| Acronyms |
| ACRN |
America's Career Resource Network |
| ADDA |
American Design and Drafting Association |
| AGE |
Associated General Contractors |
| ASE |
Automotive Service Excellence |
| AWS |
American Welding Society |
| AYES |
Automotive Youth Education System |
| AYP |
Annual Yearly Progress |
| BAT |
Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training |
| BPA |
Business Professionals of America |
| CIW |
Certified Internet Webmaster |
| CompTIA |
Computer Technology Industry Association |
| Contren Learning Series |
NCCER Textbooks and Materials |
| CORD |
Center for Occupational Research and Development |
| CRT |
Criterion Referenced Test, a test that is based on the curriculum's criteria. |
| CTE |
Career and Technical Education |
| DECA |
A career and technical student organization for marketing students |
| EOC |
End-of-Course Test, a series of high school tests that includes subtest in the following areas: Math, English with the addition of several new tests over the next few testing cycles. These test are course dependant and used as part of the course grade. |
| FAPE |
Free Appropriate Public Education |
| FBLA |
Future Business Leaders of America |
| FCCLA |
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America |
| FERPA |
Family Education Rights and Privacy Act |
| FFA |
A career and technical student organization for agriculture students (Future Farmers of America) |
| G/W |
Gateway Test, a series of high school test that include subtests in the following areas: Alg/Math, Science, Language Arts. These test are graduation requirements if you began 9 th grade any time after the 2000-2001 class year. |
| HOSA |
Health Occupations Students of America |
| HSTW |
High Schools That Work |
| IDEA |
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act |
| IEE |
Independent Education Evaluation |
| IEP |
Individual Education Plan |
| IETA |
International Technology Education Association |
| JAG |
Jobs for America's Graduates |
| JTG |
Jobs for Tennessee Graduates |
| LEA |
Local Education Agency |
| MIS |
Management Information System |
| NASP |
National Association of School Psychologist |
| NATEF |
National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation |
| NCCER |
National Center for Construction Education and Research |
| NCLB |
No Child Left Behind |
| NRT |
Norm Referenced Test, a test that is based on the standards at a national or normed level. |
| OSEP |
Office of Special Education Programs |
| OSHA |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| SBE |
State Board of Education |
| SCANS |
Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills |
| SDE |
State Department of Education |
| SDOE |
State Department of Education |
| SkillsUSA |
A career and technical student organization for trade and industrial education students |
| SREB |
Southern Regional Education Board |
| TCA |
Tennessee Code Annotated |
| TCAP |
Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program, the umbrella under which all Tennessee mandated test are referenced. |
| TCIDS |
TN Career Information Delivery System |
| TEIS |
Tennessee Early Intervention Program |
| THA |
Tennessee Hospital Association |
| TIGER |
Timely, Information, Gathering, Examination, and Reporting |
| TIPS |
Tennessee Infant Parent Services |
| TSA |
Technology Student Association |
| VTE |
Vocational-Technical Education |
| WA |
Writing Assessment, a written test administered to grades 5, 8 and 11. This test is a state mandated test and results are used in conjunction with the CRT, Gateway and End-of-Course test to determine the standings of the school and system within the state and to account for the state’s national ranking. |
| WWW |
World Wide Web |
