| AAACE |
American Association for Adult and Continuing
Education |
| ABE |
Adult Basic Education |
| ABLE |
Adult Basic Learning Examination |
| ACE |
Adult and Community Education |
| ACES |
Adult and Community Education
System |
| ACIRI |
Adult/Child Interactive Reading Inventory |
| ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act |
| ADD |
Attention Deficit Disorder |
| ADHD |
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
| AEFLA |
Adult Education and Family Literacy Act |
| AEGIS |
Adult Education Guidance Information
System |
| APL |
Adult Performance Level |
| AFDC |
Aid to Families with Dependent Children |
| ARCS |
Adult Reading Components Study |
| ASE |
Adult Secondary Education |
| ASVAB | Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery |
| BEST |
Basic English Skills Test |
| BINS |
Bayley Infant Neurological Screener |
| CAAL |
Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy |
| CAEL |
Council for Adult & Experiential Learning |
| CAELA |
Center for Adult English Language Acquisition |
| CAI |
Computer Assisted Instruction |
| CAL |
Center for Applied Linguistics |
| CALL |
Computer Assisted Learning Lab |
| CASAS |
Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment
System |
| CBO |
Community Based Organization |
| CCSI |
Classroom and School Community Inventory |
| CEU |
Continuing Education Unit |
| CHIP |
Children's Health Insurance Program |
| CISD |
Consolidated Independent School District |
| CLAS-E |
Complete Language Assessment System - English |
| CMPI |
Certified Manager of Program Improvement |
| COABE |
Commission on Adult Basic Education |
| CO-OP |
Adult Education Cooperative |
| CREDITS |
Credential Information Tracking
System |
| CSPR |
Consolidated State Performance Report |
| DAEL |
Division of Adult Education and
Literacy |
| DARS |
Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative
Services |
| DHS |
Department of Human Services |
| DOE |
Department of Education |
| DOL |
Department of Labor |
| DOS |
Domain of Significance |
| ECI |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| EDGAR |
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations |
| EFF |
Equipped for the Future |
| ELL |
English Language Learner |
| ELAA |
English Language Acquisition for Adults |
| ELLCO |
Early Language and Literacy Classroom Observation |
| ESC |
Education Service Center |
| ESEA |
Elementary and Secondary Education Act |
| ESL |
English as a Second Language |
| ESOL |
English for Speakers of Other
Languages |
| ESP |
English for Specific Purposes |
| ETS |
Educational Testing Service |
| FBO |
Faith-Based Organization |
| FERPA |
Family Educational Rights and Privacy
Act |
| FILM |
Family Intergenerational Literacy Model |
| FPCO |
Family Policy Compliance Office |
| FTE |
Full-time Employee |
| FY |
Fiscal Year |
| GAAP |
Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles |
| GED |
General Educational Development |
| GIST |
Generating Interactions between Schemata and
Text |
| GREAT |
Getting Results Educating Adults
in Texas |
| GSM |
Grant Service Manager |
| HIPPY |
Home Instruction for Parents with Preschool Youngsters |
| HCDE |
Harris County Department of Education |
| HOME |
Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment |
| I-BEST |
Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training |
IDEA |
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act |
| IEP |
Individual Educational Plan |
| ILA |
Interactive Literacy Activities |
| IPQ |
Indicator of Program Quality |
| IRA |
International Reading Association |
| ISD |
Independent School District |
| ITV |
Interactive Television |
| JTPA |
Job Training Partnership Act |
| K-12 |
Kindergarten through High School |
| K-W-L |
What I Know, What I Want to Know, What I Learned |
| LASSI |
Learning and Study Strategies Inventory |
| LD |
Learning Disability |
| LEA |
Local Educational Agency |
| LEAP |
Learn, Engage, Aspire, and Prosper |
| LEP |
Limited English Proficient |
| LIFT Act |
Literacy Involves Families Together |
| LINCS |
Literacy Information and Communication
System |
| LTA |
Language Task Analysis |
| LVA |
Literacy Volunteers of America |
| LWDB |
Local Workforce Development Board |
| MOE |
Maintenance of Effort |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| NAASLN |
National Association for Adults
with Special Learning Needs |
| NAEPDC |
National Adult Education Professional Development Consortium |
| NAEYC |
