Below is a list of our Special Education Acronyms we use regularly at AMA:
IEP
Individualized Education Program: once a child is considered eligible for an IEP, this legal document will outline needs, services, accommodations, etc.
CCC
Case Conference Committee (teachers, administrators, parents, and anyone parents would like to have in attendance).
ACR
Annual Case Review (CCC meets at least once per year to update the IEP).
RTI
Response to Intervention (Process of identifying students who are struggling, determining goals and interventions, and monitoring progress towards those goals; this is often part of the process for determining students who may be eligible for special education services).
504
A 504 plan allows students with an identified disability to receive accommodations but not necessarily services.
STEP
Strategic Teaching and Evaluation of Progress (Reading assessment that tests fluency, accuracy, spelling, and comprehension to determine a student’s reading level
RAZ
Reading A-Z (Leveled reading program that tests reading accuracy and comprehension to determine a student’s reading level)
Wpm
words per minute
Aimsweb TEN
Aimsweb Test of Early Numeracy (oral counting, number identification, quantity discrimination, and missing numbers).
Aimsweb M-CAP
Aimsweb Math Concepts and Applications probe (includes various math concepts including computation, data, measurement, geometry, problems solving, etc).
Aimsweb M-COMP
Aimsweb Math Computation probe (strictly tests computation: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division).
