Acronyms and Abbreviations
(Updated 9/05/2024)
This section contains a list of acronyms and other abbreviations used across CALPADS documentation.
| Acronym or Abbreviation | Description | Used In |
|---|---|---|
| A - G | University of California and California State University admission requirements | |
| AAC | Augmentative Alternative Communication | SPED |
| AAP | Adoption Assistance Program | CDSS |
| AASA | American Association of School Administrators | |
| AB | Assembly Bill | General |
| AB | Assembly Bill | |
| ABA | Applied Behavioral Analysis | SPED |
| ABAWD | Abled-Bodied Adult without Dependents | CDSS |
| ACA | Affordable Care Act | CDSS |
| ACCS | Advisory Commission on Charter Schools | SBE |
| ACF | Administration for Children and Families | CDSS |
| ACGR | Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate | CALPADS, Dashboard |
| ACL | All County Letter | CDSS |
| ACS | Accrediting Commission for Schools | |
| ACSA | Association of California School Administrators | General |
| ACSE | Advisory Commission on Special Education | General |
| ADA | Americans with Disabilities Act | CALPADS, SPED, SBE |
| ADA | Average Daily Attendance | CALPADS, SPED, SBE |
| ADPAU | Accountability Development and Policy Analysis Unit (CDE) | |
| ADR | Alternative Dispute Resolution | SPED |
| AFDC | Aid to Families with Dependent Children | CDSS |
| AFDC-FC | Aid to Families with Dependent Children - Foster Care | CDSS |
| AFT | American Federation of Teachers | SBE |
| AIR | American Institutes for Research | SPED |
| ALJ | Administrative Law Judge | SPED |
| AMAO | Annual Measurable Achievement Objective | SBE |
| AMARD | Analysis, Measurement, and Accountability Reporting Division (CDE) | |
| AME | Arts, Media and Entertainment (CTE programs) | |
| AMO | Assignment Monitoring Outcome | CALPADS, CTC |
| AP | Advanced Placement | General |
| AP | Accounts Payable | |
| APD | Adult Programs Division | CDSS |
| APE | Adapted Physical Education | SPED |
| API | Application programming interface | TOMS, CAASPP, ELPAC, CALPADS, SPED |
| API | Academic Performance Index | SBE |
| APR | Accountability Progress Reporting | SBE |
| APS | Adult Protective Services | CDSS |
| AR | Accounts Receivable | |
| AR | Administrative Review (nutrition) | |
| AR/CO | Annual Reporting/Child Only | CDSS |
| ARC | Approved Relative Caregiver | CDSS |
| ARRA | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 | General |
| ASAM | Alternative Schools Accountability Model | SBE |
| ASBO | Association of School Business Officers | |
| ASCIP | Alliance of Schools for Cooperative Insurance Programs | |
| ASES | After School Education and Safety | |
| ASL | American Sign Language | CAASPP, ELPAC, CALPADS |
| ASVAB | Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery | |
| AT | Assistive Technology | SPED |
| ATSI | Additional Targeted Support and Improvement | |
| AU | Assistance Unit | CDSS |
| AU | Administrative Unit | SPED |
| AY | Academic Year | |
| AYP | Adequate Yearly Progress | SBE |
| BCBA | Board Certified Behavioral Analyst | SPED |
| BER | Behavior Emergency Report | SPED |
| BIE | Bureau of Indian Education | |
| BIP | Behavior Intervention Plan | SPED |
| BTSA | Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment | SBE |
| BTSA | Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment | |
| CA NGSS | California Next Generation Science Standards | CAASPP |
| CAA | California Alternate Assessments | SPED, CAASPP, TOMS |
| CAAs | California Alternate Assessments | CAASPP, TOMS |
| CAASPP | California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress | CALPADS, CAASPP, TOMS, SPED |
| CAC | Community Advisory Committee | SPED |
| CACC | California Comprehensive Center at WestEd | SBE |
| CAFSE | Coalition for Adequate Funding for Special Education | SPED |
| CAHSEE | California High School Exit Exam | Legacy |
| CAI | Cambium Assessment, Inc. | CAASPP |
| CalACES | California Automated Consortium Eligibility System | CDSS |
| CalHEERS | California Healthcare Eligibility, Enrollment and Retention System | CDSS |
| Cal-OAR | CalWORKs Outcomes and Accountability Review | CDSS |
| CALPADS | California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System | CALPADS, CAASPP, TOMS, ELPAC, |
