Acronyms
Common acronyms used by the California Department of Education (CDE).
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| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| BACCHUS | Bacchus and Gamma Peer Education Network (Outside Source) |
| BCEL | Business Council for Effective Literacy, Inc. |
| BCLAD | Bilingual, Crosscultural, Language and Academic Development (Outside Source) |
| BEO | Bilingual Education Office |
| BIA | Bureau of Indian Affairs (Outside Source) |
| BIP | Behavioral Intervention Plan |
| BPPVE | Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education (Outside Source) |
| BSVE | Bachelors Science of Vocational Education |
| BTSA | Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment |
| BTTP | Bilingual Teacher Training Program |
| BVE | Bachelor of Vocational Education |
C
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| C-Learn | California Local Educational Resource Network |
| C-SMART | California Statewide Master Agreements for Resources |
| C-TAP | Career Technical Assessment Program |
| C.A.S.H. | Coalition for Adequate School Housing (Outside Source) |
| CAAN | California Arts Assessment Network |
| CAASFEP | California Association of Administrators of State and Federal Education Programs (Outside Source) |
| CAAT | California Association for Apprenticeship and Training |
| CAAVID | California Advancement Via Individual Determination |
| CABE | California Association of Bilingual Education (Outside Source) |
| CAC | California Apprenticeship Council |
| CACD | California Association for Counseling and Development |
| CACE | California Association of Compensatory Education (Outside Source) |
| CACFP | Child and Adult Care Food Program |
| CACSAP | California Alliance Concerned with School Aged Parents (Outside Source) |
| CACTE | California Association of Construction Technology Educators |
| CADS | Consolidated Application Data System |
| CAEA | California Art Education Association (Outside Source) |
| CAEPD | California Adult Education Provider Directory (Outside Source) |
| CAEYC | California Association for the Education of Young Children |
| CAHCE | California Association of Health Careers Educators |
| CAHPERD | California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance |
| CAHSEE | California High School Exit Examination |
| Cal-SAFE | California School-Age Families Education Program |
| CALCP | California Association of Leaders for Career Preparation |
| CALOSHA | California Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| CALPADS | California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System |
| CalServe | K-12 Service Learning Initiative |
| CalSPRA | California School Public Relations Association (Outside Source) |
| CALSTARS | California State Accounting and Reporting System |
| CALTeach | California Center on Teaching Careers |
| CALTIDES | California Longitudinal Teacher Integrated Data Education System |
| CalWORKS | California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids |
| CANEC | California Network of Educational Charters |
| CANFIT | California Adolescent Nutrition Fitness Intervention Trials (Outside Source) |
| CAP | Capitation or Funding Limit |
| CAPA | California Alternate Performance Assessment |
| CAPC | Children's Abuse Prevention Council |
| CAPP | California Academic Partnership Program |
| CAPPA | California Alternative Payment Program Association |
| CAPSO | California Alliance of Pupil Services Organizations |
| CARE | California Agency for Research in Education |
| CARES | Compensation and Retention Encourage Stability |
| CAROC/P | California Association of Regional Occupational Centers/Programs |
| CAROCP | California Association of Regional Occupational Centers and Programs |
| CAS | Comprehensive Assessment System |
| CASAS | Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System |
| CASBO | California Association of School Business Officials |
| CASBO | California Association of School Business Officials (Outside Source) |
| CASC | California Association of School Counselors (Outside Source) |
| CASCWA | California Association of Supervisors of Child Welfare and Attendance (Outside Source) |
| CASCWA | California Association of Supervisors of Child Welfare and Attendance |
| CASEMIS | California Special Education Management Information System |
| CASFEP | California Association of State and Federal Education Programs |
| CASH | Coalition for Adequate School Housing |
| CASHE | California Association of School Health Educators |
| CASP | California Association of School Psychologists |
| CASP | California Association of School Pyschologists (Outside Source) |
| CASSA | California Association of Secondary School Administrators |
| CASUSA | California Association of Skills USA-VICA, Inc. (Outside Source) |
