California Standards Terms and Acronyms

Common Terms and Acronyms

The field of education is famous for creating a multitude of acronyms for just about everything. Below is a list of current terms and acronyms that you may come across in district presentations or online.

• CAASPP - California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress
• CCSS - Common Core State Standards
• CELDT - California English Language Development Test
• DTAC - District Technology Advisory Committee
• ELPAC - English Language Proficiency Assessments for California
• LCAP - Local Control Accountability Plan
• LCFF - Local Control Funding Formula
• NCSC AA-AAS - National Center and State Collaborative Alternative Assessments based on Alternate Achievement Standards
• NGSS - Next Generation Science Standards
• PLC - Professional Learning Community
• SBAC - Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
• TOSA - Teacher on Special Assignment