Thesaurus


Term Preferred Created Attributes
504 No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Section 504
Abused children No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Child abuse
Accessibility Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Barrier free, Universal design, Architectural accessibility
Accommodations Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Adaptations, Assistive devices, Modifications
Accountability Yes 06/19/2006 Related: GPRA, Outcomes, Reform
Accreditation Yes 06/19/2006
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome No 06/19/2006 Preferred: AIDS
ADA Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Americans with Disabilities Act
Adaptations Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Accommodations
Adaptive behavior Yes 06/19/2006
Adaptive equipment No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Assistive devices
Adaptive PE Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: PE
Use For: Adaptive physical education
Adaptive physical education No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Adaptive PE
Broader: PE
ADD Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Hyperactivity
Use For: Attention Deficit Disorder
Adequate yearly progress No 06/19/2006 Preferred: AYP
ADHD Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: Disabilities, Hyperactivity
Use For: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Adjudicated youth Yes 06/19/2006
Administrators Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Leadership
Adolescents Yes 06/19/2006
Adoption Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Placement
Adult education Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Postsecondary education
Narrower: Continuing education
Adult Learning Yes 06/19/2006
Adult learning theory Yes 06/19/2006
Adult services Yes 06/19/2006
Advisory committees Yes 06/19/2006 Related: State advisory panels
Advocacy Yes 06/19/2006 Narrower: Self advocacy
Advocacy training Yes 06/19/2006
Advocates Yes 06/19/2006
African Americans Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Black Americans
After-school programs Yes 06/19/2006
Aggression Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Violence
Aggression Prevention School safety Violence Yes 06/19/2006 Incomplete Descriptor
Aging Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Elderly
AIDS Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Alcohol abuse Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Drug exposed infants
Broader: Drug abuse, Substance abuse
Alternate assessment Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Evaluation
Broader: Assessment
Alternative Yes 06/19/2006
Alternative assessment Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Low performing students
Alternative certification Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Reciprocity
Broader: Certification, Teacher certification
Alternative dispute resolution No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Dispute resolution
Alternative education programs No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Alternative education settings
Alternative education settings Yes 06/19/2006 Narrower: Alternative schools, Home visits
Use For: Alternative education programs
Alternative graduation requirements Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: Graduation requirements
Alternative schools Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Charter schools
Broader: Alternative education settings
American Indians No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Native Americans
Americans with Disabilities Act No 06/19/2006 Preferred: ADA
Anger management Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Behavior management, Sexual harassment
Narrower: Behavior analysis
Broader: Social skills
Annual Performance Report N/A 06/19/2006 Incomplete Descriptor
Annual report Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Reporting requirements
Annual yearly progress No 06/19/2006 Preferred: AYP
Antisocial Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Social and emotional learning, Social skills
APR Yes 06/19/2006 Related: SPP
Use For: Annual Performance Report
Architectural accessibility No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Accessibility
Art Yes 06/19/2006
Art therapy Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: Art
Asian Americans Yes 06/19/2006
Assessment Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Assistive devices, Eligibility, Evaluation, Grades, Graduation, Graduation requirements, OBE, Reevaluation, Testing, Performance goals
Narrower: Alternate assessment, Curriculum based assessment, Functional behavioral assessment, Large scale assessment, Portfolios, Screening, Self assessment, Standardized testing, Vocational assessment, Performance based assessment
Use For: Student assessment
Assistive devices Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Accommodations, Adaptations, Assessment, Augmentative communication, Communication aids
Use For: Adaptive equipment
Assistive technology No 06/19/2006 Preferred: AT
AT Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Assistive technology
At-risk persons Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Early intervention, Homeless people, Low performing students
Use For: High risk persons
Attention Deficit Disorder No 06/19/2006 Preferred: ADD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder No 06/19/2006 Preferred: ADHD
Attitudes and opinions Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Survey
Use For: Perceptions
Attorneys fees Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Legal costs
Attrition Yes 06/19/2006
Audiovisuals Yes 06/19/2006
Augmentative communication Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Assistive devices, Communication aids, Technology
Autism Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Autistic
Autistic No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Autism
Aversives Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Behavior management, Nonaversives
