AP—Advanced Placement
BEST—Basic English Skills Test
BIP—Behavior Intervention Plan
CD—Cognitive Disability
CEC—Council for Exceptional Children
EDGAR—Education Department
General Administrative Regulations
ESEA—Elementary and Secondary
Education Act
FERPA—Family Educational Rights
and Privacy Act
GED—General Education Development
ELL—English Language Learner
ESL—English as a Second Language
IDEA—Individuals with Disabilities Act
IEP—Individualized Education Program
LVA—Literacy Volunteers of America
NAEP—National Assessment of Education
Program (Nation’s Report Card)
NCLB—No Child Left Behind passed in
2002 reauthorizes the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965.
OCR—Office for Civil Rights
PSAT—Pre-Scholastic Assessment Test
QUILT—Questioning and Understanding
to Improve Learning and Thinking
RTI—Response to Intervention
Title I—(NCLB) Federal funding to help local
school districts with students who are
lagging academically or who might lag.
Title II—(NCLB) Provides funding and
speaks to English acquisition by students
with limited English proficiency.
Title IX—(Education Amendments of
1972) bans sexual discrimination in academics
and athletics, by schools receiving federal
monies.
