Assessment Acronyms

Too many Acronyms (TMA)

There are dizzying number of acronyms associated with Assessment in the district. Here's a quick list of the most common ones.

 

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ACT (not an acronym)
AP Advanced Placement
AYP Adequate Yearly Progress
BOE Body of Evidence
BSC Balanced Score Card
CBLA Colorado Basic Literacy Act
CELA Colorado English Language Assessment
CDE Colorado Department of Education
CMP Connected Mathematics Program
CogAT Cognitive Abilities Test
CSAP Colorado Student Assessment Program
CSAP-A Colorado Student Assessment Program - Alternate

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DAC District Assessment Coordinator
DAG District Assessment Guide
DRA Developmental Reading Assessment
EDL Evaluación del Desarrollo de la Lectura (Spanish version of the DRA)
ELA English Language Acquisition
ELD English Language Development
ELL English Language Learner
ELPS English Language Proficiency Act
EM Everyday Mathematics Program
EOC End of Course Assessment
FEP Fluent English Proficient
FERPA Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
FRL Free and Reduced Lunch

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GED Graduation Equivalency Diploma
GT Gifted and Talented (also known as GTE–Gifted & Talented Education)
HACH High Achieving Program
HGT Highly Gifted and Talented Program
HLQ Home Language Questionnaire
IB International Baccalaureate Program
IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEP Individual Education Plan
ILP Individual Literacy Plan
IMP Interactive Mathematics Program
IO Instrumento de Observación
ISA Instructional Services Advisory
ITBS Iowa Tests of Basic Skills
ITED Iowa Tests of Educational Development

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LAS Language Assessment Scales (discontinued in DPS after 2005-2006 school year)
LEP Limited English Proficient
NAEP National Assessment of Educational Progress
NCLB No Child Left Behind
NEP Non English Proficient
OAPI Overall Academic Performance Indicator
ORF Oral Reading Fluency
OS Observation Survey
PPF Parent Permission Form
QRI Qualitative Reading Inventory

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SAL Site Assessment Leader
SAR School Accountability Report
SASID State Assigned Student Identification
SAT Scholastic Aptitude Test
SBPR Standards Based Progress Report
SIOP Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol
SPED Special Education
SRI Scholastic Reading Inventory
SS Scale Score
TABE Test of Adult Basic Education
TNLI Transitional Native Language Instruction