Broader: Discipline
Awareness Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Cultural awareness
Awareness Multicultural Yes 06/19/2006 Incomplete Descriptor
AYP Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Assessment, Outcomes, NCLB
Broader: Accountability
Use For: Adequate yearly progress
Scope Note: This term encompasses the NCLB assessment accountability requirements for districts
Barrier free No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Accessibility
Basic education Yes 06/19/2006
BD Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Delinquency, EBD, ED, SED, Sexual disorders, Suicide, SBH
Narrower: ODD
Use For: Emotionally handicapped, Severe behavior handicap, Behavior disorders
Scope Note: The overarching term is BD Regional variations allow for the use of EBD ED SBH and SED in place of BD All four terms should be used for descriptors to provide complete search capabilities
Behavior analysis Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Functional behavioral assessment, Manifestation determination
Behavior disorders No 06/19/2006 Preferred: BD
Behavior intervention plan Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Behavior management
Behavior management Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Anger management, Aversives, Behavior intervention plan, Discipline, Positive behavioral supports, Schoolwide discipline, Nonaversives
Use For: Behavior modification
Behavior modification No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Behavior management
Behavioral analysis N/A 06/19/2006 Incomplete Descriptor
Benchmarks Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Monitoring, Accountability
Best practices Yes 06/19/2006
BIA Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bibliography Yes 06/19/2006
Bilingual Yes 06/19/2006 Related: ESL, Multicultural
Bilingual education Yes 06/19/2006 Related: ESL, Multicultural
Bilingual Education Act Yes 06/19/2006
Black Americans No 06/19/2006 Preferred: African Americans
Blind Yes 06/19/2006 Related: BT Visual impairments
Narrower: Deaf Blind
Block grants Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: Grants
Block scheduling Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Four-by-four scheduling
Boards of education Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: School boards
Braille Yes 06/19/2006
Brain development Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Metacognition, Cognitive disabilities
Use For: Cognitive development
Scope Note: This broad term includes both the cognitive and physiological aspects of brain development
Brain injured/injury No 06/19/2006 Preferred: TBI
BT Visual impairments N/A 06/19/2006 Incomplete Descriptor
Budgets Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: Finance, Fiscal management
Bullying No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Aggression Prevention School safety Violence
Related: Anger management, Social skills
Bureau of Indian Affairs No 06/19/2006 Preferred: BIA
Burnout Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Stress, Teacher retention, Teacher support, Time management
Business involvement Yes 06/19/2006
Bylaws Yes 06/19/2006
CAI Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Software
Use For: Computer assisted instruction
CAP No 06/19/2006 Scope Note: Corrective action plans no longer exist
CAPTA Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Child Abuse Prevention and, Treatment Act
Care providers Yes 06/19/2006
Career education Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Transition, Vocational education
Carl Perkins Vocational Education Act No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Perkins Act
Case law Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Legal cases
Case load Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Class size, Teacher student ratio
Case management Yes 06/19/2006
Case study No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Research methodology
Cerebral palsy Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Developmental disabilities, Multiple disabilities, Speech impairments
Certification Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Reciprocity
Narrower: Alternative certification, Teacher certification
Chapter I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act N/A 06/19/2006 Incomplete Descriptor
Chapter I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act P L 95-37 Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Character education Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Social skills
Charter schools Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Alternative schools, School choice, Vouchers
Checklists Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: Forms
Child abuse Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Violence
Use For: Abused children, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual abuse
Child Abuse Prevention and N/A 06/19/2006 Incomplete Descriptor
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act No 06/19/2006 Preferred: CAPTA
Child care Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Day care
Child count Yes 06/19/2006
Child development Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Early childhood
Child find Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Early identification
Child identification No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Identification
Chronically ill Yes 06/19/2006
CIFMS No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Monitoring
CIMP No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Monitoring
Scope Note: See Monitoring in the helps section
Civil Rights Act Yes 06/19/2006
Class size Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Case load, Teacher student ratio
Classroom management Yes 06/19/2006
CLD Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Multicultural
Use For: Cultural and linguistic diversity
Clustering Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Multiage classrooms
Cognitive coaching Yes 09/09/2008