| Cal-SAFE | California School-Age Families Education | Legacy |
| CalSTAT | California Services for Technical Assistance and Training | SPED |
| CALSTRS | California State Teachers' Retirement System | |
| CalTAC | California Technical Assistance Center | CAASPP, TOMS |
| CALTIDES | California Longitudinal Teacher Information Data Education System | SPED |
| CalWIN | California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Information Network | CDSS |
| CalWORKs | California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids | CDSS |
| CAPA | California Alternate Performance Assessment | SBE |
| CAPAAR | California Partnership Academy Annual Reporting System (CDE) | |
| CAPI | Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants | CDSS |
| CAPIT | Child Abuse Prevention, Intervention and Treatment | CDSS |
| CAPP | California Partners for Permanency | CDSS |
| CAPTA | Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act | CDSS |
| CARS | Crisis Alert Response System | CAASPP, TOMS |
| CARS | Consolidated Application Reporting System | ConApp, CALPADS |
| CAS | Centralized Authentication System (CDE) | |
| CASBO | California Association of School Business Officials | SBE |
| CASC | Clear Administrative Services Credential | |
| CASEMIS | California Special Education Management Information System | Legacy |
| CASH | Coalition for Adequate School Housing | SBE |
| CAST | California Science Test | CAASPP, TOMS |
| CAT | computer adaptive test | CAASPP |
| CBCAP | Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention | CDSS |
| CBEDS | California Basic Educational Data System | |
| CBEDS - ORA | California Basic Educational Data System Online Reporting Application (CDE) | |
| CBI | Community Based Instruction | SPED |
| CBT | Computer Based Test | |
| CCC | California Community Colleges | General |
| CCEE | California Collaborative for Educational Excellence | |
| CCF | Community Care Facility | SPED |
| CCI | Coordinated Care Initiative | CDSS |
| CCL | Community Care Licensing | CDSS |
| CCR | California Code of Regulations | General |
| CCR | Continuum of Care Reform | CDSS |
| CCS | California Children Services | SPED |
| CCSA | California Charter Schools Association | SBE |
| CCSESA | California County Superintendents Educational Services Association | SBE |
| CCSS | Common Core State Standards | General |
| CCSSO | Council of Chief State School Officers | SBE |
| CCT | California Community Transition | CDSS |
| CDE | California Department of Education | General |
| CDE | Child Development and Education | General |
| CDIF | County/District Information Form | |
| CDPH | California Department of Public Health | CDSS |
| CDS | County-District-School (Code) | General |
| CDSS | California Department of Social Services | General |
| CECRIS | County Expense Claim Reporting Information System | CDSS |
| CEDS | Common Education Data Standards | TOMS |
| CEIS | Coordinated Early Intervening Services | SPED |
| CELDT | California English Language Development Test | Legacy |
| CEP | Community Eligibility Provision | CALPADS |
| CERS | California Educator Reporting System | CAASPP, ELPAC, TOMS |
| CFA | California Faculty Association | |
| CFAP | California Food Assistance Program | CDSS |
| CFCC | Curriculum Framework and Evaluation Criteria Committee | SBE |
| CFCO | Community First Choice Option | CDSS |
| CFL | County Fiscal Letter | CDSS |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations | General |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations | SPED |
| CFS | CALPADS File Specifications | CALPADS |
| CFT | California Federation of Teachers | SBE |
| CFT | California Federation of Teachers | |
| CHSEE | California High School Exit Examination (now defunct) | |
| CHSPE | California High School Proficiency Exam | General |
| CIG | Credential Information Guide | CTC, CALPADS |
| C-IV | Consortium-IV | CDSS |
| CLAD | Cross - cultural, Language, and Academic Development | |
| CMA | California Modified Assessment | SBE |
| CMIPS | Case Management, Information and Payrolling System | CDSS |
| CMS | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | CDSS |