| CAT | California Automotive Teachers |
| CAT/6 | California Achievement Tests, Sixth Edition |
| CATA | California Agricultural Teachers Association |
| CATE | California Association of Teachers of English |
| CATESOL | California Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages |
| CAVA | California Association of Vocational Administrators |
| CAVE | California Association of Vocational Education |
| CAVICA | California Association of Vocational and Industrial Clubs of America |
| CAWEE | California Association of Work Experience Educators |
| CBAE | Competency-Based Adult Education |
| CBASE | Competency-Based Adult Special Education |
| CBE | competency-based education |
| CBEA | California Business Education Association |
| CBEDS | California Basic Educational Data System |
| CBEST | California Basic Educational Skills Test |
| CBET | community-based English tutoring |
| CBR | California Business Roundtable (Outside Source) |
| CBR | California Business Roundtable (Outside Source) |
| CCA | California Chiropractors Association |
| CCAE | California Council for Adult Education |
| CCC | California Community Colleges (Outside Source) |
| CCDA | California Career Development Association |
| CCDAA | California Child Development Administrators Association |
| CCDBG | Child Care and Development Block Grant |
| CCDF | Child Care and Development Fund |
| CCDF | Child Care Development Fund |
| CCEA | California Career Educators Association |
| CCEI | California Counsel of Electronics Instructors |
| CCFP | Child Care Food Program |
| CCFRF | Child Care Facilities Revolving Fund |
| CCIS | California Consortium for Independent Study |
| CCITTE | California Counsel of Industrial Technology Teaching Educators |
| CCLDHN | California Conference of Local Health Department Nutrition |
| CCPM | Compliance and Consolidated Programs Management |
| CCR | coordinated compliance review |
| CCR | California Code of Regulations |
| CCSA | Council of School Attorneys |
| CCSESA | California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (Outside Source) |
| CCSSO | Council of Chief State School Officers (Outside Source) |
| CCVA | California Council of Vocational Associations |
| CCYFC | California Child, Youth, and Family Coalition |
| CD | Child Development |
| CD | County-District |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Outside Source) |
| CDD | Child Development Division |
| CDE | California Department of Education |
| CDFS | Child Development Fiscal Services |
| CDHS | Clearinghouse Depository for Handicapped Students |
| CDHS | California Department of Health Services (Outside Source) |
| CDNS | Child Development Nutrition Services |
| CDPAC | Child Development Policy Advisory Committee |
| CDPI | Child Development Institute |
| CDR | Council of District Representatives (Continuation Education) |
| CDS | Community Day School |
| CDS | county/district/school code |
| CDSMC | Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission |
| CDTC | California Drafting Technology Consortium |
| CEA | Correctional Education Association |
| CEA | Career Executive Appointment |
| CEAP | Computer Education Advisory Panel |
| CEDPA | California Educational Data Processing Association |
| CEEB | College Entrance Examination Board (Outside Source) |
| CELDT | California English Language Development Test |
| CENIC | Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California |
| CEPI | Compensatory Education Program Improvement |
| CERA | California Educational Research Association |
| CERT | California Education Round Table |
| CETA | Comprehensive Employment and Training Act |
| CEWAER | California Elected Women's Association for Education and Research |
| CFILD | Curriculum Frameworks and Instructional Leadership Division |
| CFIRD | Curriculum Frameworks and Instructional Resources Division |
| CFLTA | California Foreign Language Teachers Association |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
| CFS | Consumer and Family Studies |
| CFT | California Federation of Teachers (Outside Source) |
| CGAEA | California Graphic Arts Education Association |
| CGC | Career Guidance Committee |
| CHDP | Children's Health and Disability Prevention |
| CHEA | California Home Economics Association |
| CHEEF | California Home Economics Education Foundation |
| CHEF | Comprehensive Health Education Foundation |
| CHEN | Comprehensive Health Education Network |
| CHERC | Comprehensive Health Education Resource Center |
| Children Now | Children Now (Outside Source) |
| CHKRC | California Healthy Kids Resource Center (Outside Source) |
| CHKS | California Healthy Kids Survey |
| CHSA | California Head Start Association |
| CHSPE | California High School Proficiency Examination |
| CHSSCO | California Head Start-State Collaboration Office |
