ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act
AD – Attachment Disorder
ADD – Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD – Attention Deficient Hyperactive Disorder
AFT – American Federation of Teachers
AGP/TAG – Academically Gifted Program
ATOMIC – Association of Teachers of Mathematics in Connecticut
AV – Audio-Visual
BOC – Behavior of Concern
BOE – Board of Education
CABE – Connecticut Association of Boards of Education
CAS - Connecticut Association of Schools
CCI – Connecticut Competency Instrument
CCL – Connecticut’s Common Core of Learning
CEA – Connecticut Education Association
CEU – Continuing Education Unit
CMT – Connecticut mastery Test
COA – Children of Alcoholics
CTC – Connecticut Teaching Competency
DARE – Drug Abuse Resistance Education
DCF – Department of Children and Families
DMR – Department of Mental Retardation
DOE – Department of Education
DOL – Daily Oral Language
DTLA – Detroit Test for Educational Achievement
EERA – Educational Evaluation and Remedial Assistance
ED – Emotional Disturbed
ELL – English Language Learners
EMR – Educable Mentally Retarded
ERG – Educational Reference Group
ESL – English as a Second Language
FAPE – Free and Appropriate Public Education
FERPA – Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
FRL – Free and Reduced Priced Lunch
HI – Hearing Impaired
IDEA – Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEP – Individualized Education Program
ISS – In-School Suspension (see also: OSS)
ISP – Individual Transition Plan (Over 15 Years Old)
KTEA – Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement
LEP – Limited English Proficiency
LD – Learning Disability
MR – Mental Retardation
MAR – Motivational Assistance Room
MI – Multiple Intelligence
MAT 7 – Metropolitan Achievement Test
NELMS - New England League of Middle Schools
NI – Neurological Impaired
NCTM – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
NEA – National Education Association
NASSP – National Association of Secondary School Principals
OHI – Other Health Impaired
OT – Occupational Therapy
OSS – Out of School Suspension
PDF – A file format recognized by Acrobat Reader Software
PTA – Parent Teacher Association
PT - Physical Therapy
PPT – Planning Placement Team
SAC – School Advisory Committee
SAL – Subject Area Leader
Stamford/Binet – Another Intelligence Test
SEM – Socially Emotionally Maladjusted
SPED – Special Education
SPMR – Severe and Profound Mentally Retarded
SAI – School Ability Index
SED – Seriously Emotionally Disturbed
SP/L Speech and Language
SGP – School Growth Plan
SIP – School Improvement Plan
TMR – Trainable Mentally Retarded
TBI – Traumatic Brain Injury
TOWL – Test of Written Language
VI – Visually Impaired
VIP – Violence is Preventable
WISC IIIR – Weschler Intelligence Scale –Third Edition