Glossary of Terms

API Academic Performance Index
An accountability formula used to help schools track their progress with student achievement with the Stanford 9 test. Test scores are used to rank schools from 1-10 with 10 being the highest score. See www.greatschools.net | www.cde.ca.gov/psaa/api/ | www.ed-data.k12.ca.us

CBET Community-Based English Tutoring Program
Program administered by adult schools and LEAs to provide English language instruction to parents.See www.cde.ca.gov/el/

CDE California Department of Education
See www.cde.ca.gov

California Content Standards
Additional test questions on the Stanford 9 test designed to measure specific skills required under the California state standards.See www.cde.ca.gov

EIEP Emergency Immigrant Education Program
Educational programs for immigrant students and youth. EIEP is funded by Title VII of the ESEA. See www.cde.ca.gov/cilbranch/bien/eiep/

EL English Learner
Learners with a primary language other than English who are limited-English proficient. The term "EL" was created after the passage of Prop 227 that requires new English learners to be instructed in English.

ELL English Language Learner

ELLI English Language & Literacy Intensive
California State Library literacy initiative established in response to California Governor Gray Davis’ focus on education and the need to improve the literacy skills of families where English is not the first language. Programs are administered by public library literacy programs who partner with local schools. See http://www.literacynet.org/elli/

ELLP English Language and Intensive Literacy Program
Program administered by adult schools and LEA’s using standards-based instructional materials for reading and language arts with English learners. Over 100 LEA’s have received ELLP grants. See www.cde.ca.gov/st/elil/awards.html

ESEA Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
See www.edweek.org/context/glossary. Also known as the Improving Schools Act which is President Bush’s proposal for reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. See www.cde.ca.gov/el/index.html

LEA’s Local Educational Agencies
Includes school districts or county office of education not public libraries.

LEP Limited English Proficient students
See www.edweek.org/context/glossary

NAEP National Assessment of Educational Progress
Known as the nation’s report for regional and state-by-state comparisons of the educational attainment of 4^th, 8^th, and 12^th grade students. See www.edweek.org/context/glossary

Outcomes-Based Education
An education theory that guides curriculum by setting goals for students to accomplish. See www.edweek.org/context/glossary

Performance-Based Assessment
A testing approach where students perform hands-on tasks like conducting a science experiment or writing an essay. See www.edweek.org/context/glossary

REA Reading Excellence Act
A $280 million federal grant program available to eligible schools and districts designed to teach every child to read by the end of the third grade. See http://www.ed.gov/office/OESE/REA

SABE/2 Spanish Assessment of Basic Education

STAR A component of the STAR test used by school districts to assess Spanish-speaking students for their primary language skills. See www.ctb.com/SABE2STAR

Standards Subject matter benchmarks to measure student’s academic achievement.
See www.edweek.org/context/glossary

STAR Standardized Testing and Reporting Program
Testing program selected by the California Department of Education that requires all public school districts in California to test students in grades two-eleven by May 15 of every year. See www.greatschools.net. See http://star.cde.ca.gov/

SAT 9 Stanford Achievement Test also known as the Stanford 9.
This is the actual test students in grades two — eleven take statewide by May 15 of every year. This test was selected by the California Department of Education from the STAR program. The test is multiple choice and covers reading, language, and mathematics. See www.greatschools.net

Title 1 Title 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act serves remedial education programs to poor and disadvantaged children in nearly every school district in the country. See www.edweek.org/context/glossary

Title VII A federal program to make limited-English-proficient students proficient at the English language. See www.edweek.org/context/glossary

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