Cognitive development No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Brain development
Cognitive disabilities Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Brain development, LD, MR
Collaboration Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Integrated services, Service delivery, Services coordination, Team teaching
Communication Yes 06/19/2006
Communication aids Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Assistive devices, Augmentative communication, Hearing impairments
Communication disorders Yes 06/19/2006 Related: LD, Speech impairments, Speech-language pathology
Community Yes 06/19/2006
Community development Yes 06/19/2006
Community mental health centers Yes 06/19/2006
Community of Practice Yes 06/19/2006
Compensatory education Yes 06/19/2006
Competencies Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Standards
Complaint investigation Yes 06/19/2006
Complaint management Yes 06/19/2006
Complaints Yes 06/19/2006
Compliance Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Legislation, Monitoring, Waivers
Compliance monitoring No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Monitoring
Comprehensive System of Personnel Development No 06/19/2006 Preferred: CSPD
Computer assisted instruction No 06/19/2006 Preferred: CAI
Computer assisted technology Yes 06/19/2006
Computer networks Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: Computers
Computers Yes 06/19/2006 Narrower: Computer networks
Conferences Yes 06/19/2006
Confidentiality Yes 06/19/2006 Related: FERPA
Conflict resolution Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Dispute resolution, Mediation, Peer mediation
Consent Yes 06/19/2006 Related: IEP
Broader: Legal issues, Rights
Consultants Yes 06/19/2006
Consultation Yes 06/19/2006
Continuing education Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: Adult education
Continuous improvement focused monitoring process No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Monitoring
Continuous Improvement Monitoring Process No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Monitoring
Scope Note: See Monitoring in the helps section
Continuum of services Yes 06/19/2006 Related: LRE
Cooperative learning Yes 06/19/2006
Cooperative teaching No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Team teaching
Correctional education Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Detention centers, Incarcerated youth, Juvenile justice
Narrower: Correctional school districts
Broader: Corrections
Correctional school districts Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: Correctional education
Corrections Yes 06/19/2006 Narrower: Correctional education
Corrective Action Plan Yes 06/19/2006 Scope Note: These plans no longer exist
Cost analysis No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Cost effectiveness
Cost effectiveness Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Fiscal management
Use For: Cost analysis
Counseling Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Family, Social work
Broader: Related services
Crack babies No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Drug exposed infants
Creativity Yes 06/19/2006
CSPD Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Preservice training, Professional development, Recruitment, Retention, Staff development, Supply and demand, Teacher education programs
Use For: Comprehensive System of Personnel Development
Cultural and linguistic diversity No 06/19/2006 Preferred: CLD
Cultural awareness No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Awareness Multicultural
Curriculum Yes 06/19/2006 Narrower: Curriculum development, Curriculum framework, Curriculum theory
Curriculum based assessment Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: Assessment
Curriculum development Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: Curriculum
Curriculum framework Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: Curriculum
Curriculum theory Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: Curriculum
Custody Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Parents
Broader: Legal issues, Rights
Daily living skills No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Functional skills
Dance therapy Yes 06/19/2006
Data Yes 06/19/2006 Narrower: Statistical data
Data analysis Yes 11/06/2008
Data collection Yes 11/06/2008
Data management Yes 06/19/2006
Data quality Yes 03/18/2008
Data reporting Yes 11/06/2008
Day care No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Child care
Day treatment Yes 06/19/2006
Deaf Blind Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: Dual sensory impairments, Multiple disabilities, Severe disabilities
Deafness Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Deaf Blind, Sign language
Broader: Hearing impairments
Death Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Grieving
Decision making Yes 06/19/2006
Definition Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Legal issues, Regulation
Deinstitutionalization Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Normalization
Delinquency Yes 06/19/2006 Related: BD, Gangs, Law enforcement, Violence
Use For: Juvenile delinquency
Delivery systems Yes 06/19/2006
Demographics Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Disproportionate representation
Department of education Yes 06/19/2006
Depression Yes 06/19/2006
Detention Yes 06/19/2006 Narrower: Detention centers
Detention centers Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Correctional education, Incarcerated youth, Juvenile justice
Broader: Detention
Developmental disabilities Yes 06/19/2006 Narrower: Cerebral palsy, Epilepsy
Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act Yes 06/19/2006
Developmentally appropriate Yes 06/19/2006
Developmentally delayed Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Noncategorical
Diagnostic inventories Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Diagnostic tests, Evaluation
Diagnostic teaching Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Diagnostic tests, Evaluation
