| ADA |
Americans With Disabilities Act; also Average Daily Attendance |
| ADD |
Attention Deficit Disorder |
| ADHD |
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
| AP |
Advanced Placement (Courses) |
| APE |
Adapted Physical Education |
| API |
Academic Performance Index |
| ASB |
Associated Student Body |
| AVID |
Advancement Via Individual Determination |
- B - |
| BOE |
Board of Education |
- C - |
| CAC |
Citizens Advisory Committee; also Community Advisory Committee; also Contract Administration Committee; also California Administrative Code |
| CAC SE |
Citizens Advisory Committee for Special Education |
| CAHSEE |
California High School Exit Examination |
| CCACC |
Community/Citizens Advisory Committee/Council |
| CDE |
California Department of Education |
| CELDT |
California English Language Development Test |
| CHSPE |
California High School Proficiency Exam |
| CIF |
California Interscholastic Federation |
| CPIE |
Center for Parent Involvement and Education |
| CSF |
California Scholarship Federation |
| CTA |
California Teachers Association |
- D - |
| DAC |
District Advisory Council for Compensatory Education (Title 1 Programs) |
| DARE |
Drug and Resistance Education |
| DELAC |
District English Learner Advisory Committee |
| DHH |
Deaf and Hard of Hearing |
| DOE |
Department of Education |
| DWA |
District Wide Applications |
- E - |
| ECE |
Early Childhood Education |
| ELAC |
English Learner Advisory Committee |
| ESL |
English as a Second Language |
| ESP |
(ACUESP) Advisory Committee on Utilization of Excess School Property |
- G - |
| GATE |
Gifted And Talented Education |
| GED |
General Education Diploma |
| GPA |
Grade Point Average |
| GSE |
Golden State Examination |
- H - |
| HSDP |
High School Diploma Program |
- I - |
| IB |
International Baccalaureate |
| ICOC |
Independent Citizens' Oversight Committee |
| IEP |
Individualized Education Plan |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| ITV |
Instructional Television |
- J - |
| JROTC |
Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps |
- L - |
| LEA |
Local Educational Agency |
- M - |
| MECHA |
Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (Chicano Student Movement of Mexico) |
- N - |
| NEA |
National Education Association |
| NEA-ESP |
National Education Association-Educational Support Personnel |
| NEP |
Non-English Proficient |
| NMSQT |
National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test |
- O - |
| OCILE |
Off-Campus Integrated Learning Experience |
- P - |
| PAC |
Parent Advisory Council/Committee; also Principal's Advisory Council |
| PALs |
Parent Academic Liaisons |
| PSAT |
Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test |
| PTA |
Parent Teacher Association |
| PTO |
Parent Teacher Organization |
| PTSA |
Parent Teacher Student Association |
- R - |
| ROTC |
Reserve Officers Training Corps |
- S - |
| SABE/2 |
Spanish Assessment of Basic Education, Second Edition |
| SAC |
School Advisory Committee/Council |
| SARB |
School Attendance Review Board |
| SARC |
School Accountability Report Card |
| SASI |
School Administrative Student Information |
| SAT |
Scholastic Aptitude Test |
| SAT 9 |
Stanford Achievement Test, Ninth Edition |
| SCE |
State Compensatory Education |
| SDCOE |
San Diego County Office of Education |
| SDCS |
San Diego City Schools |
| SDEA |
San Diego Education Association |
| SDFT |
San Diego Federation of Teachers |
| SDRT |
Stanford Diagnostic Reading Test |
| SDSCPA |
San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts |
| SDSU |
San Diego State University |
| SDUSD |
San Diego Unified School District |
| SE |
Special Education |
| SEEC |
Special Education Early Childhood |
| SGT |
Site Governance Team |
| SIP |
School Improvement Program; also Site Initiated Placement |
| SIS |
Student Information Services/System |
| SSC |
School Site Council |
| STARS |
Standardized Testing and Recording |
- U - |
| UCSD/USD |
University of California, San Diego/University of San Diego |
| USI |
Urban Systemic Initiative |
| USDOE |
United States Department of Education |
- V - |
| VAPA |
Visual and Performing Arts |
| VEEP |
Voluntary Ethnic Enrollment Program |
- Y - |
| YRS |
Year-Round School/Schedule |