WASC and Education Acronyms
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| Acronym | Definition |
| 4 C's | Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Communication, Creativity |
| ACE | Accelerated Curriculum Enrichment |
| ACT | American College Testing |
| AD | Active Directory (a Microsoft LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)) |
| AIIM | Applied Intensive Intervention Model |
| AP | Advanced Placement |
| API | Academic Performance Index |
| ASB | Associated Student Body |
| ASE | Automotive Service Excellence |
| ASVAB | Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery |
| AVID | Advancement Via Individual Determination |
| BSU | Black Student Union |
| BTSA | Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment |
| CAHSEE | California High School Exit Exam |
| CAPA | California Alternate Performance Assessment |
| CART | Curriculum ARticulation Team |
| CCPT | California Career Pathway Trust |
| CCRC | College and Career Resource Center |
| CCSS | Common Core State Standards |
| CDE | California Department of Education |
| CELDT | California English Language Development Test |
| CFA | Common Formative Assessment |
| CHP | California Highway Patrol |
| CMA | California Modified Assessment |
| CPR | CardioPulmonary resuscitation |
| CSEA | California School Employee Association |
| CSF | California Scholarship Federation |
| CST | California Standards Tests |
| CSTP | California Standards for the Teaching Profession |
| CSU | California State University |
| CTA | California Teachers' Association |
| CTE | Career and Technical Education |
| DLAC | District Learner Advisory Committee |
| EAP | Early Assessment Program (measure of college readiness through California State University System) |
| ECA | Early College Academy |
| EL | English Learner |
| ELA | English Language Arts |
| ELAC | English Learner Advisory Committee |
| ELD | English Language Development |
| ELL | English Language Learner |
| ELMO | Electricity Light Machine Organization (a document camera originally designed by a Japanese firm producing projectors from the 1930s) |
| ESLO | Expected Schoolwide Learner Outcomes (replaced by SLOs) |
| FAFSA | Free Application for Federal Student Aid |
| FEP | Fluent English Proficient |
| FIT | Facility Inspection Tool |
| GATE | Gifted And Talented Education |
| GPA | Grade Point Average |
| HHS | Hesperia High School |
| HJH | Hesperia Junior High |
| HTA | Hesperia Teachers' Association |
| HUSD | Hesperia Unified School District |
| IEP | Individualized Education Program/Plan |
| ILP | Individualized Learning Plan |
| LCAP | Local Control and Accountability Plan |
| LCD | Liquid Crystal Display |
| LCFF | Local Control Funding Formula |
| LEA | Local Education Agency |
| LMS | Learning Management System (we use HesperiaOnline.com based on Moodle) |
| LRE | Least Restrictive Environment |
| LVN | Licensed Vocational Nurse |
| M&O | Maintenance and Operations |
| NATEF | National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation |
| NGSS | Next Generation Science Standards |
| NHS | National Honor Society |
| OCR | Office of Civil Rights |
| PAES lab | Practical Assessment Exploration System lab |
| PC | Personal Computer |
| PD | Professional Development |
| PLC | Professional Learning Community (based on DuFour & Solution Tree) |
| PSAT | Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test |
| PTA | Parent Teacher Association |
| RAMP Up | Ready to Accelerate My Pathway (A college consortium grant funded project) |
| RFEP | Redesignated Fluent English Proficient |
| ROP | Regional Occupational Program |
| SARC | School Accountability Report Card |
| SAT | Scholastic Aptitude Test |
| SBAC | Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium |
| SELPA | Special Education Local Plan Agency |
| SES | Socioeconomic Status |
| SLO | Schoolwide Learner Outcomes |
| SPED | Special Education |
| SPSA | Single Plan for Student Achievement |
| SSC | School Site Council |
| SST | Student Study Team/Student Support Team |
| STAR | Standardized Testing and Reporting |
| STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics |
| TESA | Teacher Expectations and Student Achievement |
| TOA/TOSA | Teacher On Assignment/Teacher On Special Assignment |
| TPP | Transitional Partnership Planning |
| UC | University of California |
| UCP | Uniform Complaint Procedure |
| VVC | Victor Valley College (local community college) |
| WASC | Western Association of Schools and Colleges |
| WWW | Wednesday Walk in Workshop (a College and Career Readiness workshop) |
