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Acronyms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| AMAO | Annual Measurable Achievement Objective (used to determine AYP by Federal Government) |
| ARD | Admission, Review, and Dismissal (Committee for SPED services) |
| AYP | Adequate Yearly Progress (federal accountability) |
| CBLI | Content Based Language Instruction |
| CLD | Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (student) |
| CLSP | Culturally and Linguistically Sustaining Practices (pedagogy) |
| CUP | Common Underlying Proficiency (language proficiency) |
| DL | Dual Language (bilingual program) |
| DLI | Dual Language Immersion (bilingual program) |
| DLL | Dual Language Learner (student) |
| EFL | English as a Foreign Language (program) |
| ELD | English Language Development (program) |
| EB | Emergent Bilingual (student) |
| EAL | English as an Additional Language (program) |
| EL | English Learner (student) |
| ELP | English Language Proficiency (fluency and skills measures) |
| ELPS | English Language Proficiency Standards (curricular guidelines) |
| ESL | English as a Second Language (program) |
| ESOL | English for Speakers of Other Languages (program & classes) |
| ESSA | Every Student Succeeds Act |
| FERPA | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (federal law) |
| FES | Fluent English Speaker (oral fluency and skills label) |
| FLEP | Former Limited English Proficient (student) |
| GLAD | Guided Language Acquisition Design |
| IEP | Individualized Education Program |
| HLS | Home Language Survey |
| L1, L2 | First Language, Second Language |
| LAS Links | Language Assessment given after HLS indicates language other than Enlgish is spoken at home (Oral language proficiency) |
| LEA | Local Education Agency (ie. school district) |
| LEP | Limited English Proficient (student) |
| LES | Limited English Speaker (student) |
| LFS | Limited Formal Schooling (student) |
| LPAC | Language Proficiency Assessment Committee (state accountability/group) |
| LTEL | Long Term English Learner (student) |
| NES | Non English Speaker (student) |
| OCR | Office of Civil Rights |
| OLPT | Oral Language Proficiency Test |
| PEP | Parents as Educational Partners (federal program) |
| PEIMS | Public Education Information Management System (database of all data regarding education in the state) |
| PLDSs | Proficiency Level Descriptors (state, language proficiency) |
| QTEL | Quality Teaching for English Learners |
| SE | Student Expectation |
| SDAIE | Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English (program/strategies – California) |
| SI or SIE | Sheltered Instruction or Sheltered Instruction in English (program) |
| SIFE | Students with Interrupted Formal Schooling (student) |
| SIOP | Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (program/strategies) |
| SLA | Second Language Acquisition (or Instruction) (pedagogy) |
| STAAR | State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (assessment) |
| TAC | Texas Administrative Code |
| TEA | Texas Education Agency |
| TEC | Texas Education Code |
| TBE | Transitional Bilingual Education |
| TEKS | Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills |
| TELPAS | Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System |
| TPR | Total Physical Response (a method for teaching ESL) |
| TWI | Two Way Immersion (bilingual program model) |
| WIDA | World Class Instructional Design and Assessment (consortium/advocacy group) |
| CALLA | Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach |
| LSP | Linguistically Sustaining Practices |