Diagnostic tests Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Diagnostic inventories, Diagnostic teaching, Evaluation
Differentiated instruction Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: Instructional strategies
DINI Yes N/A Use For: District in Need of Improvement
Diploma Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Grades, Graduation, Graduation requirements
Direct instruction Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: Instructional strategies
Directories Yes 06/19/2006
Disabilities Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Disabled, Handicapped, Handicaps, Impairments
Disability rights Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: Rights
Disabled No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Disabilities
Discipline Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Behavior management, Manifestation determination
Narrower: Aversives, Expulsion, Schoolwide discipline, Suspension, Nonaversives
Discrimination Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Racism
Use For: Prejudice
Disproportionality No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Disproportionate representation
Disproportionate representation Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Demographics, Equity, Minority education, Gender
Narrower: Overrepresentation, Underrepresentation
Use For: Disproportionality
Dispute resolution Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Conflict resolution, Peer mediation
Use For: Alternative dispute resolution
Dissemination Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Information Science, Information services
Narrower: Information dissemination
Distance education No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Distance learning
Distance learning Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Telecommunications, Video conferencing
Use For: Distance education
District Assistance Teams Yes N/A Related: Teacher assistance teams, School Assistance Teams
District in Need of Improvement N/A 02/01/2007 Incomplete Descriptor
Diversity Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Multicultural
DNR Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Rights
Use For: Do Not Resuscitate
Do Not Resuscitate No 06/19/2006 Preferred: DNR
Down syndrome Yes 06/19/2006
Dropouts Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Expulsion, Truancy
Drug abuse Yes 06/19/2006 Narrower: Alcohol abuse, Drug exposed infants
Broader: Substance abuse
Drug exposed infants Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Alcohol abuse, Substance abuse
Broader: Drug abuse
Use For: Crack babies, Fetal alcohol syndrome
Dual sensory impairments Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Multiple disabilities
Narrower: Deaf Blind
Due process Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Hearing officers, Hearing systems, Mediation, Procedural safeguards
Dyslexia Yes 06/19/2006 Related: LD
Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment No 06/19/2006 Preferred: EPSDT
Early childhood Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Child development, Early intervention, Head Start, Part C, Part H, Preschool services, Preschool children, Section 619
Narrower: Early childhood transition
Broader: Infants/Toddlers
Early childhood transition Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Readiness
Broader: Early childhood, Transition
Early identification Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Child find
Early intervening Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Evaluation, Instructional strategies, Positive behavioral supports, Prereferral, Prevention, NCLB
Narrower: Educational support team, Student support team, Teacher assistance teams
Early intervention Yes 06/19/2006 Related: At-risk persons, Early childhood, Even Start, Prevention, Readiness
EBD Yes 06/19/2006 Related: BD, ED, SED, SBH
Use For: Emotional and behavioral disorders
Scope Note: The overarching term is BD Regional variations allow for the use of EBD ED SBH and SED in place of BD All four terms should be used for descriptors to provide complete search capabilities
ED Yes 06/19/2006 Related: BD, EBD, SED, SBH
Use For: Emotional disorders
Scope Note: The overarching term is BD Regional variations allow for the use of EBD ED SBH and SED in place of BD All four terms should be used for descriptors to provide complete search capabilities
Education Yes 06/19/2006
Education for All Children Act of 1975 Yes 06/19/2006
Educational Service District N/A 02/01/2007 Incomplete Descriptor
Educational support team Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Prereferral
Narrower: Student support team, Teacher assistance teams
Effective schools Yes 06/19/2006
Elderly No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Aging
Elementary and Secondary Education Act No 06/19/2006 Preferred: ESEA
Elementary education Yes 06/19/2006
Eligibility Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Assessment, Evaluation, IEE, Intelligence tests, Low performing students, Reevaluation, Termination of services
Eligibility document Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Monitoring, Issues chart
Scope Note: Formerly known as the State plan
ELL Yes 06/19/2006 Related: ESL, LEP, Multicultural
Use For: English language learners
Emotional abuse No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Child abuse
Emotional and behavioral disorders No 06/19/2006 Preferred: EBD
Emotional disorders No 06/19/2006 Preferred: ED
Emotionally handicapped No 06/19/2006 Preferred: BD
Employment Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Work study programs, Work experience
Use For: Jobs, Work
Scope Note: The term here refers to the act of employing or the state of being employed
Employment practices Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Vocational education
English as second language No 06/19/2006 Preferred: ESL
English language learners No 06/19/2006 Preferred: ELL
Enrichment programs No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Supplemental educational services
