ACRONYM |
TERM |
ABCs |
ABCs Accountability Program |
ACRE |
Accountability and Curriculum Reform Effort |
AIG |
Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted |
AIR |
American Institutes for Research |
ALD |
Advanced Learning Division |
AMO |
Annual Measurable Objectives |
APR |
Annual Performance Report |
ARCC |
Appalachian Regional Comprehensive Center |
ASD |
Accountability Services Division |
ASRC |
Academic Standards Review Commission |
ASW |
Analysis of Student Work |
AYP |
Adequate Yearly Progress |
BUDS |
Budget Utilization Development System |
CCIP |
Comprehensive Continuous Improvement Plan |
CCP |
Career and College Promise |
CCSS |
Common Core State Standards |
CCSSO |
Council of Chief State School Officers |
CDM |
Credit by Demonstrated Mastery |
CFDC |
Consolidated Federal Data Collection System |
CIHS |
Cooperative Innovative High Schools |
CII |
Center for Innovation and Improvement |
CNA |
Comprehensive Needs Assessment |
COE |
Certificate of Eligibility |
COP |
Committee of Practitioners |
CSI |
Comprehensive Support and Improvement |
CTE |
Career & Technical Education |
DMG |
Data Management Group |
DSSF |
Disadvantaged Student Supplemental Funding |
DST |
District and School Transformation |
ECD |
Exceptional Children Division |
ECS |
Extended Content Standards |
EE |
Educator Effectiveness |
EDDIE |
Educational Directory and Demographical Information Exchange |
EDS |
Economically Disadvantaged Students |
EL |
English Learners |
ELL |
English Language Learners |
ELA |
English Language Arts |
ELP |
English Language Proficiency |
ELD |
English Language Development |
EOG |
End-of-Grade |
ERD |
Educator Recruitment and Development |
ESEA |
Elementary and Secondary Education Act |
ESL |
English as a Second Language |
ESSA |
Every Student Succeeds Act |
EVAAS |
Education Value-Added Assessment System |
ExC-ELL |
Expediting Comprehension for English Language Learners |
FFC |
Framework for Change |
FPMS |
Federal Program Monitoring and Support |
FR-OCS |
Future Ready Occupational Course of Study |
GETC |
Governor’s Education Transformation Commission |
IBAS |
Integrated Behavior and Academic Support |
IEP |
Individualized Education Program |
IHE |
Institute of Higher Education |
IIS |
Instructional Improvement System |
JLEOC |
Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee |
KUCRL |
University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning |
LEA |
Local Educational Agency |
LEASA |
Local Educational Agency Self-Assessment |
LEP |
Limited English Proficiency |
LIEP |
Language Instructional Education Program |
McREL |
Mid-continent Research Education Laboratory |
MDC |
Master Data Calendar |
MET |
Measuring Effective Teaching |
MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
MOOC |
Massive Open Online Course |
MSL |
Measures of Student Learning |
MTSS |
Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports |
NCAE |
NC Association of Educators |
NCDPI |
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction |
NCEES |
North Carolina Educator Evaluation System |
NCEXTEND1 |
North Carolina Alternate Assessment |
NCGA |
North Carolina General Assembly |
NCMEP |
North Carolina Migrant Education Program |
NCPAPA |
NC Principals and Assistant Principals Association |
NC SCoS |
North Carolina Standard Course of Study |
NCSIP |
North Carolina State Improvement Project |
NCVPS |
North Carolina Virtual Public School |
NGA |
National Governors Association |
NICHD |
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development |
OCS |
Occupational Course of Study |
OCT |
Observation Calibration Tool |
OSEP |
Office of Special Education Programs |
PANC |
Personnel Administrators of North Carolina |
PARCC |
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers |
PBIS |
Positive Behavior Intervention and Support |
PFS |
Priority for Services |
PLC |
Professional Learning Community |
PQRs |
Program Quality Reviews |
PTC |
Peer Tutoring Center |
RBT |
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy |
READY |
College and Career Ready, Set, Go! |
RESAs |
Regional Education Service Alliances |
RLIS |
Rural and Low-Income Schools |
RtI |
Responsiveness to Instruction |
RttT |
Race to the Top |
SBAC |
SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium |
SBE |
State Board of Education |
SCOS |
Standard Course of Study |
SEA |
State Educational Agency |
SERVE |
SERVE Center at UNC-Greensboro |
SHAC |
School Health Advisory Council |
SIG |
School Improvement Grants |
SIM |
Strategic Instruction Model |
SiMR |
State-Identified Measurable Results |
SIOP |
Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol |
SISEP |
State Implementation and Scaling up Evidence-based Practices |
SIT |
School Improvement Team |
SL |
Session Law |
SMHI |
School Mental Health Initiative |
SP3 |
State Policy Pilot Program |
SREB |
Southern Region Education Board |
SRSA |
Small, Rural School Achievement |
STEM |
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics |
SWD |
Students with Disabilities |
TAS |
Targeted Assistance School |
TIF |
Teacher Incentive Fund |
TSI |
Targeted Support and Improvement |
UDL |
Universal Design for Learning |
USED |
U.S. Department of Education |
WIDA |
World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment |
WSCC |
Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Model |