| CNAC | Child Nutrition Advisory Council | SBE |
| CNI | California Necessities Index | CDSS |
| CNIPS | Child Nutrition Information and Payment System | |
| COE | County Office of Education | General |
| COLA | Cost-of-Living Adjustment | General |
| ConApp | Consolidated Application | CALPADS |
| ConApp | Consolidated Application Allocations & Apportionments | |
| COP | Title I Committee of Practitioners | SBE |
| CORE | California Office to Reform Education | SBE |
| COTA | Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant | SPED |
| COYA | California Opportunity Youth Apprenticeship (grant) | |
| CPA | California Partnership Academy | CALPADS |
| CPAG | California Practitioners Advisory Group | |
| CPEC | California Postsecondary Education Commission (defunct) | |
| CPI | Consumer Price Index | CDSS |
| CPP | California Proficiency Program | General |
| CR | constructed response | CAASPP |
| CR | Constructed Response | |
| CRDC | Civil Rights Data Collection (mandatory federal data collection) | |
| CRP | Content Review Panel | SBE |
| CSA | California Spanish Assessment | CAASPP, TOMS |
| CSAM | California School Accounting Manual | |
| CSBA | California School Boards Association | SBE |
| CSD | California School Directory | General |
| CSDC | Charter Schools Development Center | SBE |
| CSEA | California School Employees Association | |
| CSEC | Commercially Sexually Exploited Children | CDSS |
| CSI | Comprehensive Support and Improvement | |
| CSIS | California School Information Services | CALPADS |
| CSPR | Consolidated State Performance Report | CALPADS |
| CSS | Communication Severity Scales | SPED |
| CST | California Standards Test | General |
| CSU | California State University | CAASPP |
| CTA | California Teachers Association | SBE |
| CTC | Commission on Teacher Credentialing | CALPADS |
| CTE | Career Technical Education | CALPADS |
| CWD | County Welfare Department | CDSS |
| CWDA | County Welfare Directors Association | CDSS |
| CWDS | Child Welfare Digital Services | CDSS |
| CWS | Child Welfare Services | CDSS |
| CWS/CMS | Child Welfare Services/Case Management System | CDSS |
| CYA | California Youth Authority (now Division of Juvenile Justice) | |
| CYAC | California Youth Apprenticeship Committee | |
| DACA | Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals | CDSS |
| DAIT | District Assistance and Intervention Team | SBE |
| DAIT | District Assistance and Intervention Team | |
| DAPA | Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents | CDSS |
| DASS | Dashboard Alternative School System | CALPADS |
| DBH | Department of Behavioral Health | SPED |
| DDS | Department of Developmental Services | CDSS |
| DDS | Department of Developmental Services | SPED |
| DEI | Data Entry Interface | CAASPP, ELPAC, TOMS |
| DELAC | District English Learner Advisory Committee | |
| DEOA | Department of Education Organization Act | |
| DFA | Directions for Administration | CAASPP, ELPAC, TOMS |
| DHCS | Department of Health Care Services | CDSS |
| DHH | Deaf/Hard of Hearing | SPED |
| DHHS | Department of Health and Human Services | CDSS |
| DHS | Department of Health Services | SPED |
| DIBELS | Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy | SPED |
| DIS | Designated Instructional Service | SPED |
| DOJ | Department of Justice | CDSS |
| DOL | District of Location | SPED |
| DOR | District of Residence | SPED |
| DPA | Data Privacy Agreement(s) | |
| DPI | Department of Public Instruction | |
| DQAP | Data Quality Assurance Process | |
| DRDP | Desired Results Developmental Profile | SPED |
| DRO | Data Reporting Office (CDE) | |
| DSEA | District of Special Education Accountability | |
| DSS | Department of Social Services | |
| DTT | Discrete Trial Training | SPED |
| EAP | Early Assessment Program | CAASPP |
| EAP | Early Assessment Program | |
| EBT | Electronic Benefit Transfer | CDSS |
| EBT | Electronic Benefits Transfer | |
| EC | Education Code | General |
| ECE | Early Childhood Education | SPED |
| ECF | Emergency Contingency Fund | CDSS |
| ED | United States Department of Education | General |
| ED | Emotional Disturbance | SPED |
| EDCS | Education Data Collection System | |
