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