List of Common Acronyms
8/13/2014
AEA Alternative Education Accountability
AEC Alternative Education Campus
AEIS (prior to 2013) Academic Excellence Indicator
System (Now TAPR)
AEP Alternative Education Program
AGC Access to the General Curriculum
AIE Advancing Improvement in Education
AL Area Lead
AMAO Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives
AMO Annual Measurable Objectives
ARD Admission, Review, Dismissal
ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
AU Academically Unacceptable (used prior to 2013)
AYP Adequate Yearly Progress
BE/ESL Bilingual Education/English as a Second
Language
BEI Behavior Event Interview
BIP Behavior Intervention Plan
CAM Campus Administrator Mentor
CAMP Campus Administrator Mentor Program
CAP Corrective Action Plan
CBA Curriculum Based Assessment
CDN County District Number
CINA Campus Improvement Needs Assessment
CIP Campus Improvement Plan
CIT Campus Intervention Team
CLDC Coaching and Leadership Development Center
CLT Campus Leadership Team
CMO Charter Management Organization
CNA Comprehensive Needs Assessment
CPE Campus Planning Event
CSF Critical Success Factors
CSR CAM Service Record
CTE Career and Technical Education
DAEP Disciplinary Alternative Education Program
DAP Distinguished Achievement Program
DCSI District Coordinator of School Improvement
DDM District Designed Model
DSS District and School Support
DTO District Turnaround Office
DVM Data Validation Monitoring
ECI Early Childhood Intervention
ELL English Language Learner
EMO Educational Management Organization
ENAR Evaluation, Needs Assessment &
Recommendation
EOC End of Course
ESC Education Service Center
ESC TT ESC Turnaround Team
ESEA Elementary and Secondary Education Act
ESL English as a Second Language
ESY Extended School Year
EZSES SES Management System
FAPE Free and Appropriate Public Education
FAY Full Academic Year
FBA Functional Behavioral Analysis
FDA Focused Data Analysis
FIE Full Individual Evaluation
FIR Formerly Improvement Required
GenEd General Education
GPA (1) Gold Performance Acknowledgement
GPA (2) Grade Point Average
GPC Grade Placement Committee
HQ Highly Qualified
HQCIP Highly Qualified Continuous Improvement Plan
HQT Highly Qualified Teachers
HQTCIP Highly Qualified Teachers Continuous
Improvement Plan
IEP Individualized Education Program
IP Improvement Plan
IR Improvement Required
ISAM Interventions Stage Activity Manager
ISS In-School Suspension
ITBS Iowa Test of Basic Skills
JJAEP Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Placement
LEA Local Education Agency
LEP Limited English Proficient
LOA Letter of Agreement
LPAC Language Proficiency Assessment Committee
LRE Least Restrictive Environment
MSR Minimum Size Requirement
NA (PBMAS) Not Assigned
NCLB No Child Left Behind
ND No Data
OSS Out-of-School Suspension
OT/PT Occupational Therapy/Physical Therapy
PAR Program Access Review
PBIS Positive Behavior Intervention and Support
PBM Performance Based Monitoring
PBMAS Performance Based Monitoring Analysis System
PDAS Professional Development and Appraisal System
PEIMS Public Education Information Management
System
PER Program Effectiveness Review
PET PID Enrollment Tracking
PI Parent Involvement
PID Person Identification Database
PJSA Professional Judgment Special Analysis
PLAAFP Parent Letter of Academic Achievement and
Functional Performance
PL Performance Level (PBMAS)
PLC Professional Learning Communities
PM Progress Monitoring
PMI Program Monitoring and Interventions
PNL Parent Notification Letter
PPCD Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities
PPG Principal Planning Guides
PSP Professional Service Provider
PTM Productive Team Meeting
PVI Post-Visit Intervention
QIR Quarterly Implementation Report
REED Review of Existing Evaluation Data
RF Residential Facility
RHSP Recommended High School Program
RI Required Improvement
RPTE Reading Proficiency Test in English
RtI Response to Intervention
SA Special Analysis
SBDM Site Based Decision Making
SBR Scientifically-Based Research
SDFS Safe and Drug Free Schools
SEA State Education Agency
SEDL Southern Educational Development Laboratory
SES Supplemental Educational Services
SIB School Improvement Binder
SIG School Improvement Grant
SLP (1) Speech Language Pathologist
SLP (2) Student Learning Plan
SIP (1) School Improvement Program
SIP (2) School Improvement Plan
SIRC School Improvement Resource Center
SLDR Student Level Data Review
SLR Student Level Review
SMART (Goals) Specific, Measurable, Attainable,
Results-Based, Timely
SpEd Special Education
SPP State Performance Plan
SSI Student Success Initiative
STAAR State of Texas Assessments of Academic
Readiness
SVS Site Visit Specialist
SW Schoolwide
TA Targeted Assistance
TAIS Texas Accountability Intervention System
TAKS Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills
TAKS-A TAKS-Accommodated
TAKS-Alt Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills,
Alternate
TAKS LAT TAKS Linguistically Accommodated Testing
TAKS-M TAKS-Modified
TAP Technical Assistance Provider
TAPD Technical Assistance and Professional
Development
TAPR Texas Academic Performance Report
TASP Technical Assistance and Special Projects
TAT Technical Assistance Team
TCDSS Texas Center for District and School Support
TCP Transforming Classroom Practice
TDM Texas Design Model
TEA Texas Education Agency
TEAL TEA Login
TEASE TEA Secure Environment
TEKS Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
TELPAS Texas English Language Proficiency
Assessment System
TGI Texas Growth Index
TI Texas Initiatives
TPM Texas Projection Measure
TPRI Texas Primary Reading Inventory
TREx Texas Records Exchange
TS Turnaround Specialist (Coach)
TSDS Texas Student Data System
TSIC Texas School Improvement Conference
TSR TAP Service Record
TTC Texas Turnaround Center
TTIPS Texas Title I Priority Schools
TTLA Texas Turnaround Leadership Academy
USDE United States Department of Education
UVA University of Virginia