Glossary+of+Acronyms

Commonly Used Acronyms at IHS (Immokalee High School) CFA--Common Formative Assessment LEQ--Lesson Essential Question EQ--Essential Questions LEP--Limited English Proficiency - Students whose first language is not Enlgish and qualify for ELL services Codes: LY (LEP yes): student is labeled LEP LF : is being exited from LEP services or was exited from LEP LZ: has never qualified for LEP services ; not LEP ESE--Exceptional Student Educaiton: students with learning disabilities or who are gifted and require services beyond that given to general education students. These students have an individualized education plan to help meet their educational needs. 504 : ELL--English Language Learners: Students whose first language is not Enlgish and qualify for ELL services (language dictionary and extended time) ISS--In school suspension HOTS--Higher Order Thinking Skills DOE--Department of Education Inclusion: RtI--Response to Intervention DOK--Webb's Depth of Knowledge data warehouse data teams data chat - student "chats" to view their assessment data and set goals based on data PLC - Professional Learning Community eSembler/gradebook PRIDE - MIP - Master Inservice Points : inservice points from gathered from district worskshops banked for recertiication CPalms--Curriculum Planning and Learning Management System: online resource for standards FAIR - Florida Assessment for Instruction in Reading : A state progress monitoring reading assessment for all 9th/10th grade students and level 1/2 FCAT students. This assessment is given on the computer 3 times a year. CELLA - Comprehensive English Language Learning Assessment: Students who are classified ELL are administered CELLA on their yearly review data and in the Spring to monitor their progress. HERO: AESOP: FCAT - Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test FCIM - Florida Continuous Improvement Model: EOC - end of course assessments RUMBA/TERMS: ANGEL: Share Drive (R Drive) Academic Coaches: Freshmen Academy IEP--Individual Education Plan: Students with disabilities will have an IEP tailored to their needs that will need to be taken into account when differentiating. This will be located in data warehouse or by contacting the student's case manager (teacher assigned to monitor student). CML--Content Mastery Lab, Room 4-123. Send students with IEPs here for academic support FLVS--Florida Virtual School: online courses offered to students at IHS benchmark tests TERMS/RUMBA Gradual Release Model Explicit instruction Modeled instruction Guided instruction Independent Practice Assessment Formative assessment - ongoing assessments to help gauge where the students are at before the main assessment - it is part of the instructional process. When incorporated into classroom practice, it provides the information needed to adjust teaching and learning while they are happening. Summative assessment (summary - at the end and where grading happens) : examples - Backward Design
 * State assessments
 * District benchmark or interim assessments
 * End-of-unit or chapter tests
 * End-of-term or semester exams