Terms & Terminologies

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Refers to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, which specifies that no one with a disability can be excluded from participating in federally funded programs or activities, including elementary, secondary, or postsecondary schooling.

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504

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Changing of the curriculum to meet the cognitive level of the learners.

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Accommodation

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Holding school and staff responsible for student achievement.

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Accountability

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Measurements of student learning in a curriculum

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Achievement

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For or concerned with specific purpose, this term is usually used in conjunction with committee (ad hoc committee)

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Ad hoc

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Curriculum, instruction, resources and assessment are connected to a set of objectives and expectations internal and external to the classroom.

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Alignment

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Generally relates to 90% or more of the students and opportunities.

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Almost all

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Generally relates to 90% or more of the time.

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Almost all of the time

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Every student in grades 7 through 12 who is under the age of 21 in danger of dropping out.

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At risk

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Behavior observed and documented to the standard of proficiency for some of the students and/or some of the time (50% to 79% of the students and time)

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Below expectation

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Educational program which uses more than one language as a medium of instruction.

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Bilingual education

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Federal funds granted for educational support for minorities, low income, and under achieving students.

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Chapter I

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Strategies utilized to maintain and increase academic learning time

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Classroom management

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Formal statement to the appropriate professional behavior and conduct of educators.

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Code of ethics

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Refers to the use of multiple school stakeholders to make campus decisions and planning, education, and curriculum.

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Collaborative

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Classroom teaching ideology in which students work together in groups to achieve mastery of goals.

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Cooperative learning

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Learning that is related to work, life, student interest, to other curriculum and forming contextual association.

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Connections

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Courses of study that is common for all students

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Core curriculum

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What is being taught to every student

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Curriculum

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Going from a general case down to a specific instance.

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Deductive reasoning

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This is one of the hot buzzwords in education. It refers to the use of multiple activities, multiple instructional techniques, and varied lesson plans.

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Differentiation

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The protocol required to be followed to safeguard individuals from arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable policies, practices, and/or actions.

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Due process

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On-task, active, interested, attentive, connected to the learning objective(s).

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Engaged

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Behavior observed and documented to the standard of proficiency for some of the students and/or some of the time (90% 100% of the students and time). Used to describe behavior, such as collaborative planning, that is qualitatively different from proficient.

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Exceeds Expectations

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Motivation brought about through external influences and/or rewards.

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Extrinsic Motivation

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Assessing students performance while the activity, instruction and lesson is still in progress, e.g. Benchmark testing or quizzes.

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***Formative Assessment***

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The classification of pupils with common abilities, lifestyles, learning levels and/or demographics.

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Homogeneous

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Written for the student by the teacher, parent, a qualified school official and the student (whenever possible).

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IEP- Individual Education Plan

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Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.

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Inductive Reasoning

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How we teach the curriculum.

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Instruction

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The mixing of multiple backgrounds, ethnicities, and learning levels into the mutual environment.

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Integration

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Motivation brought about through one's own internal desire to achieve.

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Intrinsic Motivation

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Focused on learning and the very characteristics of students.

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Learner centered

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Environment suited to meet the needs of the child while remaining as close as possible to the regular education program (term often used by special services).

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Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)

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Having the educational needs of a special needs student met in a regular classroom.

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Mainstreaming

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Guides the actions of the organization, spells out its overall goal, provides a sense of direction, and guides decision-making for all levels of administrators, teachers, and stakeholders.

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Mission statement

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Generally, 80% to 89% of the time.

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Most of the time

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Test that compares student's performance to other students in the same class or group.

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Norm Referenced Test

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Formal or informal moments when the teachers classroom instruction is being scrutinized by another

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Observation

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Professional Development and Appraisal System

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PDAS

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Behavior observed and documented the standard of proficiency for some of the students and or some of the time (80% to 89% of the students and time). Most educators struggle with this term because we never look at the term in relations to gifted, skillful, or talented we only think in terms of the definition "capable".

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Proficient

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This law covers the education of all special-needs students.

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Public Law 94–142

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The use of remedial methods to improve skills or reverse environmental damage.

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Remediation

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Connected, applicable, and or appropriate.

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Relevant

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Scholastic Aptitude Test (college entrance exam)

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SAT

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Technique used when introducing a new concept or model

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Scaffolding

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For this exam we are more than likely talking about changing or modeling of the school's culture.

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Shaping

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A term used to describe the different level of wealth

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Social economic status

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Generally, 50% to 79% of the time, of the students and/or of the opportunities.

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Some

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Is based on the needs of the teacher which is based on the needs of students

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Staff development

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Is a test administered and scored a consistent manner. The tests are designed in such a way that the "questions, conditions for administering, scoring procedures, and interpretations are consistent", and are "administered and scored in a predetermined, standard manner."

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Standardized test

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Emanating from unique characteristics of the individual student (learning styles, special services, at risk etc...)

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Student needs

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More than 80% of the students demonstrate success with the stated objectives, student expectations and or TEKS

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Successful Learning

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This type of evaluation occurs at the end of a unit, course, semester or year.

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Summative Evaluation

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Is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging State academic achievement standards and state academic assessments.

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Title I

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Disconnected to the learning, off task and/or passive learners

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Unengaged

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A vivid idealized description of a desired outcome that inspires, energizes, and helps you create a mental picture of where you want your school to be.

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***Vision Statement***