| EDEN | Education Data Exchange Network | Federal |
| EDGAR | Education Department General Administrative Regulations | |
| EEF | Educator Effectiveness Funds | |
| EIA | Economic Impact Aid | |
| EID | Earned Income Disregard | CDSS |
| EL | English Learner | General |
| ELA | English Language Arts | CALPADS |
| ELAC | English Learner Advisory Committee | |
| ELAS | English language acquisition status | CALPADS, ELPAC, TOMS |
| ELD | English Language Development | CALPADS, ELPAC |
| ELO | Expanded Learning Opportunities program | |
| ELO - P | Expanded Learning Opportunities Program | |
| ELP | English language proficiency | ELPAC |
| ELPAC | English Language Proficient Assessments for California | General |
| ELPI | English learner progress indicator | ELPAC |
| EO | English Only | CALPADS, ELPAC |
| EOC | end-of-course (examination) | SBE |
| EOP | End of Project | |
| EOY | End of Year | CALPADS |
| ER | Emergency Response | CDSS |
| ERMHS | Educationally Related Mental Health Services | SPED |
| ERS | Educational Results Partnership | |
| ESAP | Elderly Simplified Application Project | CDSS |
| ESD | Elementary School District | |
| ESEA | Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 | SBE |
| ESEA | Elementary and Secondary Education Act | SPED |
| ESL | English as a Second Language | |
| ESSA | Every Student Succeeds Act | General |
| ESSA-PPE | Every Student Succeeds Act - Per - Pupil Expenditures (CDE fiscal Reporting) | |
| ESY | Extended School Year | SPED |
| ETS | Educational Testing Service | |
| ETV | Education and Training Vouchers | CDSS |
| FAPE | free and appropriate public education | SBE |
| FAPE | Free and Appropriate Public Education | SPED |
| FBA | Functional Behavioral Assessment | SPED |
| FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation | CDSS |
| FC | Foster Care | CDSS |
| FCED | Foster Care Eligibility Determination | CDSS |
| FCMAT | Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team | |
| Fed-GAP | Federal Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment | CDSS |
| FEP | Fluent-English Proficient | CALPADS, ELPAC |
| FERPA | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act | General |
| FFA | Foster Family Agency | SPED |
| FFH | Family Foster Home | SPED |
| FFP | Federal Financial Participation | CDSS |
| FFY | Federal Fiscal Year | CDSS |
| FIEP | Facilitated Individualized Education Program | SPED |
| FLSA | Fair Labor Standards Act | CDSS |
| FM | Family Maintenance | CDSS |
| FMAP | Federal Medical Assistance Percentage | CDSS |
| FMTA | Focused Monitoring and Technical Assistance | SPED |
| FNS | Food and Nutrition Service of the United States Department of Agriculture | CDSS |
| FPL | Federal Poverty Level | CDSS |
| FR | Family Reunification | CDSS |
| FRC | Family Resource Center | SPED |
| FRPM | Free or Reduced-price Meals | CALPADS |
| FTB | Franchise Tax Board | CDSS |
| FTE | Full -Time Equivalency | General |
| FY | Fiscal Year | General |
| GATE | Gifted And Talented Education | CALPADS |
| GED | General Educational Development | CALPADS |
| GF | State General Fund | CDSS |
| HAT | hybrid adaptive test | CAASPP |
| HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act | SPED |
| HLS | home language survey | ELPAC |
| HOH | Hearing of Hearing | SPED |
| HOSS | highest obtainable scale score | TOMS |
| HOUSSE | High Objective Uniform State Standard of Evaluation | |
| HQ | Highly Qualified | SPED |
| HQT | Highly Qualified Teacher | CALPADS |
| HSD | High School District | |
| HSE | High School Equivalency | |
| HumRRO | Human Resources Research Organization | SBE |
| IA | Interim Assessment | TOMS |
| IA | Instructional Assistant | SPED |
| IAES | Interim Alternative Educational Setting | SPED |
| IAIP | Interim Assessment Item Portal | TOMS |
| IAVS | Interim Assessment Viewing System | TOMS |
| IB | International Baccalaureate | CALPADS |
| ICF | Intermediate Care Facility | SPED |
| ID | Intellectual Disability | SPED |
| IDEA | Individualized with Disabilities Education Act | SPED |
| IDEIA | Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act | SPED |
| IEE | Independent Educational Evaluation | SPED |
| IEP | Individualized Education Program | SPED |
