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AA data are included in both AMAO 1 and AMAO 2 calculations. |\n| --- | --- |\n| AAC | Alternative Augmentative Communications |\n| AASA | American Association of School Administrators |\n| AAU | The Academic Accountability Unit (AAU) is an office in the CDE that calculatesand reports the API and AYP reports. |\n| AB | Assembly Bill (California Legislature) |\n| AB 430 | Principal training program |\n| AB 472 | ELA professional development |\n| AB 75 | Principal training program |\n| ABA | Applied Behavior Analysis (autism intervention program) |\n| ACE | Association of County Educators |\n| ACSA | Association of California School Administrators |\n| ACT | Association of County Teachers-The local CTA chapter at SCCOE |\n| ACYF | Administration for Children, Youth and Families |\n| AD | Administrative Designee |\n| ADA | Average Daily Attendance / Americans with Disabilities Act |\n| ADD | Attention Deficit Disorder |\n| ADL | Activities for Daily Living |\n| AED | Alternative Education Department |\n\n\n| AESA | Association of Educational Services Agencies – National association for county offices of education aka educational service agencies |\n| --- | --- |\n| AMAO | Title III of the ESEA sets Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAOs) or targets that school districts receiving Title III funds must meet. The first AMAO (AMAO 1) relates to making annual progress on the CELDT, the second (AMAO 2) relates to attaining English proficiency on the CELDT, and the third AMAO (AMAO 3) relates to meeting AYP by the English Learner student group at the LEA level. AMAOs 1 and 2 are based on CELDT results. AMAO 3 is based on data from the CST, CMA, CAPA, and/or the CAHSEE. |\n| AMARD | The Analysis, Measurement, and Accountability Reporting Division (AMARD) of the CDE calculates and reports the API, AYP, PI, and Title III Accountability programs. |\n| AMOs | Schools, LEAs, the state, and numerically significant student groups must meet percent proficient targets (or Annual Measurable Objectives [AMOs]) in ELA and mathematics on the assessments used in AYP calculations. |\n| AP | Accounts Payable |\n| APA | Alternative Placement Academy |\n| APE | Adapted Physical Education |\n| API | The Academic Performance Index (API) is the school accountability measurement under California’s PSAA of 1999. |\n| APR | The Academic Progress Reporting (APR) system provides an integrated approach to reporting results for state and federal accountability requirements and includes API, AYP, PI, and Title III reports. |\n| ARAC | Administrator Regional Advisory Council |\n| ARC | Adolescent Residential Center |\n| ASAM | Alternative Schools Accountability Model |\n| ASL | American Sign Language |\n| AU | Administrative Unit |\n| AVID | Advancement via Individual Determination |\n| AWOL | Away without leave (Absent without leave) |\n\n\n| AYP | Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) is the federal accountability measure with a series of annual academic performance targets established for LEAs and the state. Under AMAO 3 of Title III of the ESEA, LEAs are required to meet or exceed requirements within two areas of the EL student group in order to meet AYP annually: Participation Rate and Percent Proficient for Englishlanguage arts and mathematics. |\n| --- | --- |\n| BCC | Bilingual Certificate of Competency |\n| BCLAD | Bilingual Cross-Culture Language Development |\n| BEAM | Becas Educacionales a Migrantes |\n| BIP | Basic Interview Pattern |\n| BOCES | Board of Cooperative Educational Services |\n| BOE | Board of Education |\n| BP | Board Policy |\n| BSI-CAT | Basic Skills Inventory – Computer Adaptive Testing |\n| BTSA | Beginning Teachers Support and Assessment Program |\n| BTTP | Bilingual Teachers Training Program |\n| BWC | Bill Wilson Center |\n| CAASPP | California Assessment of Student Performance Progress |\n| CAC | Curriculum Advisory Comm","cbCairOJD8kiH3qo","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairOJD8kiH3qo","pdf",197302,"English","# Glossary of Terms and Acronyms\n## AA\n## AAC\n## AASA\n## AAU\n## AB","[{\"question\":\"What does CELDT stand for and how is it used?\",\"answer\":\"CELDT is an annual assessment provided to English Learners to measure progress toward English language proficiency. Its results feed into AMAO 1 and AMAO 2 calculations.\"},{\"question\":\"How do AMAO 1 and AMAO 2 differ?\",\"answer\":\"AMAO 1 focuses on annual progress toward English language proficiency on CELDT, while AMAO 2 relates to attaining English proficiency on CELDT.\"},{\"question\":\"What does AYP measure under federal accountability?\",\"answer\":\"AYP is a federal accountability measure that uses annual academic performance targets for LEAs and the state. Under Title III’s AMAO 3, LEAs must meet requirements in areas such as participation rate and percent proficient for English language arts and mathematics for the EL student group.\"}]","Glossary of Terms and Acronyms | PDF"]