COMMONLY USED ACRONYMS - Literacy Resources/RI



ABE Adult Basic Education

ADA Americans with Disabilities Act (federal legislation)

ADD Attention Deficit Disorder

ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

ADP Adult Diploma Program

AE Adult Education

ASE Adult Secondary Education

BEST Basic English Skills Test (ESL Standardized test)

BEST Plus An adaptation of the Basic English Skills Test (standardized oral English proficiency test)

CAELA Center for Adult English Language Acquisition

CAI Computer Assisted Instruction

CALIS Comprehensive Adult Literacy Information System (RI adult ed data base)

CASAS Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System (ABE and ESL standardized tests)

CBO Community Based Organization

COABE Commission on Adult Basic Education (professional organization)

DAEL Division of Adult Education And Literacy (US DOE)



DHS Department of Human Services

DLT Department of Labor and Training

DOC Department of Corrections

DOE Department of Education

EDP External Diploma Program

EFF Equipped for the Future (national standards for adult ed.)

EFL English as a Foreign Language and

EFL Educational Functioning Level

EL English Literacy

ELL English Language Learner

ESL English as a Second Language

ESOL English for Speakers of Other Languages

FIP Family Independence Program (RI’s welfare program)

FY Fiscal Year

GED General Educational Development (high school equivalency test)

GLE Grade Level Equivalent

GWB RI Governor’s Workforce Board (adult education policy board in R.I.)

ICE Immigration and Customs Enforcement

INS Immigration and Naturalization Service (now part of ICE: )

L1 Native Language

L2 Target Language

LD Learning Disability

LEA Local Educational Agency - and – Language Experience Approach

LEP Limited English Proficient

LINCS Learning Information Communication System (online resources)

MATSOL Massachusetts affiliate of TESOL, with an RI SIG (special interest group)



MIS Management Information System (computerized system for tracking information)

NALS National Adult Literacy Survey

NAAL National Assessment of Adult Literacy (similar survey to the NALS)



NCSALL National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy

NELRC New England Literacy Resource Center

NLL Native Language Literacy

NRS National Reporting System

NIFL National Institute for Literacy

OAE (RI) Office of Adult Education

OHE Office of Higher Education

ORS Office of Rehabilitation Services ( a division of DHS)

OVAE Office of Vocational and Adult Education (US DOE)

PBL Project-Based Learning

RIDE Rhode Island Dept. of Education

RFP Request for Proposals (also: CFIP Call for Investment Proposals)

SABES Massachusetts adult education professional development system

SCANS Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills

SPL Student Performance Level (level descriptions for ESL)

TABE Tests of Adult Basic Education (ABE Standardized Test)

TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (federal welfare program)

TESOL Teachers of English for Speakers of Other Languages (professional organization)



TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language (ESL standardized test used for college entry)

WAIS Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (IQ test administered by psychologists)

WPBL Work- based Project Learning

WIA Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (federal legislation) 1385.html

WIB Workforce Investment Board

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