| CIB | Curriculum and Instruction Branch |
| CIC | Curriculum Information Center |
| CIEA | California Industrial Education Association |
| CIF | California Interscholastic Federation (Outside Source) |
| CIS | Cities in Schools |
| CISC | Curriculum and Instruction Steering Committee |
| CISI | Cities in Schools, Inc. |
| CISNC | Coalition to Improve Supplemental Nutrition for Children |
| CITE | Center for Industrial and Technology Education |
| CITEA | California Industrial and Technology Education Association |
| CLAD | Crosscultural, Language, and Academic Development (Outside Source) |
| CLAS | California Learning Assessment System |
| CLHS | California League of High Schools (Outside Source) |
| CLMS | California League of Middle Schools |
| CLRN | California Learning Resource Network |
| CMA | California Modified Assessment |
| CMAS | California Multiple Award Schedule |
| CMD | Clearinghouse for Multilingual Documents |
| CMP | California Math Project |
| CMR | contract monitoring review |
| CNAC | Child Nutrition Advisory Council |
| CNC | Child Nutrition Consultant |
| CNC | California Nutrition Council |
| CNFDD | Child Nutrition and Food Distribution Division |
| CNFRI | Child Nutrition and Federal Review Initiative |
| COABE | Commission on Adult Basic Education (Outside Source) |
| COCCC | Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges |
| COE | county office of education |
| COICC | California Occupational Information Coordinating Committee |
| CPA | California Partnership Academies |
| CPDI | California Professional Development Institutes (Governor's Institutes) |
| CPE - HP | California Physical Education - Health Project |
| CPEC | California Postsecondary Education Commission (Outside Source) |
| CPIR | Consolidated Program Information Report |
| CPMU | Consolidated Programs Management Unit |
| CPO | Conference Planning Office |
| CPPP | College Preparation Partnership Program |
| CPR | Categorical Program Monitoring |
| CPS | Career Performance Standard |
| CPS | Child Protection Services |
| CPSO | California Pupil Services Organization |
| CRA | California Reading Association |
| CRE | Coordinated Review Effort |
| CRESST | Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing |
| CRL | California Reading List |
| CRLP | California Reading and Literacy Project |
| CRP | Content Review Panel |
| CS | Consumer Affairs |
| CS&AMC | Compressed Speech and Aural Media Center |
| CSAC | Charter Schools Advisory Committee |
| CSAM | California School Accounting Manual |
| CSB | California School for the Blind |
| CSBA | California School Boards Association (Outside Source) |
| CSD | California School for the Deaf |
| CSD | Charter Schools Division |
| CSEA | California School Employees Association (Outside Source) |
| CSEA | California State Employees Association (Outside Source) |
| CSEA | Court School Educators Association |
| CSECC | California State Employees Charitable Campaign (Outside Source) |
| CSFP | Commodity Supplemental Food Program |
| CSFSA | California Schools Food Service Association |
| CSHP | Comprehensive School Health Program |
| CSIS | California School Information Services |
| CSLA | California School Library Association |
| CSLA | California School Library Association |
| CSMP | California Subject Matter Projects |
| CSMT | Clearinghouse for Specialized Media and Technology |
| CSNO | California School Nurses Organization (Outside Source) |
| CSPD | Comprehensive System of Personnel Development |
| CSR | Charter School Research |
| CSR | Comprehensive School Reform |
| CSR | class size reduction |
| CSRP | California School Recognition Program |
| CSRP | Class Size Reduction Program |
| CSS | Client Systems Services |
| CSS | Comprehensive Student Support |
| CSSA | California Safe Schools Assessment |
| CSSC | County/State Steering Committee |
| CST | California Standards Tests |
| CSU | California State University |
| CSUS | California State University System (Outside Source) |
| CTA | California Teachers Association (Outside Source) |
| CTAP | California Technology Assistance Project |
| CTAP2 | California Technology Assessment Profile (Outside Source) |
| CTC | California Transportation Commission (Outside Source) |
| CTC | Commission on Teacher Credentialing (Outside Source) |
| CTE | career technical education |
| CTEEC | Career and Technical Education Equity Council (Outside Source) |
| CTEI | Comprehensive Teacher Education Institute |
| CTEL | California Teachers of English Learners examination |
| CTF | California Teleconnect Fund |
| CTIIP | Classroom Teacher Instructional Improvement Program |
| CTL | Commission on Technology in Learning |
| CTS | Compliance Tracking System |
| CUE | Computer-Using Educators, Inc. (Outside Source) |
| CWA | Child Welfare and Attendance |
