A
AFT       American Federation of Teachers

AIR       American Institutes for Research

ALEC     American Legislative Exchange Council
ARRA    American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
APPR    Annual Professional Performance Review

ASBSD Associated School Boards of South Dakota
AYP      Adequate Yearly Progress

B 
BOE    South Dakota Board of Education

BOR    Board of Regents

C 
CCR      College and Career-Ready
CCSSI   Common Core State Standards Initiative
CCSSO  Council of Chief State School Officers
CMOs    Charter Management Organizations

CEDS    Common Educational Data Standards

D 
DOE   Department of Education

DQC   Data Quality Campaign (funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,

Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, AT&T and Target)

E 
EDGAR   Education Department General Administrative Regulations

EDI        Education Delivery Institute 
ELA        English Language Arts

ESA       Educational Service Agency
ESEA     Elementary and Secondary Education Act, is a United States federal

statute enacted April 11, 1965.

F 
FERPA  Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

I 
IB       International Baccalaureate
IEP     Individualized Education Programs
IHE    Institutions of Higher Education
ISU    Implementation and Support Unit

L 
LEA   Local Education Agency

M 
MOA Memorandum of Agreement

MOU Memorandum of Understanding

N 
NAEP   National Assessment of Educational Progress

NCLB   No Child Left Behind

NCES   National Center for Education Statistics

NCRC   National Career Readiness Certificate

NEDM   National Education Data Model
NGA     National Governor’s Association

O 
OBE    Outcome Based Education

OISM  Office of Innovative School Models

P 
P-20W   Preschool through 20 years of education and into the Workforce
PARCC   The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers
PTA       Parent Teacher Association

R 
RSN     Reform Support Network
RTTT    Race to the Top

S 
SASD      School Administrators of South Dakota

SBAC      Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

SD WINS South Dakota Workforce Initiative

SD DOE   South Dakota Department of Education

SDEA      South Dakota Education Association
SFSF       State Fiscal Stabilization Fund

SIF         Student Interoperative Framework
SLDS      Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems
SLC        Shared Learning Collaborative
SLO        Student Learning Objectives
S.T.E.M.  Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
SY          School Year

U 

UNESCO United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture