COMMONLY USED ACRONYMS (Draft Pilot June ’07). Fritz and Isserlis
ABE ADA ADD ADHD ADP AE ASE BEST BEST Plus CAELA CAI CALIS CASAS CBO COABE DAEL
Adult Basic Education Americans with Disabilities Act (federal legislation) Attention Deficit Disorder Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Adult Diploma Program Adult Education Adult Secondary Education Basic English Skills Test (ESL Standardized test) An adaptation of the Basic English Skills Test (standardized oral English proficiency test) Center for Adult English Language Acquisition Computer Assisted Instruction Comprehensive Adult Literacy Information System (RI adult ed data base) Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System (ABE and ESL standardized tests) Community Based Organization Commission on Adult Basic Education (professional organization) http://www.coabe.org/ Division of Adult Education And Literacy (US DOE) http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/pi/AdultEd/daelstaff.html Department of Human Services Department of Labor and Training Department of Corrections Department of Education External Diploma Program Equipped for the Future (national standards for adult ed.) English as a Foreign Language and Educational Functioning Level English Literacy English Language Learner http://www.cal.org/caela
DHS DLT DOC DOE EDP EFF EFL EFL EL ELL
COMMONLY USED ACRONYMS (Draft Pilot June ’07). Fritz and Isserlis
ESL ESOL FIP FY GED GLE GWB RI ICE INS
English as a Second Language English for Speakers of Other Languages Family Independence Program (RI’s welfare program) Fiscal Year General Educational Development (high school equivalency test) Grade Level Equivalent Governor’s Workforce Board (adult education policy board in R.I.) Immigration and Customs Enforcement http://www.ice.gov/ Immigration and Naturalization Service (now part of ICE: http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis) Native Language Target Language Learning Disability Local Educational Agency - and – Language Experience Approach Limited English Proficient Learning Information Communication System (online resources) http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/ Massachusetts affiliate of TESOL, with an RI SIG (special interest group) http://www.matsol.org Management Information System (computerized system for tracking information) National Adult Literacy Survey http://nces.ed.gov/NAAL/index.asp?file=Publications/Publications.asp&PageId=148 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (similar survey to the NALS) http://nces.ed.gov/naal/ National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy http://www.ncsall.net/ New England Literacy Resource Center Native Language Literacy National Reporting System http://www.air.org/concord/nrs_temp/links.asp National Institute for Literacy http://www.nifl.gov/ (RI) Office of Adult Education http://www.ridoe.net/adulteducation/default.aspx
L1 L2 LD LEA LEP LINCS
MATSOL
MIS NALS
NAAL
NCSALL NELRC NLL NRS NIFL OAE
COMMONLY USED ACRONYMS (Draft Pilot June ’07). Fritz and Isserlis
OHE ORS OVAE
Office of Higher Education Office of Rehabilitation Services ( a division of DHS) Office of Vocational and Adult Education (US DOE) http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/index.html Project-Based Learning Rhode Island Dept. of Education http://www.ridoe.net/ Request for Proposals (also: CFIP Call for Investment Proposals) Massachusetts adult education professional development system Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills Student Performance Level (level descriptions for ESL) Tests of Adult Basic Education (ABE Standardized Test) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (federal welfare program) Teachers of English for Speakers of Other Languages (professional organization) http://www.tesol.org Test of English as a Foreign Language (ESL standardized test used for college entry)
PBL RIDE RFP SABES SCANS SPL TABE TANF TESOL
TOEFL WAIS WPBL WIA WIB
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (IQ test administered by psychologists) Work- based Project Learning Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (federal legislation) http://www.brown.edu/lrri/ 1385.html Workforce Investment Board