”Improving Student Achievement For All Clovis Kids”
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
AAAL – Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere Learning
AFLP – Adolescent Family Life Program
API – Academic performance Index
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
AYP- Adequate Yearly Progress
BCLAD – Bilingual Cross-Cultural Language and Academic Development
CAASPP – California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress
CAPA – California Alternate Performance Assessment
CART – Center for Advanced Research and Technology
CCS – California Content Standards
CCSAS – Core Curriculum Standards and Assessment Study
CDE – California Department of Education
CIRC – Curriculum and Instructional Resources Center
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
CST – California Standards Test
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
DAC – District Advisory Committee
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 – Inter-cultural Diversity and Advisory Council
IFEP – Inial Fluent English Proficient
IPT – Initial Placement Test
iCAM – Interim Clovis Assessment Math
iCAL – Interim Clovis Assessment Language
LEA – Local Educational Agency
LEP – Limited English Proficient
LMC – Library Media Center
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
ROP – Regional Occupation Program
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
SLC – Smaller Learning Communities
SPSA – Single 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