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SES/KSDE Acronyms
AA-AAS
ABI/TBI
ACRES
ACCK
ADA
ADD
ADHD
AFC
APE
APR
ARRA
ASCII
ASCA
ASD
ASES
ASHA
AT
ATK
AUT
AYP
BAIP
BD
BIA
BIP
BIST
BPR
CADRE
CAP
CAPS
CASE
CBM
CCECDS
CCHD
CCMA
CCSSO
CD
CDDO
CEC
CEIS
CETE
CFR
CHADD
CLO
CLSHCSEA
CMS
COCAO
COP
COSF
CrEAG
CSCD
CSPD
Alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards
Acquired or Traumatic Brain Injury
American Council on Rural Special Education
Associated Colleges of Central Kansas (website http://www.acck.edu/ )
Americans with Disabilities Act
Attention Deficit Disorder
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Administration for Families & Children Regional Office
Adaptive Physical Education
Annual Performance Report
American Reinvestment & Recovery Act
American Standard Code Information Interchange
Administrative Simplification Compliance Act
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Assessing Special Education Students (sub-group of CCSSO)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Assisted Technology
Assistive Technology for Kansans
Autism
Adequate Yearly Progress
Blending Assessment with Instruction Program
Behavior Disorder
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Behavior Intervention Plan
Behavioral Intervention Support Team
Biennial Performance Report
Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education
Corrective Action Plan
Comprehensive Autism Planning System
Council of Special Education Administrators - http://www.casecec.org/
Curriculum Based Measurement
Coordinating Council on Early Childhood Developmental Services
KU’s Center for Child Health & Development
Community Case Management Agency (part of JJA)
Council of Chief States School Officers
Cognitive Delay
Community Developmental Disabilities Organization
Council for Exceptional Children
Coordinated Early Intervening Services
Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation (@KU)
Code of Federal Regulations
Children & Adults w/Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Community Living Opportunities
Council of Language, Speech, and Hearing Consultants in State Education Agencies (contact
[email protected] )
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Council of Chief Academic Officers (contact [email protected] )
Community of Practice
Child Outcomes Summary Form (contact: Margy Hornback at [email protected])
Critical Elements Analysis Guide
Class-size/Caseload
Comprehensive System of Personnel Development
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CSR
D/B
DD
DHH
DHHS
DOE
DQC
DRC
DSM-IV
DSOB
DTT
EAG
ECO
ECBG
ECHO
ECRC
ECSE
ED
EDGAR
EEIF
EHA
EIPA
EIS
ELP
ELL
EMSTAC
ERIC
ERISA
ESEA
ESL
ESY
ESSDACK
FAPE
FBA
FBC
FERPA
FTE
FY
GEI
GI
GLARCC
GMHSPC
GSEG
G/T
HI
HIPPA
HOUSSE
IAES
IACC
IASA
ICM
ICPS
IDA
IDEA or
Comprehensive School Reform Grant (@KSDE SFP)
Deaf-Blindness
Developmentally Delayed
Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Department of Health & Human Services
Department of Education
Data Quality Certification Program - for AYP/QPA quality control – more info go to
www.ksde.org/kids
Disability Rights Center of Kansas
Diagnostic & Statistical Manual IV
Docking State Office Building
Discrete Trial Training
Enhanced Assessment Grant (to measure instruments of fidelity to S & A)
Early Childhood Outcomes Center
Early Childhood Block Grant (administered by Children’s Cabinet)
Early Childhood Higher-Education Options Consortium
Early Childhood Resource Center
Early Childhood Special Education
Emotional Disturbance
Education Department General Administrative Regulations
Education Enrollment Information Form (part of Foster Care)
Education of the Handicap Act
Education Interpreter Performance Assessment
Early Intervening Services
English Language Proficiency
English Language Learners
Elem & Middle Schools Technical Assistance Center
Educational Resource Information Center
Employee Retirement Income Security Act
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
English as a Second Language
Extended School Year
Education Services & Staff Development Association of Central KS
Free & Appropriate Public Education
Functional Behavioral Assessment
Field Based Consultant
Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act
Full Time Equivalent
Fiscal Year
General Education Interventions
Gifted Intellectually
Great Lakes Area Regional Resource Center
Governor's Mental Health Services Planning Council
General Supervision Enhancement Grant
Gifted and Talented Education
Hearing Impairment (DHH is proper reference)
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
High Objective, Uniform, State Standard of Evaluation (rubric to meet Highly Qualified)
Interim Alternative Educational Setting
Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (contact NASDSE’s Nancy Reder)
Improving America’s Schools Act
Innovations Configuration Matrix (for MTSS)
Individualized Career Plans of Study
International Dyslexia Association (formerly Orton Dyslexia Assoc.)
