Testing Acronyms

The following acronyms describe state tests and assessments that are used in or relate to public education as well as terms relating to testing.

AD – Answer Document

AEIS – Academic Excellence Indicator System

ARD – Admission, Review and Dismissal

ARF – Accommodation Request Form

AYP – Adequate Yearly Progress

CSR – Confidential Student Report

CTC – Campus Test Coordinator

DBA – Dyslexia Bundled Accommodations

DCCM – District and Campus Coordinator Manual

DTC – District Test Coordinator

ELA – English Language Arts

ELL – English Language Learners

EOC – End of Course

ES – Elementary School

ESL – English as a Second Language

Ex – Exit Level

FT – Field Test

GPC – Grade Placement Committee

HS – High School

IAP – Individual Accommodation Plan

IEP – Individual Education Program

LAT – Linguistically Accommodated Testing

LEP – Limited English Proficiency

LMS – Learning Management System

LPAC – Language Proficiency Assessment Committee

LSG – Linguistic Simplification Guide

M – Math

MS – Middle School

NCLB – No Child Left Behind Act of 2001

ERC – Education Resource Center

OA – Oral Administration

OTS – Online Training Session

PBMAS - Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis System

R – Reading

(R) – Retest

S – Spanish

Sc – Science

SS – Social Studies

SSI – Student Success Initiative

STAAR – State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness

TA – Test Administrator

TAC – Texas Administrative Code

TAKS - Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills with or without accommodations, TAKS Accommodated, and Spanish versions at Grades 3-5

TAKS Alt – Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills Alternate Assessment

TAKS M – Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills Modified

TBA – To Be Announced                  

TEKS – Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills

TPM – Texas Projection Measurement

TEA – Texas Education Agency

TELPAS – Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment

VSS – Vertical Scale Score

W – Writing