| CWD | County Welfare Department |
| CWDA | County Welfare Directors Association |
| CYA | California Youth Authority (Outside Source) |
| CYFS | Child Youth and Family Services |
| CYFSB | Child, Youth, and Family Services Branch |
D
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| DAC | District Advisory Committee |
| DANTES | Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (US Dept./Navy) |
| DAS | District Assistance Survey |
| DASH | Division of Adolescent and School Health |
| DATE | Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Education |
| DBA | Database Administrator |
| DBAC | District Bilingual Advisory Committee |
| DBF | Database format |
| DCP | District Collaborative Partnerships |
| DCP | Digital California Project |
| DDC | Division Data Coordinator |
| DDS | Department of Developmental Services |
| DEAM | Department of Education Administrative Manual |
| DECA | Distributive Education Clubs of America |
| DGS | Department of General Services (Outside Source) |
| DHCP | Dynamic Host Communication Protocol |
| DHS | Digital High School |
| DHS | Department of Health Services |
| DIR | Department of Industrial Relations |
| DIS | designated instruction and services |
| DMD | Data Management Division |
| DMIP | Data Management Improvement Program |
| DOE | Department of Education |
| DOF | Department of Finance |
| DOL | United States Department of Labor (Outside Source) |
| DPA | Department of Personnel Administration (Outside Source) |
| DPM | Data Processing Manager |
| DSPC | District and School Program Coordination |
| DSS | Department of Social Services (Outside Source) |
| DTP | Desktop Publishing |
E
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| E-rate | E-rate |
| EAP | Early Assessment Program |
| EC | Education Code |
| ECC | Education Council of California |
| ECE | early childhood education |
| ECIA | Education Consolidation and Improvement Act |
| ECS | Education Code Section |
| ECS | Education Commission of the States (Outside Source) |
| ED | United States Department of Education (Outside Source) |
| ED>NET | Community Colleges Economic Development Network |
| EDC | Education Development Center |
| EDGAR | Education Department General Administrative Regulations |
| EDO | Educational Demographics Office |
| EDO | Education Data Office |
| EDY | Educationally Disadvantaged Youth |
| EE | External Evaluator |
| EETT | Enhancing Education Through Technology |
| EH | Emotionally Handicapped |
| EHA | Education of the Handicapped Act |
| EIA | Economic Impact Aid |
| EIA | Educaton Industry Association (Outside Source) |
| EIAC | Education Information Advisory Council |
| EIEA | Emergency Immigrant Education Assistance |
| EIEP | Emergency Immigrant Education Program |
| EISS | Early Intervention of School Success |
| EL | English learner |
| ELA | English-language Arts |
| ELAP | English Language Acquisition Program |
| ELD | English-language Development |
| ELIL | English Language and Intensive Literacy Program |
| ELILP | English Language and Intensive Literacy |
| ElIP | Education Improvement Incentive Program |
| ELP | English-learner Program |
| EMTG | Elementary Makes the Grade |
| ENO | Elementary Networks Office |
| EO | English-Only (Monolingual English) |
| EOA | Economic Opportunity Act |
| EOP | Educational Options Programs |
| EPC | Education Programs Consultant |
| EPDA | Education Professions Development Act |
| EPIC | Education Planning and Information Center |
| EPINET | Education Personnel Information Network |
| EPS | Exemplary Program Standards |
| EPSDT | Early Periodic Screening, Detection, and Treatment |
| EPT | Epsilon Pi Tau |
| EPU | Employment Preparation Unit |
| ERIC | Educational Resources Information Center |
| ESEA | Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 |
| ESEA/IASA | Elementary and Secondary Education Act |
| ESIRP | Elementary Schools Intensive Reading Program |
| ESL | English as a second language |
| ESLR | Expected Schoolwide Learning Result |
| ESOL | English for Speakers of Other Languages |
| ESP | Education Statewide Priority |
| ESS | Every Student Succeeds |
| ETAC | Employment Training Association of California |
| ETC | Education Technology Center |
| ETEA | Exploring Technology Education Association |
| ETN | Employment Training Network |
| ETO | Education Technology Office |
| ETP | Employment Training Panel |
| ETR | Education Training Research Associates |
| ETS | Educational Testing Service (Outside Source) |
F
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| FACES | Family and Children Enrollment System |
| FAIR | Fair Accountability Integrity Review |
| FAN | family area network |
| FAPE | free appropriate public education |
| FAQ | frequently asked questions |
| FASD | Fiscal and Administrative Services Division |