| IFEP | Initially Fluent-English Proficient | CALPADS, ELPAC |
| IFSP | Individual Family Service Plan | SPED |
| IHE | Institute of Higher Education | SPED |
| IHSS | In-Home Supportive Services | CDSS |
| ILP | Independent Living Program | CDSS |
| ILP | Individual Learning Plan | |
| IMAP | Instructional Materials Advisory Panel | SBE |
| IMFRP | Instructional Materials Fund Realignment Program | SBE |
| IPW | Independence Plus Waiver | CDSS |
| IQC | Instructional Quality Commission | SBE |
| IRC | Inland Regional Center | SPED |
| ISA | Individual Service Agreement (for NPS/NPA) | SPED |
| ISAAP | Individual Student Assessment Accessibility Profile | CAASPP |
| ISP | Individual Service Plan | SPED |
| IT | Information Technology | CDSS |
| IWEN | Individual with Exceptional Needs | SPED |
| JPA | Joint Powers Agreement | SPED |
| JUHSD | Joint Unified High School District | |
| JUSD | Joint Unified School District | |
| K–12 | kindergarten through grade twelve | TOMS |
| K–2 | kindergarten through grade two | TOMS |
| Kin-GAP | Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment | CDSS |
| LAO | Legislative Analyst’s Office | SPED |
| LCAP | Local Control and Accountability Plan | |
| LCEN | Language Census | CALPADS, ELPAC |
| LCFF | Local Control Funding Formula | General |
| LCI | Licensed Children’s’ Institution | SPED |
| LEA | Local Educational Agency | ALL CDE |
| LEADER | Los Angeles Eligibility, Automated Determination, Evaluation, and Reporting | CDSS |
| LEP | Limited-English Proficient | CALPADS, ELPAC |
| LI | Low Incidence | SPED |
| LOC | Level of Care | CDSS |
| LOI | Letter of Intent | |
| LOSS | lowest obtainable scale score | TOMS |
| LRE | Least Restrictive Environment | SPED |
| LRF | Local Revenue Fund | CDSS |
| LRS | Los Angeles Eligibility, Automated Determination, Evaluation, and Reporting Replacement System | CDSS |
| LSH | Language, Speech & Hearing | SPED |
| LST | Local Scoring Tool | TOMS |
| LTEL | Long - Term English Learners | |
| M\&O | Maintenance and Operations | CDSS |
| MAP | Maximum Aid Payment | CDSS |
| MC | Multiple Choice | |
| MEDS | Medi-Cal Eligibility Determination System | CDSS |
| MFG | Maximum Family Grant | CDSS |
| MOE | Maintenance of Effort | CDSS |
| MOE | Maintenance of Effort | SPED |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding | CDSS |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding | SPED |
| MTSS | Multi - Tiered System of Supports | |
| MTU | Medical Therapy Unit | SPED |
| MYFP | Multiyear Financial Projections | |
| MYP | Multiyear Projections | |
| NACF | Non-Assistance CalFresh | CDSS |
| NAEP | National Assessment of Educational Progress | SBE |
| NASDSE | National Association of State Directors of Special Education | SPED |
| NCES | National Center for Education Statistics | |
| NCLB | No Child Left Behind | CALPADS |
| NEA | National Education Association | SBE |
| NGA | National Governors Association | SBE |
| NGSS | Next Generation Science Standards | SBE |
| NOA | Notice of Action | CDSS |
| NPS | Non-Public Non-Sectarian School | CALPADS |
| NPS | Nonpublic School | |
| NPS/NPA | Non Public Schools/Non Public Agencies | General |
| NS | No score available | TOMS |
| NSD | Nutrition Services Division | |
| NSLP | National School Lunch Program | CALPADS |
| NT | Not tested | TOMS |
| NTE | Not tested medical emergency | TOMS |
| O\&M | Orientation and Mobility | SPED |
| OAH | Office of Administrative Hearings | SPED |
| OCAP | Office of Child Abuse Prevention | CDSS |
| OCAT | Online CalWORKs Appraisal Tool | CDSS |
| OCR | Office of Civil Rights | |
| OHI | Other Health Impairment | SPED |
| OI | Orthopedic Impairment | SPED |
| OIG | Office of the Inspector General | CDSS |
| OMB | Office of Management and Budget | |
| OPSC | Office of Public School Construction | |
| OPUS | Online Public Update for Schools (CDE) | |
| ORA | Online Reporting Application | CALPADS |
| OSE | Office of the Secretary for Education | SBE |
| OSEP | Office of Special Education Programs | Federal |
| OSERS | Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services | SPED |
| OSI | Office of Systems Integration | CDSS |
| OT | Occupational Therapy | SPED |
