Acronyms
ACCESS for ELL – Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State to State for English Language
Learners
ACT – American College Test
AP – Advanced Placement
AYP – Adequate Yearly Progress
BST – Basic Skills Test
CAAS – Computer Adaptive Assessment System
CBA – Curriculum Based Assessment
CCGPS – College and Career Georgia Performance Standards
CR – Constructed Response
CRCT – Criterion-Referenced Competency Test
CTAE – Career Technical and Agricultural Education
DNA – Did Not Attempt
EIP – Early Intervention Program
EL – English Learners
EL-M – English Learners – Monitored
EL/TPC – English Learners/ Test Participation Committee
EPD – Educational Planning District
EOC – End-of-Course (GA Milestones)
EOG – End-of-Grade (GA Milestones)
EPD – Educational Planning District
ER – Extended Response
ESEA – Elementary and Secondary Education Act
ESOL – English to Speakers of Other Languages
FAPE – Free Appropriate Public Education
FIP – Formative Instructional Practices
FTE – Full-Time Equivalent
GAA – Georgia Alternate Assessment
GaDOE – Georgia Department of Education
GA MILESTONES – Georgia Milestones Assessment System
GAOAS – Georgia Online Assessment System
GHSGT – Georgia High School Graduation Tests
GHSWT – Georgia High School Writing Test
GKIDS – Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills
GOFAR – Georgia Online Formative Assessment Resource
GPS – Georgia Performance Standards
GTID – Georgia Test Identification (Number)
IAP – Individual Accommodation Plan
IBA – Interim Benchmark Assessment/Phoenix IMS – (Assessment Modules)
IDEA – Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEP – Individualized Education Program
ITBS – Iowa Tests of Basic Skills
LEA – Local Education Agency
LUA – Local Unit of Administration (Local School Districts)
NAEP – National Assessment of Educational Progress
NCLB – No Child Left Behind
NRT – Norm-Referenced Test
NSLP – National School Lunch Program
O.C.G.A. – Official Code of Georgia Annotated
PARCC – Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers
PSAT – Preliminary SAT
PSAT – Pre-Scholastic Aptitude Test
PTNA – Present Test Not Attempted
QBE – Quality Basic Education
QCC – Quality Core Curriculum
RFP – Request for Proposals
RFQ – Request for Quote
RTI – Response to Intervention
SAT – Scholastic Aptitude Test
SBAC – Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
SEA -– State Education Agency
SIS – Student Information System
SLO – Student Learning Objective Assessments
SRC – State Required Code
SST – Student Support Team
SWD – Students with Disabilities
WAPT – WIDA Access Placement Test
WIDA – World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA)