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		ParentsCount is brought to you as a service by Alexandria City Public Schools in order to provide useful resources to all our students' parents. ParentsCount is a resource to assist parents in the following areas: How to help children succeed How to make effective connections with the shool that will facilitate success How to be better, more effective parents

		Glossary: List of Terms

		The most commonly used educational terms and their definitions. A Ability Grouping Acceptable Use Policy Accreditation Achievement Gap Achievement Tests Acting Out Acute ADD ADHD Adjudicated Adjustment Disorder Advanced Placement (AP) Program Affect Affective Affective Disorder Alternative Assessment Alternative Schools Anxiety Disorder Appropriate Education Aptitude Tests Assessment At-Risk Students Attachment Disorder Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) Auditory Learner AUP Authentic Assessment Autistic Disorder B Basic Skills Testing BD Behavior Modification Behavioral Disorder (BD) Benchmark Bilingual Education Block Scheduling Brain-Based Teaching Brown vs. Board of Education C CAN CAP CASA CDA CEC Character Education Charter School Child Psychiatrist Child Psychologist Child Welfare Child Welfare Agency Child-Centered Childhood Depression Chronic CMHS CMI Cognitive Cognitive Learning Competency Tests Computer-Aided Instruction Confidentiality Cooperative Learning Core Competencies Core Curriculum CP Creationism Criterion-Referenced Test Critical Thinking Skills CST Cultural Competence Cultural Literacy Curriculum D D.S.W. DD DEC Delinquency Depression Detracking Developmental Disorders DHHS Differentiated Instruction Discovery Learning Diversity DOE Due Process Hearing Dyslexia E EBD ED Ed.D. EEG EH EHA ELL Emotional Disorder (or Disability) Empowerment Enrichment ESL Evaluation Evolution Exceptional Children Exceptionality Experiential Education F FAPE FERPA FFCMH Formative Test Functional Illiteracy G Gender Bias General Classroom General Education Teacher Gifted and Talented Guidance Counselor H Head Start Heterogeneous Grouping Higher-Order Thinking High-Stakes Testing Holistic Learning Homogeneous Grouping I I & R ICFMR IDEA Identity Disorder IEP Illiteracy Immersion Inclusion Individualized Education Program (IEP) Individualized Instruction Individuals with Disabilities Education Act--1990 (IDEA) Inservice Integrated Curriculum Interactive Learning Interdisciplinary Curriculum IQ K Kinesthetic Learner L LCSW Learning Disorder Learning Styles Least Restrictive Environment Lecture Limited-English-Proficient (LEP) Looping Low-Performing Schools LRE M Magnet Schools Mainstreaming Mandate Manipulatives Mastery Learning Measurement Error Mentor Metacognition MI Minimum-Competency Tests Mixed-Ability Grouping MMPI Motor Skills MPB MR MR/DD Multi-Age Grouping Multiple Intelligences N National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) National Education Association (NEA) Norm-Referenced Test O Oral Outcomes Outcomes-Based Education P Para Paraeducator Paraprofessional Pedagogy Ph.D. Phonics PIC Portfolio Pre-Assessment Problem-Based Learning Proficiency Project Method PT PTI Public Law (P.L.) 101-336 (1990) Public Law (P.L.) 102-119 (1991) Public Law (P.L.) 102-321 Public Law (P.L.) 94-142 (1975) Public Law (P.L.) 99-457 (1986) Pull-Out Program R R & R Referral Regular Classroom Remedial Education Resource Room Resource Teacher Restructuring Rote Rubric S Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT I) School Phobia School Psychologist School Social Worker School-To-Work Section 504 Service Learning Social Promotion Social Worker Special Education Special Education Teacher Special-Needs Students Standardized Tests Standards Standards-Based Education State Standards Summative Test Supplemental Services Support Services Support Staff T Teacher Certification Teaching To The Test Team Teaching Tenure Thematic Instruction Thematic Unit Title 1 Tracking Transition Transition Services Translation U Unit V Validity Visual Learner Vocational Education Voucher W Wechsler Tests Whole Language WISC Wraparound Services WRAT


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