Glossary of Selected Educational Abbreviations

ABC – The state of NC program of Accountability, the Basics and Local Control

AYP – Adequate Yearly Progress

DPI – NC Department of Public Instruction

ELL – English Language Learners

EC– Exceptional Children

EOC – End-of-Course Test (high school tests, largely)

EOG – End-of-Grade Test (grades 3-8)

ESL – English as a Second Language

GED – General Education Development high school equivalency test

IQ – Intelligence Quotient

LEA – Local Education Agency such as the Lenoir County Public Schools

LEP – Limited English Proficiency; also referred to as ELL

NCLB – federal accountability program called No Child Left Behind

OCR – Office of Civil Rights

PEP – Personal Education Plan

SST – Student Success Team

PK – Pre kindergarten

Title I – programs aimed at America’s most disadvantaged students