Below you will find some of the more common acronyms used in many of your educational programs, district documents, and parent committees. This is designed to assist you in gaining a better understanding of the programs we offer our students and community members. For further information, please contact your child’s school.
CUSD Educational Acronyms:
AFLP – Adolescent Family Life Program
AR-LTEL - At-Risk Long Term English Learner
ASES – After School Education and Safety program
ATOD – Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
ATODV – Alcohol, Tobacco, Other Drugs, and Violence
AVID – Advancement Via Individual Determination
BCLAD – Bilingual Cross-Cultural Language and Academic Development
CAASPP – California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress
CAA – California Alternative Assessment
CART – Center for Advanced Research and Technology
CCS – California Content Standards
CDE – California Department of Education
CLAD – Cross-Cultural Language and Academic Development
CLASSI – Clovis Assessment System of Sustained Improvement
CMC – California Mathematics Council
CNTP – California New Teacher Project
CSI – Clovis Support Intervention
CSTP – California Standards for the Teaching Professions
CTEL – California Teachers of English Language
CTE – Career Technical Education
CI&A – Curriculum, Instruction and Accountability
CUSD – Clovis Unified School District
DARE – Drug Abuse and Resistance Education
DELAC – District English Learner Advisory Council
DRA – Developmental Reading Assessment
EL – English Learner
ELA – English Language Arts
ELAC – English Learner Advisory Council
ECL – Exceptional Capable Learners
ELD – English Language Development
ELPAC – English Language Proficiency Assessment for California
EETT – Enhancing Education Through Technology
ESSA – Every Student Succeeds Act
FACT – Formative Assessment for California Teachers
FPM – Federal Program Monitoring
GATE – Gifted and Talented Education
HLS – Home Language Survey
IEP – Individualized Education Plan
IDAC – Intercultural Diversity and Advisory Council
IFEP – Initial Fluent English Proficient
iCAM – Interim Clovis Assessment Math
iCAL – Interim Clovis Assessment Language
LEA – Local Educational Agency
LEP – Limited English Proficient
LMC – Library Media Center
LTEL - Long Term English Learner
MOU – Memorandum of Understanding
NCTM – National Council for Teachers of Mathematics
NETS – National Educational Technology Standards
PAC – Parent Advisory Council
PAR – Peer Assistance and Review
PDPA – Professional Development Provider Agreements
PGLE – Principal Grade Level Expectancies
PLC – Professional Learning Community
PTC – Parent Teacher Club
PTRA – Plan, Teach, Review, Assess
QIA – Quick Inventory Assessment
RFEP – Reclassified Fluent English Proficient
RSP – Resource Specialist Program
SAP – Student Assistance Program
SARC – School Accountability Report Card
SART – School Assessment Review Team
SAT – Scholastic Achievement Test
SDAIE – Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English
SPSA – School Plan for Student Achievement
SRO – School Resource Officer
SSC – School Site Council
SSSA – School Services and Student Attendance
SST – Student Study Team
TGLE – Teacher Grade Level Expectancies
WASC – Western Association of Schools and Colleges
WEB – Where Everybody Belongs