| 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 |