| PA | Performance Assessment | |
| PADC | Principal Apportionment Data Collection (SYSTEM) | |
| PAIF | Professional Assignment Information Form | |
| PAR | Peer Assistance and Review Program for Teachers | SBE |
| PARCC | Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers | SBE |
| PBIS | Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports | |
| PBL | Project - Based Learning | |
| PCAB | Proposed County Administrative Budget | CDSS |
| PCM | Professional Crisis Management | SPED |
| PCMA | Professional Crisis Management Association | SPED |
| PCSP | Personal Care Services Program | CDSS |
| PDD | Pervasive Developmental Disorder | SPED |
| PECS | Picture Exchange Communication System | SPED |
| PENT | Positive Environment, Network of Trainers | SPED |
| PFA | Preparing for Administration | CAASPP, TOMS |
| PFT | Physical Fitness Testing | SBE |
| PGE | Parent/Guardian exemption | TOMS |
| PI | Program Improvement | SBE |
| PL | Public Law | CDSS |
| PLD | performance (or proficiency) level descriptor | SBE |
| PP | Permanent Placement | CDSS |
| PPE | Personal Protective Equipment | |
| PPT | paper–pencil test | CAASPP |
| PS | Program Specialists | SPED |
| PSAA | Public School Accountability Act | SBE |
| PSAT | Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test | |
| PSSF | Promoting Safe and Stable Families | CDSS |
| PT | performance task | CAASPP |
| PT | Physical Therapy | SPED |
| PT | Performance Task | |
| PTA | Parent Teacher Association | |
| PTAC | Privacy Technical Assistance Center (Federal USDE) | |
| PTSA | Parent Teacher Student Association | |
| PWN | Prior Written Notice | SPED |
| QA | Quality Assurance | CDSS |
| QEIA | Quality Education Investment Act of 2006 | SBE |
| QR | Quarterly Reporting | CDSS |
| RADEP | Research and Development Enterprise Project | CDSS |
| RCA | Refugee Cash Assistance | CDSS |
| RFA | Request for Applications | SBE |
| RFA | Resource Family Approval | CDSS |
| RFEP | Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient | CALPADS |
| RFEP | Reclassified Fluent English Proficient | |
| RFP | Request for Proposals | SBE |
| RLA/ELD | reading-language arts/English language development | SBE |
| RMR | Regional Market Rate | CDSS |
| RNE | Recent Noncitizen Entrants | CDSS |
| ROC/P | Regional Occupational Center or Program | CALPADS |
| ROCP | Regional Occupational Centers and Programs | SBE |
| RS | Related Services | SPED |
| RSP | Resource Specialist Program | CALPADS, SPED, CTC |
| RSVP | Rotating Score Validation Process | ELPAC, TOMS |
| RtI | Response to Instruction and Intervention | SPED |
| RTTT | Race to the Top | SBE |
| S - EBT | Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (aka "Sun Bucks") | |
| SACS | Standardized Account Code Structure | |
| SAI | Specialized Academic Instruction | SPED |
| SAIT | School Assistance and Intervention Team | SBE |
| SAR | Semiannual Reporting | CDSS |
| SARB | School Attendance Review Board | SBE |
| SARB | School Attendance Review Board (state) | |
| SARC | School Accountability Report Card | SBE |
| SARC | School Accountability Report Card | |
| SAT | Scholastic Assessment Test | |
| SAWS | Statewide Automated Welfare System | CDSS |
| SAWS | Statewide Automated Welfare System | |
| SB | Senate Bill | General |
| SBAC | Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium | General |
| SBCP | School-Based Coordination Program | SBE |
| SBE | State Board of Education | |
| SBP | School Breakfast Program | |
| SCI | Specialized Care Increment | CDSS |
| SCIA | Special Circumstance Instructional Assistance | SPED |
| SCO | State Controller’s Office | CDSS |
| SD | School District | |
| SDAIE | Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English | CALPADS |
| SDC | Special Day Class | SPED |
| SEA | State Educational Agency | General |
| SED | Socio - Economically Disadvantaged | General |
| SEEDS | Special Education Early Delivery System | SPED |
| SEID | Statewide Educator Identifier | CALPADS, CTC |
| SEIS | Special Education Information System | SPED |
| SELPA | Special Education Local Plan Area | General |
| SEPS | Special Education Enrollment by Program Setting | |
| SES | Supplemental Education Services | SBE |