Epilepsy Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: Developmental disabilities
EPSDT Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment
Equitable distribution Yes 01/02/2008
Equity Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Disproportionate representation
ESD No N/A Preferred: IEU
Related: Educational Service District
ESEA Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Scope Note: The 2002 reauthorization of ESEA is known as the No Child Left Behind Act NCLB
ESL Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Bilingual, Bilingual education, ELL, LEP, Multicultural
Use For: English as second language, Non-English language
ESY Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Year round schools
Use For: Extended school year
Ethics Yes 06/19/2006
Evaluation Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Alternate assessment, Assessment, Diagnostic inventories, Diagnostic teaching, Diagnostic tests, Eligibility, Intelligence tests, Testing
Narrower: Evaluation criteria, Evaluation methods, Program evaluation, Screening
Evaluation criteria Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: Evaluation
Evaluation methods Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: Evaluation
Even Start Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Early intervention
Exceptional children Yes 06/19/2006
Exclusion Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Expulsion
Exit Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Eligibility, Graduation
Expulsion Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Dropouts, Exclusion, Manifestation determination, Suspension
Broader: Discipline
Extended school year No 06/19/2006 Preferred: ESY
Facilitated communication Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Developmental disabilities
Narrower: Sign language
Scope Note: Providing physical support or improvement of motor skills to people with disabilities as they type out messages on a keyboard or letterboard for communication purposes
Facilitation Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Group activities, Group dynamics, Meetings management
Fair Labor Standards Act No 06/19/2006 Preferred: FLSA
Family Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Counseling, Foster care, Parents, Respite care, Socialization
Narrower: Siblings
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act No 06/19/2006 Preferred: FERPA
FAPE Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Free Appropriate Public Education
Federal programs Yes 06/19/2006
FERPA Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Confidentiality, Records
Use For: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
Fetal alcohol syndrome No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Drug exposed infants
Finance Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Fiscal management, Funding, Funding formulas, Grants, Maintenance, SSI
Narrower: Budgets
Use For: School finance
Fiscal management Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Cost effectiveness, Finance
Narrower: Budgets
FLSA Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Fair Labor Standards Act
Focus groups Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Research methodology
Focused monitoring No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Monitoring
Follow along Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: Research methodology
Follow up studies Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Research methodology
Forms Yes 06/19/2006 Narrower: Checklists
Foster care Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Family, Foster family
Foster family Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Foster care, Placement
Use For: Foster parents
Foster parents No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Foster family
Four-by-four scheduling No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Block scheduling
Free Appropriate Public Education No 06/19/2006 Preferred: FAPE
Full service schools Yes 06/19/2006
Functional behavioral assessment Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Behavioral analysis
Broader: Assessment
Functional skills Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Independent living, Rehabilitation
Use For: Daily living skills, Life skills
Funding Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Finance, Grants, Maintenance
Funding formulas Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Finance, Maintenance
Futures planning Yes 06/19/2006
Gambling Yes 06/19/2006
Gangs Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Delinquency, Violence
GAO Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: General Accounting Office
Gap kids No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Low performing students
GED Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: General Education Development
Gender Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Equity, Disproportionate representation
General Accounting Office No 06/19/2006 Preferred: GAO
General education Yes 06/19/2006
General Education Development No 06/19/2006 Preferred: GED
General supervision Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Compliance, Monitoring, APR
General supervision enhancement grant No 06/19/2006 Preferred: GSEG
Genetic disorders Yes 06/19/2006
Gifted and talented Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Talented and gifted
Goals Yes 06/19/2006 Narrower: Performance goals
Goals 2000 Yes 06/19/2006
Government Performance and Results Act No 06/19/2006 Preferred: GPRA
GPRA Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Accountability
Use For: Government Performance and Results Act
Grade retention No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Promotion
Grades Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Assessment, Diploma, Graduation, Graduation requirements
Graduation Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Assessment, Diploma, Grades, Graduation requirements, Termination of services, Exit
Graduation requirements Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Assessment, Diploma, Grades, Graduation