National Association for the Education of Young
Children |
| NALS |
National Adult Literacy Survey |
| NAULC |
National Alliance for Urban Literacy
Coaliltions (Literacy USA) |
| NCFL |
National Center for Family Literacy |
| NCHEMS |
National Center for Higher Education Management System |
| NCLB |
No Child Left Behind |
| NCLE |
National Center for ESL Literacy
Education |
| NCSALL |
National Center for the Study
of Adult Learning and Literacy |
| NCSDAE |
National Council of State Directors of Adult
Education |
| NCTM |
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics |
| NCTE |
National Council of Teachers of English |
| NIFL |
National Institute for Literacy |
| NOGA |
Notice of Grant Award |
| NRS |
National Reporting System |
| OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
| O*NET |
Occupational Information Network |
| OSHA |
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration |
| OVAE |
Office of Vocational and Adult
Education |
| PACCT |
Personal, Academic, College, and Career Transitions |
| PACT |
Parent and Child Together |
| PALS PreK |
Phonological Awreness Literacy Screening
for Preschool |
| PD |
Professional Development |
| PEIMS |
Public Education Information
Management System |
| PPVT |
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test |
| Project IDEAL |
Project Improving Distance Education for Adult Learners |
| Q1, Q2… |
First Quarter, Second Quarter, … |
| QUILT |
Questioning and Understanding to Improve Learning and Thinking |
| RFA |
Request for Application |
| ROI |
Return on Investment |
| RFP |
Request for Proposal |
| SABES |
System for Adult Basic Education Support |
| SAS |
Standard Application System |
| SASA |
Student Achievement and School Accountability |
| SBE |
Standards-based Education |
| SBOE |
State Board of Education |
| SCANS |
Secretary's Commission on Achieving
Necessary Skills |
| SEA |
State Educational Agency |
| SES |
Social Economic Status |
| SIA |
Standards-in-Action |
| SPL |
Student Performance Levels (for
English as a Second Language) |
| SQ4R |
Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review, Reflect |
| SSA |
Shared Services Arrangement |
| SSI |
Supplemental Security Income |
| TAALC |
Texas Association of Adult Literacy
Councils (now named Literacy Texas) |
| TABE |
Tests of Adult Basic Education |
| TAC |
Texas Administrative Code |
| TAPE |
Texas Association of Parent Educators |
| TAECSB |
Texas Adult Education Content Standards and Benchmarks |
| TAESP |
Texas Adult Education Standards Project |
| TAKS |
Texas Assessment of Knowledge
and Skills |
| TALAE |
Texas Association for Literacy
and Adult Education |
| TANF |
Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families |
| TCABE |
Texas Council for Adult Basic Education |
| TCADA |
Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse |
| TCALL |
Texas Center for the Advancement
of Literacy and Learning |
| TEA |
Texas Education Agency |
| TEAMS |
Texas
Educating Adults Management System |
| TEASE |
Texas Education Agency Secure
Environment |
| TEC |
Texas Education Code |
| TESA |
Texas Even Start Association |
| TESOL |
Teachers of English to Speakers
of Other Languages |
| TESPIRS |
Texas Even Start Program Information
Reporting System |
| TETN |
Texas Education Telecommunications
Network |
| TFLRC |
Texas Family Literacy Resource Center |
| TGIF |
Texas Grant Interface |
| THEA |
Texas Higher Education Assessment |
| THECB |
Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board |
| TIF |
Technology Infrastructure Fund |
| TISESL |
Texas Industry Specific English as a Second Language |
| TPRI |
Texas Primary Reading Inventory |
| TOEFL |
Test of English as a Foreign Language |
| TROLL |
Teacher Rating of Oral Language and Literacy |
| TSCF |
Texas Standardized Curriculum Framework (predecessor
to the Texas Adult Education Content Standards and Benchmarks,
which were adopted in 2007) |
| TSIP |
Texas State Incentive Program |
| TWC |
Texas Workforce Commission |
| TWDS |
Texas Workforce Development System |
| USDOE |
United States Department of Education |
| VABE |
Vocational Adult Basic Education |
| VESL |
Vocational English as a Second Language |
| VESOL |
Vocational English for Speakers of
Other Languages |
| WIA |
Workforce Investment Act |
| WLRC |
Workforce Literacy Resource Center |
| WLTTAP |
Workforce Literacy Training and Technical Assistance
Project |
Adult
Ed in Texas |
Even Start in Texas |
State Initiatives |
Workforce Collaborators 