| SESR | Special Education Self | SPED |
| SFA | School Food Authorities | |
| SFIS | Statewide Fingerprint Imaging System | CDSS |
| SH | Severe Handicap | SPED |
| SIF | School Information Form | |
| SIG | School Improvement Grant | SBE |
| SIP | School Improvement Program | |
| SIS | Student Information System | |
| SLD | Specific Learning Disability | SPED |
| SLFS | School - Level Finance Survey (mandatory federal data collection) | |
| SLI | Speech/Language Impairment | SPED |
| SLP | Speech/Language Pathologist | SPED |
| SLPA | Speech/Language Pathology Assistant | SPED |
| SNAP-Ed | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Education | CDSS, CALPADS |
| SNF | Skilled Nursing Facility | SPED |
| SNP | School Nutrition Program | |
| SOP | Summary of Performance | SPED |
| SPED | Special Education | |
| SPMP | Skilled Professional Medical Personnel | CDSS |
| SPP | State Performance Plan | SPED |
| SPPO | Student Privacy Policy Office (Federal USDE) | |
| SPSA | School Plan for Student Achievement (LCAP/CDE) | |
| SR | Selected Response | |
| SSA | Social Security Administration | CDSS |
| SSC | School Services of California | SPED |
| SSC | Schoolsite Council | |
| SSI | Supplemental Security Income | CDSS |
| SSI/SSP | Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment | CDSS |
| SSID | Statewide Student Identifier | General |
| SSO | single sign-on | CAASPP |
| SSO | Seamless Summer Option | Nutrition |
| SSOS | Statewide System of Support | |
| SSP | State Supplementary Payment | CDSS |
| SSPI | State Superintendent of Public Instruction | General |
| SSR | Student Score Report | CAASPP, TOMS |
| SST | Student Study Team | |
| STAIRS | Security and Test Administration Incident Reporting System | CAASPP, ELPAC, TOMS |
| STAR | Standardized Testing and Reporting Program | SBE |
| STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics | |
| STRTP | Short-term Residential Therapeutic Program | CDSS |
| STS | Standards-based Tests in Spanish | SBE |
| SUAS | State Utility Assistance Subsidy | CDSS |
| SWD | Student With Disabilities | |
| SWP | Schoolwide Program | CALPADS, CBEDS |
| SY | School Year | |
| TA | test administrator | CAASPP |
| TAG | Technical Advisory Group | SBE |
| TAM | Test Administration Manual | ELPAC |
| TAMO | Teacher Assignment Monitoring Outcome | |
| TANF | Temporary Assistance for Needy Families | CDSS |
| TAS | Targeted Assistance School | |
| TBD | To Be Determined | CALPADS, ELPAC, TOMS |
| TBI | Traumatic Brain Injury | SPED |
| TCVAP | Trafficking and Crime Victims Assistance Program | CDSS |
| TDG | Technical Design Group (PSAA Advisory Committee) | SBE |
| TDS | test delivery system | CAASPP, ELPAC |
| TE | test examiner | CAASPP, ELPAC |
| TE | Technology Enhanced | |
| TEACCH | Treatment and Education of Autistic and Communication Handicapped Children | SPED |
| THSS | Teacher Hand Scoring System | CAASPP, ELPAC, TOMS |
| TOMS | Test Operations Management System | CAASPP, ELPAC |
| TOSA | Teacher on Special Assignment | |
| TRCS | technology readiness checker for students | ELPAC |
| TSI | Targeted Support and Improvement | |
| UC | University of California | CDSS |
| UC | University of California | |
| UC/CSU | University of California/California State University | SBE |
| UCLA | University of California - Los Angeles | CDSS |
| UCP | Uniform Complaint Procedure | SBE |
| UESD | Union Elementary School District | |
| UIN | Unique Identification Number | TOMS |
| USD | Unified School District | SBE |
| USD | Unified School District | |
| USDA | United States Department of Agriculture | CDSS |
| USDA | United States Department of Agriculture | |
| UTLA | United Teachers-Los Angeles | SBE |
| VI | Visual Impairment | SPED |
| VPSS | Verification Process for Special Settings | |
| W\&IC | Welfare and Institutions Code | CDSS |
| WASC | Western Association of Schools and Colleges | |
| WDTIP | Welfare Data Tracking Implementation Project | CDSS |
| WER | Writing Extended Response | CAASPP |
| WIA | Workforce Investment Act | |
| WINS | Work Incentive Nutritional Supplement | CDSS |
| WPR | Work Participation Rate | CDSS |
| WTW | Welfare-to-Work | CDSS |
| YEP | Youth Employment Program |