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504: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a civil rights statute which prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities. A 504 plan is an individual education plan for a special-needs student.

AASA: American Association of School Administrators

ABE: Adult Basic Education

ACT: Prior to 1996, knows as the American College Testing Program. ACT offers a college level assessment test.

ADA: American with Disabilities Act

ADD: Attention Deficit Disorder

ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

AFDC: Aid to Families with Dependent Children

AFT: American Federation of Teachers

AIP: Academic Improvement Plan

AP: Advanced Placement

AR: Accelerated Reader™ Created by Renaissance Learning

CBE: Community-based education

CP: Cerebral Palsy

CRISS: Creating Independence through Student-owned Strategies

CST: Child Study Team

CTB: Competency Testing Battery

DD: Developmentally Delayed

D/HH: Deaf/Hard of Hearing

ED: Emotional Disturbance

EH: Emotionally Handicapped

EMH: Emotionally Mentally Handicapped

ERIC: Education Resources Information Center. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education "to provide access to education literature and resources."

ESE: Exceptional Student Education. (In some areas of the country known as EEN: Exceptional Educational Needs.)

ESL: English as a Second Language. Student's native language is not English.

ESOL: English Speakers of Other Languages

ETR: Evaluation Team Report

ETS: Educational Testing Service

FAPE: Free Appropriate Public Education

FBA: Functional Behavioral Assessment

FERPA: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

FFA: Future Farmers of America

FTE: Full-time Equivalency Student. Student enrollment.

GED: General Education Development Test. (A GED Diploma may be granted if the individual passes the GED Test.

GRE: Graduate Record Examination

GT: Gifted

HI: Hearing Impaired

IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

IEP: Individualized Education Plan. A legal document required for ESE students.

IFSP: Individualiized Family Service Plan

IRA: International Reading Association

LD: Learning Disabled

LDA: Learning Disabilities Association

LEP: Limited English Proficiency. Of late, the term "English learner" is being used in parts of the country.

LLD: Language Learning Disabilities

LRE: Least-Restricitive Environment

MD: Multiple Disabilities

MENC: The National Association for Music Education

MS: Multiple Sclerosis

NAEA: National Art Education Association

NAESP: National Association of Elementary School Principals

NCLB: No Child Left Behind

NCSS: National Council for the Social Studies

NCTE: National Council of Teachers of English

NCTM: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

NEA: National Education Association

NSF: National Science Foundation

NSTA: National Science Teachers Association

OCD: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

OI: Orthopedically Impaired

PI: Physically Impaired

PMH: Profoundly Mentally Handicapped

PSAT: Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test

PTSA: Parent Teacher Student Association

PTSO: Parent Teacher Student Organization

PTA: Parent Teacher Association

SAC: School Advisory Council

SAT: Scholastic Aptitude Test. Administered by the College Board

SAT-9: Stanford 9 Achievement Test

SCANS: The Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills

SED: Severely Emotional Disabled

SIP: School Improvement Plan

SLI: Speech and Language Impaired

SRO: School Resource Office

SST: Student Services Team

TBI: Trainable Mentally Handicapped. Also: Traumatic Brain Injury.

TMH: Trainable Mentally Handicapped

VE: Varying Exceptionalities

VI: Visually Impaired