Narrower: Alternative graduation requirements
Grants Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Finance, Funding, Proposal, RFP
Narrower: Block grants
Gray area No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Low performing students
Grievances Yes 06/19/2006
Grieving Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Death
Group activities Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Facilitation
Broader: Instructional strategies
Group dynamics Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Facilitation, Meetings management
GSEG Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: General supervision enhancement grant
Guidelines Yes 06/19/2006
Handbooks Yes 06/19/2006
Handicapped No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Disabilities
Handicaps No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Disabilities
Head injuries Yes 06/19/2006 Related: TBI
Head Start Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Early childhood, Early intervention
Health care Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Insurance, Managed care, Medicaid, Medicare, School based health centers
Narrower: Health care reform, IHCP, Nursing services, Specialized health care
Health care reform Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: Health care, Reform
Hearing impairments Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Communication aids
Narrower: Deafness
Broader: Disabilities
Hearing officers Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Due process
Broader: Hearing systems
Hearing systems Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Due process
Narrower: Hearing officers
High Objective Uniform State Standard of Evaluation No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Teacher certification Standards
Related: NCLB
Scope Note: This is the state system required by NCLB to assess competency requirements for educators
High risk persons No 06/19/2006 Preferred: At-risk persons
High school Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Secondary education
High School Improvement and/or School Improvement No N/A Preferred: High school
Higher education Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: Postsecondary education
Higher Education Act for Students with Disabilities Yes 06/19/2006
Highly qualified teacher No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Teacher certification Standards
Related: NCLB
Scope Note: This is the term in NCLB used to designate increased competency requirements for educators
Hispanic Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Mexican American
Home activities Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Home schooling, Home visits, Parent/family involvement
Home based education No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Home schooling
Home based instruction No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Home schooling
Home health aides Yes 06/19/2006
Home schooling Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Home based education, Home based instruction
Home visits Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Home activities
Broader: Alternative education settings
Home-school partnerships Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Parent/professional partnership
Homebound Yes 06/19/2006
Homeless people Yes 06/19/2006 Related: At-risk persons
Hospitalization Yes 06/19/2006
HOUSSE No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Teacher certification Standards
Related: NCLB
Scope Note: This is the state system required by NCLB to assess competency requirements for educators
HQT No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Teacher certification Standards
Related: NCLB
Scope Note: This is the term in NCLB used to designate increased competency requirements for educators
Human resource development Yes 06/19/2006
Human services Yes 06/19/2006
Hyperactivity Yes 06/19/2006 Related: ADD
Narrower: ADHD
IASA Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Improving America s Schools Act
ICC Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Interagency coordinating council
IDEA Yes 06/19/2006 Narrower: IDEA Reauthorization, Part B, Part C, Part H
Use For: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IDEA 2004 Yes 06/19/2006 Narrower: Part B, Part C, Part H
IDEA 97 Yes 06/19/2006 Narrower: Part B, Part C, Part H
IDEA Reauthorization Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: IDEA, Reauthorization
Use For: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Reauthorization
Identification Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Low performing students
Use For: Child identification
IEE Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Eligibility
Use For: Independent educational evaluation
IEP Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Consent, Resource room programs, Transition
Use For: Individualized Education Program
IEU Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Intermediate Educational Unit, ESD, Regional Support Center
IFSP Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Individual and Family Service Plan
IHCP Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Medically fragile, OHI, Specialized health care
Broader: Health care
Use For: Individual health care plans
IHE Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Institutions of Higher Education
Impairments No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Disabilities
Implementation plan No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Improvement plan
Improvement plan Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Monitoring, Self assessment
Scope Note: This is the state s plan for addressing the shortcomings noted in the self assessment report as well as additional activities
Improving America s Schools Act No 06/19/2006 Preferred: IASA
Incarcerated youth Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Correctional education, Detention centers, Juvenile justice
