ABA - Applied Behavioral Analysis
ADA - Average Daily Attendance
API - Average Proficiency Index  [of the English Proficiency Index and Math Proficiency Index for all students]
ALT MCAS - Alternative Assessment
ATA - Accountability and Targeted Assistance
AYP - Adequate Yearly Progress
CAP - Corrective Action Plan
CBM - Curriculum Based Measures
CD - Competency Determination
CMP - Connected Math Program
CD - Competency Determination – the state’s interim AYP indicator for high schools based on Grade 10 MCAS test passing rates
CORI - Criminal Offender Record Information
CPI - Composite Proficiency Index – a 100 point index combining students’ scores on the standard MCAS and MCAS Alternative Assessment (ALT)
CPR - Coordinated Program Review, conducted on Federal Education Acts by the DOE
CRT - Criterion-referenced Test
CSR - Comprehensive School Reform
DIBELS - Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills
DIP - District Improvement Plan
DCAP - District Curriculum Accommodation Plan
DOE - Department of Education
DRA - Developmental Reading Assessment
DPDP - District Professional Development Plan
ELA - English Language Arts
ELL - English Language Learners
EPI - ELA Proficiency Index
ESL - English as a Second Language
FLNE - First Language Not English
FRL/Y - Free and Reduced Lunch/Yes
FRL/N - Free and Reduced Lunch/No
FTE - Full Time Equivalent
FY - Fiscal Year
Gap Analysis - a statistical method to analyze the relationships between and among district and subgroup performance and the standard of 100% proficiency
GASB - Government Accounting Standards Board
GMADE - Group Math Assessment and Diagnostic Evaluation
GRADE - Group Reading Assessment and Diagnostic Evaluation
GRADU - The graduation yield rate for a class 4 years from entry
IEP - Individualized Education Program
Improvement Gap - a measure of change in a combination of the Proficiency and Performance Gaps between two points in time. A positive Improvement Gap will show improvement and convergence between subgroups’ performance over time.
IPDP - Individual Professional Development Plan
IRIP - Individual Reading Improvement Plan
ISSP - Individual Student Success Plan
LASW - Looking at Student Work
LEP - Limited English Proficient
MASBO - Mass. Association of School Business Officials
MASC - Mass. Association of School Committees
MASS - Mass. Association of School Superintendents
MAVA - Mass. Association of Vocational Administrators
MCAS - Mass. Comprehensive Assessment System
MCAS-Alt - Alternative Assessment – a portfolio option for special needs students to demonstrate proficiency
MCPPO - Mass. Certified Public Purchasing Official
MELA-O - Mass. English Language Assessment-Oral
MEPA - Mass. English Proficiency Assessment
MPI - Math Proficiency Index
MQI - Management Quality Index – an indicator of the relative strength and effectiveness of a district’s management system
MUNIS - Municipal Information System
NAEYC - Nat’l Ass’n for the Education of Young Children
NCLB - No Child Left Behind
NEASC - New England Ass’n of Schools and Colleges
NRT - Norm-referenced Test
NSBA - National School Boards Association
NSS - Net School Spending
Performance Gap - A measure of the range of the difference of performance between any subgroup’s Proficiency Index and another subgroup’s in a given district
PI - Proficiency Index – a number between 0-100 representing the extent to which students are progressing toward proficiency
PIM - Performance Improvement Management
PQA - The Program Quality Assurance division of the DOE responsible for conducting the CPR process
Proficiency Gap - A measure of a district or subgroup’s PI and its distance from 100% proficiency
QRI - Qualitative Reading Inventory
Rate of Improvement - the result of dividing the gain [improvement in achievement as measured by PI points] by the proficiency gap
SAT - Scholastic Achievement Test administered by the Educational Testing Service to 11-12th graders
SEI - Sheltered English Immersion
SIMS - Student Information Management System
SIOP - Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol
SIP - School Improvement plan
SPED - Special Education
STE - Science Technology Engineering
TerraNova - K-12 norm-referenced test series published by CTB McGraw Hill