This is an alphabetical word list of education-related acronyms (ex: STEM, ESL).
A
ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis)
ACT (American College Testing)
AEP (Alternative Education Program)
AP (Advanced Placement)
AR (Accelerated Reader)
AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress)
C
CCR (College and Career Readiness)
CTE (Career and Technical Education)
D
DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America)
E
ECE (Early Childhood Education)
ED (Education Department --- the U.S. Department of Education)
ELL (English Language Learner)
ESEA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act)
ESL (English as a Second Language)
ESLRs (Expected Schoolwide Learning Results)
ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages)
ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act)
F
FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
FAPE (Free Appropriate Public Education)
G
GED (General Educational Development)
GPA (Grade Point Average)
GRE (Graduate Record Examination)
H
HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
HQT (Highly Qualified Teacher)
I
IB (International Baccalaureate)
IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)
IEP (Individualized Education Program)
IQ (Intelligence Quotient)
L
LD (Learning Disability)
LEA (Local Education Agency)
LSAT (Law School Admission Test)
M
MCAT (Medical College Admission Test)
N
NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress)
NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association)
NCES (National Center for Education Statistics)
NCLB (No Child Left Behind Act)
NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities)
NCLEX (National Council Licensure Examination)
NEA (National Education Association)
O
OER (Open Educational Resources)
P
PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports)
PBL (Project-Based Learning)
PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment)
PSAT (Preliminary SAT)
PTA (Parent-Teacher Association)
PTSA (Parent-Teacher-Student Association)
R
RTI (Response to Intervention)
S
SAI (Specialized Academic Instruction)
SAT (Scholastic Assessment Test, formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test)
SBL (Standards-Based Learning)
SEL (Social and Emotional Learning)
SLO (Student Learning Objective)
SPED (Special Education)
SRO (School Resource Officer)
STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics)
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
SWD (Students with Disabilities)
T
TAG (Talented and Gifted)
TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language)
TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
U
UDL (Universal Design for Learning)
V
VAK (Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic)
VLE (Virtual Learning Environment)
VPK (Voluntary Prekindergarten)