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (H.R. 1350)
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IDEIA
IEP
IEU
IFSP
IHE
INKS
Intellectual
Disability
IPE
ITV
JJA
JTPA
KAA
KACIL
KAESP
KAMM
KAMSA
KANDIS
KAP
KAR
KASA
KASCD
KASDAC
KASEA
KASP
KASSP
KATCO
KCDC
KCDD
KCDHH
KCEC
KDEC
KDHE
KEEB
KELPA
KERC
KGTC
KIAS
KIC
KIN
KIRC
KISN
KITS
KLFA
KNEA
KPHSOS
KPIRC
KSDE
KSERA
Individual Education Program
Individual Education Unit
Individual Family Service Plan
Institute of Higher Education
Inclusive Network of KS www.ku.edu/~inks
New term adopted by USDOE for the old term “mental retardation”
KSHA
KSPACe
Individual Plan for Employment
Interactive TV
Juvenile Justice Authority
Job Training Partnership Act
KS Alternate Achievement Standards
KS Association for Independent Living
KS Association of Elementary School Principals
KS Assessment of Multiple Measures
KS Association of Middle School Administrators
Kansas Discipline Incident System (districts report their discipline data beginning in 2007-2008)
KS Advanced Placement
KS Administrative Regulations
KS Association of School Administrators
KS Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
KS Assessment for Students with Disabilities Advisory Council (Deb Matthews)
KS Association of Special Education Administrators
KS Association of School Psychologists
KS Association of Secondary School Principals
KS Assistive Technology Coop (Basil Kessler)
KS Council for Disability Concerns
KS Council on Developmental Disabilities
KS Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
KS Council for Exceptional Children
KS Division of Early Childhood
KS Department of Health & Environment
KS Educational Employment Board www.kansasteachingjobs.com/
KS English Language Proficiency Assessment
KS Education Resource Center
KS Gifted, Talented & Creative
KS Integrated Accountability System
KS Infinitec Coalition
Kansas Intergenerational Network
KS Instructional Resource Center (TASN project) www.ksdetasn.org
Kansas Instructional Support Network (TASN project) www.ksdetasn.org
KS Inservice Training System (TASN project) www.ksdetasn.org
KS Learning First Alliance (contact: Jane Groff)
KS National Education Association
KS Post High School Outcomes Survey
KS Parent Information Resource Center www.kpirc.org/
KS State Department of Education
Kansas Educational Research Association (statewide organization for Kansas educators and students)
www.ksera.org
KS Speech Hearing Language Association
Kansas State Publications Archival Collection
KSSB
KSSD
KS State School for the Blind
KS State School for the Deaf
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KTLA
LCP
LD
LDA
LEA
LEAMIS
LEP
LEPC
LMLP
LOD
LRE
LSCSW
MACE
MACC
MC
MIS
MOE
MPRRC
MR
MSIP
MSRRC
MTSS
NAD
NAGC
NAPSEC
NASBSE
NASDSE
NCATE
NCCREST
NCEO
NCES
NCIPP
NCLB
NCSEAM
NCTE
NDSP
NECTAC
NEILS
NERRC
NGA
NICHCY
NIDRR
NIEER
NIMAS
NLTS2
NPEC
NPRM
NRCLD
OBA
OBE
OBEMLA
KS Teacher Leader Assessment www.ksde.org/teacherleader
Local Consolidated Plan & Licensed Clinical Psychotherapist
Learning Disability
Learning Disabilities Association
Local Education Agency (same as USD)
LEA MIS
Limited English Proficiency
Legislative Education Planning Committee
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/ksleg/KLRD/2009CommMembership/2009-lepc.pdf
Licensed Master Level Psychologist
Level of Determination
Least Restrictive Environment
Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Workers
Mid-America Association for Computers in Education
Midwest Associated Colleges Consortium
Medicaid
Management Information System www.misdata.org
Maintenance of Effort
Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center
Mental Retardation
Monitoring and State Improvement Planning Division
Mid-South Regional Resource Center
Multi-Tiered System of Support www.kansasmtss.org
National Association of the Deaf
National Association of Gifted Children
National Association of Private Special Education Centers
National Association of State Boards of Education
National Association of State Directors of Special Education
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems (Univ CO)
National Center on Educational Outcomes
National Center for Education Statistics
National Center to Inform Policy and Practice in Special Education Professional Development
http://education.ufl.edu/grants/ncipp/
No Child Left Behind (enacted 1/8/02)
National Center for Special Education Accountability Monitoring
No Cost Time Extension
Neurologic Disabilities Support Project http://www.ksndsp.org
Ntl. Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
National Early Intervention Longitudinal Study
Northeast Regional Resource Center
National Governor’s Association
National Info. Center for Children & Youth w/Disabilities
National Institute on Disability Rehabilitation and Research
National Institute of Early Education Research
National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (regs. available @