Inclusion Yes 06/19/2006 Related: LRE, Mainstreaming, Normalization, Socialization
Inclusive practices Yes 09/09/2008
Independent educational evaluation No 06/19/2006 Preferred: IEE
Independent living Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Functional skills, Normalization
Indians No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Native Americans
Indicators Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Performance goals
Use For: PG & Is
Individual and Family Service Plan No 06/19/2006 Preferred: IFSP
Individual health Care Plan No 06/19/2006 Preferred: IHCP
Individual health care plans N/A 06/19/2006 Incomplete Descriptor
Individual Transition Plan No 06/19/2006 Preferred: ITP
Individualized Education Program No 06/19/2006 Preferred: IEP
Individualized Family Service Plan No 06/19/2006 Preferred: IFSP
Individualized instruction Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: Instructional strategies
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act No 06/19/2006 Preferred: IDEA
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Reauthorization No 06/19/2006 Preferred: IDEA Reauthorization
Infants/Toddlers Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Preschool children
Narrower: Early childhood
Use For: Toddlers
Information dissemination Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Information services
Broader: Dissemination
Information requests Yes 06/19/2006
Information Science Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Dissemination
Information services Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Information dissemination
Inservice Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: Professional development, Staff development, Teacher education programs, Training
Institution of Higher Education No 06/19/2006 Preferred: IHE
Institutions No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Residential care
Institutions of Higher Education N/A 06/19/2006 Incomplete Descriptor
Instructional Audit Yes N/A
Instructional interventions No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Instructional strategies
Instructional materials Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Learning materials
Instructional methods No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Instructional strategies
Instructional strategies Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Differentiated instruction
Narrower: Direct instruction, Group activities, Individualized instruction
Use For: Instructional interventions, Instructional methods, Phonics, Teaching methods, Teaching strategies, Teaching techniques, Whole language
Instructional strategies Reading Yes 06/19/2006 Incomplete Descriptor
Insurance Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Health care, Managed care, Medicaid, Medicare
Integrated services Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Collaboration, Related services, Service delivery, Wraparound
Intelligence quotient No 06/19/2006 Preferred: IQ
Intelligence tests Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Eligibility, Evaluation
Interagency Yes 06/19/2006
Interagency agreements Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Interstate agreements, Intrastate agreements
Interagency coordinating council No 06/19/2006 Preferred: ICC
Interdisciplinary No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Multidisciplinary
Intermediate Educational Unit No 06/19/2006 Preferred: IEU
International Yes 06/19/2006
Internet Yes 06/19/2006 Related: WWW
Internships Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Preservice training
Interpreting Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Sign language
Interstate agreements No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Interagency agreements
Intrastate agreements No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Interagency agreements
IQ Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Intelligence quotient
Issues chart Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Monitoring
Scope Note: OSEP s method of informing the state of what is missing in their Eligibility document
ITP Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Transition
Use For: Individual Transition Plan
Job training Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Vocational education
Jobs No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Employment
Juvenile delinquency No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Delinquency
Juvenile justice Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Correctional education, Detention centers, Incarcerated youth, Law enforcement
Kindergarten Yes 06/19/2006
Language Yes 06/19/2006
Language impairments Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Speech impairments
Broader: Speech-language pathology
Language instruction Yes 06/19/2006
Large scale assessment Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: Assessment
Law No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Special education law
Law enforcement Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Delinquency, Juvenile justice
LD Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Communication disorders, Disabilities, Dyslexia
Use For: Learning disabilities, Severe learning disabilities, SLD
LEA Yes 06/19/2006 Related: School districts
Use For: Local Education Agency
Leadership Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Management, Administrators, State systems change, Systems change, Team building
Learning disabilities No 06/19/2006 Preferred: LD
Learning materials Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Instructional materials
Learning Resource Centers Yes 06/19/2006
Learning strategies Yes 06/19/2006
Learning styles Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Multiple intelligences
Least restrictive environment No 06/19/2006 Preferred: LRE
Legal cases No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Case law
Legal costs No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Attorneys fees
Legal interpretation Yes 06/19/2006