| FASO | Fiscal Systems Analysis Office |
| FBLA | Future Business Leaders of America |
| FDCH | family day care homes |
| FELT | Federal Employee Literacy Training Program |
| FEP | fluent-English proficient |
| FERPA | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (Outside Source) |
| FHA | Future Homemakers of America |
| FHA-HERO | Future Homemakers of America - Home Economics Related Occupations |
| FHS | Family and Human Services |
| FLAP | Foreign Language Assistance Program |
| FLSA | Fair Labor Standards Act |
| FMAC | Financial Management Advisory Committee |
| FOL | Focus on Learning |
| FRAC | Food Research and Action Center |
| FRI | Federal Review Initiative |
| FRN | Family Resource NetWork |
| FRS | Federal Review System |
| FSCP | Family-School-Community Partnerships |
| FSDN | Food Science, Dietetics, and Nutrition |
| FSH | Food Service and Hospitality |
| FSMC | Food Service Management Company |
| FTAB | Finance, Technology and Administration Branch |
| FTC | Federal Teacher Centers |
| FTE | full-time equivalent |
| FY | fiscal year |
| FYS | Foster Youth Services Programs |
G
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| GA | Governmental Affairs |
| GAAFER | Governmental Accounting, Auditing, and Financial Reporting |
| GAAP | generally accepted accounting principles |
| GAIN | Greater Avenues for Independence |
| GASB | Governmental Accounting Standards Board |
| GAT | Governmental Affairs Team |
| GATE | Gifted and Talented Education |
| GE | Gender Equity |
| GED | General Educational Development Test |
| GEM | General Education Management |
| GPA | Governor's Performance Award |
| GPA | grade point average |
| GPRE | Part-day State Preschool |
| GRIP | Gang Risk Intervention Program |
| GSE | Golden State Examination |
| GWAP | General Full-day Preschool Contracts |
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| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| IAP | Interagency Partnership |
| IASA | Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 |
| ICC | Intersegmental Coordinating Committee |
| ICC | Intersegmental Coordinating Council |
| IDA | Infant Development Association |
| IDEA | Individuals with Disabilities Education Act |
| IECC | Industry Education Council of California |
| IEP | individualized education program |
| IFSP | individualized family service plan |
| IHE | institutions of higher education |
| IHP | Individualized Health Plan |
| IHS | Indian Health Service |
| II/USP | Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program |
| IKE | Eisenhower Title II: IKE |
| IMAP | Instructional Materials Advisory Panel |
| IMDC | Instructional Materials Display Center |
| IMEP | Instructional Materials Evaluation Panel |
| IOM | Institute of Medicine |
| IRA | International Reading Association |
| IRCA | Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 |
| IS | independent study |
| ISA | Information Systems Analyst |
| ISAM | Institutional Self Assessment Measure |
| ISBN | International Standard Book Number |
| ISDN | Integrated Service Digital Network |
| ISLE | Improving State Leadership in Education |
| ISSD | Information Systems and Service Division |
| IST | Information Systems Technician |
| ITE | Industrial Technology Education |
| ITEA | International Technology Education Association |
| ITP | Individual Training Plan |
| ITP | individualized transition plan |
| ITSDR | Instructional Time and Staff Development Reform |
| IWEN | Individual with Exceptional Needs |
| IWG | Interagency Work Group |
J
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| JCCASAC | Juvenile Court, Community and Alternative School Administrators of California (Outside Source) |
K
| Acronym | Description |
|---|
L
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| LA | Local Assistance |
| LAN | local area network |
| LCC | Legal Compliance Committee |
| LD | Learning Disabled |
| LEA | local educational agency |
| LEAD | Leadership Enhancement and Development in Health |
| LEAP | Limited Examination and Appointment Process |
| LEARN | Learning Alternatives Resource Network |
| LEP | limited English proficient |
| LGLP | Leroy Greene Lease-Purchase |
| LH | Learning Handicapped |
| LIP | Local Improvement Plan |
| LPC | Local Child Care and Development Planning Councils |
| LRDC | Learning Resources Display Centers |
| LRI | Local Reading Improvement Grant (comprehensive part of REA) |
| LSP | Learning Support and Partnership Division |
| LSPD | Learning Support and Partnerships Division |
| LVA | Literacy Volunteers of America |
M
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| M&M | Motivation and Maintenance |
| MACRS | Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System |
| MAP | Model Arts Program |
| MBO | Management by Objectives |
