Chapter 11
Acronyms of Well-Known Organizations
A-M
- AASA – American Association of School Administrators (national)
- AFT – American Federation of Teachers
- ASCD – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (national)
- ASBO – Association of School Business Officials (national)
- AWSA – Association of Wisconsin School Administrators (principals)
- CASS – Council of Administrators of Special Services (state)
- CCDEB – County children with disabilities education board
- CEC – Council for Exceptional Children (national)
- CESA – Cooperative education service agency (there are 12 in Wisconsin)
- COSSBA – Consortium of State School Boards Associations
- DHFS – Department of Health and Family Services (state)
- DPI – Department of Public Instruction (state)
- ECS – Education Commission of the States
- ED (or DoED) – Department of Education (national)
- ERIC – Educational Resources Information Center (national)
- ETS – Educational Testing Service (national)
- FACETS – Family Assistance Center for Education, Training and Support (state)
- GASB – Governmental Accounting Standards Board (national)
- GAO – General Accounting Office (national)
N-Z
- NAESP – National Association of Elementary School Principals
- NAPT – National Association for Pupil Transportation
- NASBE – National Association of State Boards of Education (Wisconsin is one of two states that does not have a state board of education.)
- NASSP – National Association of Secondary School Principals
- NBPTS – National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
- NCATE – National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
- NCES – National Center for Education Statistics
- NEA – National Education Association
- NSBA – National School Boards Association
- NSC – National Student Clearinghouse
- OCR – Office for Civil Rights, part of U.S. Department of Education
- OSEP – Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education
- UFT – United Federation of Teachers
- USDOE – U.S. Department of Education
- WACLD – Wisconsin Association for Children with Learning Disabilities
- WASB – Wisconsin Association of School Boards
- WASBO – Wisconsin Association of School Business Officials
- WASDA – Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators
- WCBVI – Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- WEAC – Wisconsin Education Association Council
- WERC – Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission
- WIAA – Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association
- WFT – Wisconsin Federation of Teacher
- WRCCS – Wisconsin Resource Center for Charter Schools
- WSD – Wisconsin School for the Deaf
