georgia Performance Standards: adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in English language arts and mathematics for grades K-12. These state-led academic standards were initiated by the National Governors Association (NGA), co-chaired by Governor Sonny Perdue, and the Council of Chief State School Officers CCSSO). The CCSS for grades K-12 were developed in collaboration with a variety of stakeholders including content experts, states, teachers, school administrators and parents. 22. IDEA-Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: is a United States federal law that governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education, and related services to children with disabilities. It addresses the educational needs of children with disabilities from birth to age 18 or 21[1][2] in cases that involve 14 specified categories of disability. 23. IEP-Individualized Educational Program: designed for one student and must be a truly individualized document. The IEP creates an opportunity for teachers, parents, school administrators, related services personnel and students (when appropriate) to work together to improve educational results for children with disabilities. The IEP is the cornerstone of a quality education for each child with a disability 24. SLD-Specific Learning Disability: a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, that may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell or to do mathematical calculations, including conditions such as perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia and developmental aphasia. The term does not include learning problems that are primarily the result of visual, hearing or motor disabilities, of mental retardation, of emotional disturbance, or of environmental, cultural or economic disadvantage. 25. HOTS/LOTS-Higher/Lower Order Thinking Skills: a notion that students must master the lower level skills before they can engage in higher order thinking. 26. UBD-Understanding By Design: is a tool utilized for educational planning focused on "teaching for understanding"

27. ISS-In-School Suspension: a behavioral consequence for students based on the RCSD code of conduct and sections 3214 and 2801 of educational law. 28. NAEYC- National Association for the Education of Young Children: the world's largest organization working on behalf of young children with nearly 80,000 members, a national network of more than 300 state and local Affiliates, and a growing global alliance of like-minded organizations. 29. LRE-Least Restrictive Environment: a student who has a disability should have the opportunity to be educated with non-disabled peers, to the greatest extent appropriate. They should have access to the general education curriculum, or any other program that non-disabled peers would be able to access. The student should be provided with supplementary aids and services necessary to achieve educational goals if placed in a setting with non-disabled peers 30. SAT-Scholastic Aptitude Test: the nation's most widely used college admission exam 31. MoID- Moderate Intellectual Disability: a low IQ score (36-51 in general) in addition to one or more physical or neurological abnormalities. 32. NBC-National Board Certification: Certification that allows you to teach anywhere in the country regardless of state requirements. 33. NCLB-No Child Left Behind: a United States Act of Congress that is a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which included Title I, the government's flagship aid program for disadvantaged students. NCLB supports standards-based education reform based on the premise that setting high standards and establishing measurable goals can improve individual outcomes in education. 34. PAGE- Professional Association of Georgia Teachers: provides educators with professional learning that enhances their competence, confidence and leadership skills, leading to higher academic achievement for students, while providing the best in membership, legislative and legal services and support. 35. PSC-Professional Standards Commission: responsible for providing a regulatory system for "certifying and classifying" professional employees in public schools. 36. TKES/LKES- Teachers/Leaders Key Effectiveness System: developed on behalf of the Georgia Department of Education to assist with implementation of Georgias Race to the Top (RT3) plan 37. QBE-Quality Basic Education: The requirements include a statewide basic curriculum, quality educational programs, sufficient and equitable financing, improved statewide performance standards, improved status and rewards for teaching, quality professional development and incentive programs, resources for continuous program improvement, complete and timely information for parents and the general public, appropriate facilities and equal access to a quality education program for all students.

38. QCC- Quality Core Curriculum: a curriculum in which all or some of the subjects or courses are based on a central theme in order to correlate the subjects and the theme. 39. RESA- Regional Educational Service Agency: provides a broad spectrum of services and support to a regions school districts aimed at improving student achievement and maximizing economies of scale in staff development, purchasing, and administrative services. 40. SACS-Southern Association of College and Schools: one of the six regional accreditation organizations recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. This agency accredits over 13,000 public and private educational institutions ranging from preschool to college level in the Southern United States 41. ESEA-Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Also called the no child left behind act. See #34 42. BOE-Board of Education: A body of board members that oversee all actions in a specific state or school district or county. 43. SST-Student Study Team: s a school site team that includes the parent and the student in a positive, problem-solving intervention process. It assists students by ensuring that the school and community are doing everything possible to make students school lives successful. 44. SWD-Students with Disabilities: Any age student who has any type of physical or mental disability. 45. TRS- Teachers Retirement System: A defined benefit plan. 46. STEM- Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics: A program dedicated to focusing on these four groups of classes. 47. NEA-National Education Association: See #13 48. FERPA-Family Education Rights and Privacy Acts: prohibits a school from disclosing personally identifiable information from students education records without the consent of a parent or eligible student, unless an exception to FERPAs general consent rule applies. 49. RTI-Response to Intervention: a process that schools can use to help children who are struggling academically or behaviorally. 50. GAE- Georgia Association of Educators: An association that the teachers in the state of Georgia belong to. A branch of the NEA.