Legal issues Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Definition, Transfer of rights
Narrower: Consent, Custody, Notification
Legal rights No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Rights
Legislation Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Compliance, Special education law, Statutes, Regulation
Legislators Yes 06/19/2006
Leisure No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Recreation
LEP Yes 06/19/2006 Related: ELL, ESL, Multicultural
Use For: Limited English proficiency
Liability Yes 06/19/2006
Life skills No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Functional skills
Life space interview Yes 06/19/2006
Lifelong learning Yes 06/19/2006
Limited English proficiency No 06/19/2006 Preferred: LEP
Literacy Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Reading, Readiness
Local determinations Yes 07/24/2008
Local Education Agency No 06/19/2006 Preferred: LEA
Logic models Yes 06/19/2006
Longitudinal studies Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Research methodology
Low incidence disabilities Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Severe disabilities
Low performing students Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Alternate assessment, Alternative assessment, At-risk persons, Eligibility, Identification, Low SES
Use For: Gap kids, Gray area
Scope Note: Use this descriptor with other descriptors to define the focus of your search
Low SES Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Low performing students
Use For: Low socioeconomic status
Low socioeconomic status No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Low SES
LRE Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Continuum of services, Inclusion, Mainstreaming
Use For: Least restrictive environment
Mainstreaming Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Disabilities, Inclusion, LRE
Maintenance Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Finance, Funding, Funding formulas
Managed care Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Health care, Insurance
Management Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Leadership
Narrower: Sexual harassment, System analysis
Manifestation determination Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Discipline, Expulsion, Suspension, Behavior analysis
Maps Yes 06/19/2006
Marketing Yes 06/19/2006
Mastery learning Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Outcomes
Math Yes 06/19/2006
Mediation Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Conflict resolution, Due process
Medicaid Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Health care, Insurance
Medical officers training program Yes 06/19/2006
Medically fragile Yes 06/19/2006 Related: IHCP, OHI, Specialized health care
Medicare Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Health care, Insurance
Meetings management Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Facilitation, Group dynamics
Mental disorders Yes 06/19/2006 Related: MH, MR
Use For: Mental illness
Mental health No 06/19/2006 Preferred: MH
Mental illness No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Mental disorders
Mental retardation No 06/19/2006 Preferred: MR
Mentally handicapped No 06/19/2006 Preferred: MR
Mentors Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Students, Teacher support, Peer assistance programs
Metacognition Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Brain development
Mexican American Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Hispanic
MH Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Mental disorders, Suicide
Use For: Mental health
Middle school Yes 06/19/2006
Migrant Yes 06/19/2006
Migrant education Yes 06/19/2006
Mild disabilities Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Moderate disabilities, Multiple disabilities, Severe disabilities
Use For: Mildly handicapped
Mildly handicapped No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Mild disabilities
Minorities Yes 06/19/2006
Minority education Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Disproportionate representation
Minority representation Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Demographics, Equity, Minority education, Gender, Disproportionate representation
Minority students Yes 06/19/2006
Mission Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Organizational development
Model programs Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Scaling up
Moderate disabilities Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Mild disabilities, Severe disabilities
Use For: Moderately handicapped
Moderately handicapped No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Moderate disabilities
Modifications Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Accommodations
Monitoring Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Compliance, Self assessment
Use For: Compliance monitoring
MR Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Mental disorders
Use For: Mentally handicapped, Mental retardation
Multi-cultural No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Multicultural
Multiage classrooms Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Clustering
Multicultural Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Bilingual, Bilingual education, CLD, Diversity, ELL, ESL, LEP
Narrower: Multicultural education
Use For: Cultural awareness, Multi-cultural, Multicultural awareness
Multicultural awareness No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Multicultural
Multicultural education Yes 06/19/2006 Broader: Multicultural
Multidisciplinary Yes 06/19/2006 Use For: Interdisciplinary
Multiple disabilities Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Cerebral palsy, Dual sensory impairments, Mild disabilities, Severe disabilities
Narrower: Deaf Blind
Use For: Multiply disabled, Multiply handicapped
Multiple intelligences Yes 06/19/2006 Related: Learning styles
Multiply disabled No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Multiple disabilities
Multiply handicapped No 06/19/2006 Preferred: Multiple disabilities
Music Yes 06/19/2006