| MCHB | Maternal and Child Health Bureau (Outside Source) |
| MCO | Managed Care Organization |
| MDI | Management Development Institute |
| MESA | Math Engineering and Science Achievement (Outside Source) |
| META | Multicultural Education, Training, and Advocacy, Inc. |
| MGHSNO | Middle Grades and High School Networks Office |
| MGPN | Middle Grades Partnership Networks |
| MGPQRI | Middle Grades Program Quality Review Instrument |
| MGTF | Middle Grades Task Force |
| MHAA | McKinney Homeless Assistance Act |
| MIG | Migrant |
| MMWR | Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Outside Source) |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MSDP | Middle Schools Demonstration Program |
| MTL | Master Tape Library |
| MTTA | Manufacturing Technology Teachers Association |
| MTYRE | multitrack year-round education |
| MU | Miller-Unruh Reading Specialist |
| MU | Management Unit |
N
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| N & D | Neglected and Delinquent |
| NABE | National Association for Bilingual Education |
| NAC | Nutrition Advisory Council |
| NACCRRA | National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies |
| NAEP | National Assessment of Educational Progress |
| NAFEO | National Association of Equal Opportunity in Higher Education |
| NAFSES | Nutrition and Food Service Education Section |
| NASAE | National Association of Superintendents of Agricultural Education |
| NASAFD | National Association of State Agencies for Food Distribution |
| NASBE | National Association of State Boards of Education (Outside Source) |
| NASHEC | National School Health Education Coalition |
| NASPA | National Association of Student Personnel Administrators |
| NASPE | National Association of Sport and Physical Education |
| NASSP | National Association of Secondary School Principals |
| NASTA | National Association of State Textbook Administrators |
| NASTAD | National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors |
| NASW | National Association of School Social Workers (Outside Source) |
| NBCT | National Board Certified Teacher |
| NBPTS | National Board for Professional Teaching Standards |
| NC | Noncompliant |
| NCAS | National Coalition of Advocates for Students |
| NCBE | National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education |
| NCDA | National Career Development Association |
| NCE | Normal Curve Equivalent |
| NCECE | Northern California Early Childhood Education |
| NCEE | National Center on Education and the Economy (Outside Source) |
| NCES | National Center for Education Statistics (Outside Source) |
| NCHE | National Center for Health Education |
| NCHRBS | National College Health Risk Behavior Survey |
| NCHSTE | National Consortium on Health Science and Technology Education |
| NCHSTP | National Center for HIV, STDs, and TB Prevention |
| NCLB | No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 |
| NCME | National Council on Measurement in Education |
| NCP | National Commodity Processing |
| NCS | National Computer Systems |
| NCSDAE | National Council of State Directors of Adult Education |
| NCSL | National Conference of State Legislatures |
| NCTE | National Council of Teachers of English |
| NCTM | National Council of Teachers of Mathematics |
| NEA | National Education Association (Outside Source) |
| NET | Nutrition Education and Training |
| NETA | National Employment and Training Association |
| NETP | Nutrition Education and Training Program |
| NEW | Nontraditional Employment for Women |
| NFSMI | National Food Service Management Institute |
| NGA | National Governors Association (Outside Source) |
| NIC | Network Interface Card |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| NIMS | National Institute for Machining Standards |
| NIS | National Inventory System |
| NMSA | National Middle School Association (Outside Source) |
| NNY | National Network for Youth (formerly National Network of Runaway and Youth Services (NNRYS)) |
| NOA | Notice of Action |
| NODA | National Origin Desegregation Act |
| NOPA | Notice of Proposed Action |
| NORC | National Opinion Research Center |
| NOTE | New Opportunity in Teacher Education |
| NPO | Non-profit organization |
| NPR | national percentile rank |
| NPS | Nonpublic School |
| NRT | norm-referenced test |
| NSBA | National School Boards Association (Outside Source) |
| NSD | Nutrition Services Division |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| NSH | No Severely Handicapped |
| NSLA | National School Lunch Act |
| NSLP | National School Lunch Program |
| NSMP | Nutritional Standard Menu Planning |
| NSPRA | National School Public Relations Association (Outside Source) |
| NSR | National Systems and Research Company |
| NSSB | National Skills Standards Board |