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/066340.pdf
National Longitudinal Transition Study – 2
Non-Public Equivalency Contracts
Notice of Proposed Rule Making
Ntl. Research Center on Learning Disabilities (www.nrcld.org )
Outcomes Based Accreditation
Outcomes Based Education
Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Language Affairs (USDOE)
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OCD
OCR
ODD
OESE
OHI
OI
O&M
OMB
OSEP
OSERS
OT
OTL
OWS
PADI
PBDMI
PBS
PDD
PDLA
PEG
PI
PIN
PL
PMWG
PPP
PPRA
PROJECT
PASS
PSAM
PT
PTIC
QPA
RCBVI
RFP
RMT
RRC
RTI
RTP
SBR
SBRR
SCASS
SDAC
SEA
SEAC
SEC
SECTION
504
SEELS
SEEP
SEEP
SEIMC
SERRC
SES
SIB
SICC
SILCK
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Office of Civil Rights
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (USDOE)
Other Health Impairment
Orthopedic Impairment
Orientation and Mobility
Office of Management and Budget
Office of Special Education Programs (USDOE)
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (USDOE)
Occupational Therapist/Occupational Therapy
Opportunity to Learn
Outcomes Web System (Early Childhood data reporting) http://kskits.org/ta/ECOOutcomes/
Principled Assessment Designs for Inquiry
Performance-Based Data Management Initiative
Positive Behavior Supports
Pervasive Developmental Disorder
Professional Development Leadership Academy
Program Evaluation Group
Physical Impairment
Professional Information Network
Public Law (Federal)
Performance Measurement Work Group
Program Performance Plan
Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment
Performance Assessment for Self-Sufficiency
Problem Solving Assessment Model
Physical Therapist/Physical Therapy
Parent Training & Information Center
Quality Performance Accreditation
Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Request for Proposal
Registered Music Therapist
Regional Resource Center
Response to Intervention
Research to Practice Division
State Board Regulation
Scientifically-based Reading Research
CCSSO's State Collaboratives on Assessment and Students Standards
School District Administrative Claiming Programming
State Education Agency
Special Education Advisory Council
Surveys of enacted curriculum
The “Nondiscrimination on the basis of disability” portion of the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973
(P.L. 93-112)
Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study
Special Education Expenditure Program
Special Education Expenditure Project
Special Education Instructional Media Center
Southeast Regional Resource Center
Supplemental Educational Services
Self-Injurious Behavior
State Interagency Coordinating Council
Statewide Independent Living Council of KS
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SIT
S/L
SLIIDEA
SLP
SMD
SMPD
SOE
SPDG
SPED*
SPP
SRS
STO
SWIS
TA
TASK12
TASN
TBI
TIP
TIP
TDD/TTY
TOPS
USA
USD
USDOE
VI
VIISA
Training
VRS
WRRC
YEA
Student Improvement Team
Speech/Language
State & Local Implementation & Impact of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (from
USDOE)
Speech/Language Pathologist
Severe Multiple Disabilities
Skilled Professional Medical Personnel
Standard of Excellence
State Personnel Development Grant (contact: Kerry Haag)
Special Education* Use of acronym STRONGLY discouraged
State Performance Plan under IDEA
Social & Rehabilitative Services
Short Term Objective
School-wide information system
Technical Assistance
Training Assessment System for K-12 Education Interpreters (administered by MPRRC)
Technical Assistance Statewide Network
Traumatic Brain Injury
Targeted Improvement Plan Application (replaces CIA)
Talent Identification Program
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
Transition Outcomes Project Training
United School Administrators
Unified School District (same as LEA)
United States Department of Education
Visual Impairment
Vision Impaired In-Service in America
Vocational Rehabilitation Services and Video Relay System
Western Regional Resource Center
Youth Empowerment Association
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Hearing Impaired Acronyms (TTY Language)
IM
NP
OIC
WB
OFC
BRB
TY
LOL
EAK
ROTFL
AFAIK
BTW
FWIW
GD&R
G2G
IDK
IMHO
INAL
IYKWIMAITYD
NM
OTOH
PMFJI
POS
RSN
SOHF
SWALK
TIA
TPTB
TTFN
WRT
WYSIWYG
YMMV
YMIA
Instant Messenger
No Problem
Oh I See
Welcome Back
Of course
Be right back
Thank You
Laughing out loud
Eating at keyboard
Rolling on the floor laughing
As far as I know
By the way
For what it’s worth
Grin, duck, and run (after snide remark)
Got to run
I don’t know
In my humble opinion
I’m not a lawyer (but…)
If you know what I mean and I think you do
Not much
On the other hand
Pardon me for jumping in
Parent over shoulder (“change the topic quickly”)
Real soon now
Sense of humor failure
Sealed with a loving kiss
Thanks in advance
The powers that be
Ta-ta for now
With respect to
What you see is what you get
Your mileage mat vary like (i.e., you may not have the same luck I did)
You’re welcome in advance