| NSTA | National Science Teachers Association |
| NTDS | Network Technologies Development and Support |
| NTP | National Training Partnership |
| NVATA | National Vocational Agricultural Teachers Association |
O
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| O&M | Operation and Maintenance |
| O&M | Orientation and Mobility |
| OAE | Office of Analysis and Evaluation - USDA child nutrition research |
| OBEMLA | Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs |
| OCR | Office for Civil Rights |
| OCR | Optical Character Recognition |
| OEA | Office of Education Association |
| OELA | Office of English Language Acquisition (Outside Source) |
| OFP | Office of Family Planning |
| OPCO | Operations Coordinator |
| OSE | Office of the Secretary of Education (Outside Source) |
| OSEP | Office of Special Education Programs (Outside Source) |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Outside Source) |
| OSHA | Office of State Health Administration |
| OSS | Operations Services Section |
| OST | Office of School Transportation |
| OVAE | Office of Vocational and Adult Education (Outside Source) |
P
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| PA | Programmer Analyst |
| PAC | parent advisory council |
| PACE | Projects to Advance Creativity in Education |
| PACE | Policy Analysis for California Education (Outside Source) |
| PACE | Professional Association for Childhood Education |
| PAL | Pregnant or Lactating Students Program, Meal Supplements |
| PALS | Pregnant and Lactating Students Program |
| PAR | Peer Assistance and Review program for teachers |
| PAR | Personnel Action Request |
| PARIS | Provider Accounting Reporting and Information System |
| PASHA | Program Archive on Sexuality, Health and Adolescent |
| PASR | Principal Apportionment System Rewrite |
| PBDMI | Performance Based Data Management Initiative |
| PC | Personal Computer |
| PCA | Project Cost Account |
| PDAC | Professional Development Advisory Committee |
| PDC | Professional Development Consortia |
| PDCSD | Professional Development and Curriculum Support Division |
| Portable Document Format | |
| PDP | Professional Development Program |
| PDSB | Program Development and Services Branch |
| PDTF | Professional Development Task Force |
| PED | Policy and Evaluation Division |
| PEN | Parenting Education Network |
| PEN | Public Education Network |
| PERB | Public Employment Relations Board |
| PERS | Public Employees Retirement System |
| PEWT | Productivity Enhancement and Web Technology |
| PFT | Physical Fitness Testing |
| PH | Physically Handicapped |
| PHS | United States Public Health Service (Outside Source) |
| PHS | Public Health Service |
| PI | Program Improvement |
| PIAP | Program Improvement Action Plan |
| PIC | Private Industry Council |
| PIG | Process Improvement Group |
| PII | Program Improvement Initiative |
| PINCO | Partners in Nutrition Corporation |
| PISA | Principles for Increasing Student Achievement |
| PL | Public Law |
| PMP | Pregnant Minors Program |
| PPIC | Public Policy Institute of California |
| PPR | Pupil Promotion and Retention |
| PPS | Pupil Personnel Services |
| PQR | program quality review |
| PR | Personnel Request |
| PREP | Putting Research into Educational Practice |
| PRP | Program Revision Proposal |
| PSAA | Public Schools Accountability Act |
| PSAT | Preliminary Scholastic Achievement Test (Outside Source) |
| PSD | Personnel Services Division |
| PSU | Program Support Unit |
| PTA | California Congress of Parents, Teachers, and Students, Inc. (Outside Source) |
| PTA | National Parent Teacher Association (Outside Source) |
| PTR | Plan to Remedy |
| PVP | Planned Vacation Program |
| PY | Personnel Year |
Q
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| QAP | quality assurance process |
R
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| R-FEP | Redesignated Fluent-English-Proficient |
| R30-LC | Language Census |
| RAS | Research and Analysis Services |
| RDA | Recommended Daily Allowance |
| REA | Reading Excellence Act |
| RFA | Request for Applications |
| RFEP | reclassified to fluent English proficient |
| RFP | Request for Proposals |
| RFP | Request for Personnel |
| RICA | Reading Instruction Competency Assessment |
| RJE | Remote Job Entry |
| RLA | Responsible Local Agency |
| RLA | Reading/Language Arts Leadership |
| ROC | Regional Occupational Center |
| ROCP | Regional Occupation Centers and Programs |
| ROP | Regional Occupational Program |
| RSDSS | Regional System of District and School Support |
| RSI | Related and Supplemental Instruction |
| RSN | Reading Success Network (partner on REA through Comprehensive Assistance Centers) |
| RSP | Resource Specialist Program |
| RST | Regional Service Team |
| RTE | Research and Teacher Education |
| RTF | rich text format |