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Tricky Terms Flashcards

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AAP

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Academic Action Plan - Used by students to access their courses of study and learning resources

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AAV

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Academic Action Verification (?)

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AC

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Assessment Center (an online test-delivery platform)

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ACA

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Assessment Completion Announcement - Replaces the previously used term ÌÕBirth Announcement. An ACA is issued when an assessment is completed and published.

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ACO

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Accountable Care Organization

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AD

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Assessment Development - The group that develops assessments such as performance tasks

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ADA

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Americans with Disabilities Act

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ADM

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Assessment Development Manager - A person assigned to a specific college (or colleges) that ensures effective communication and operations of that college̥s exam development (Outdated).

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ADP

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Automatic Data Processing - Portal to enter HR self-service site

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AM&P

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Assessment Maintenance and Publication

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APA

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American Psychological Association - usually used to refer to APA Style

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APM

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Assessment Program Manager - A person assigned to a specific college (or colleges) that ensures effective communication and operations of that college̥s exam development

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BSHI

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Bachelor of Science in Health Informatics

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BSN

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Bachelor of Science in Nursing

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CALTPA

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Teacher Performance Assessment specific to the State of California.

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CAPP

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Curriculum and Program Planning

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CCNE

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Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education

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CLRPS

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College Level Reasoning and Problem Solving

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CMS

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Certification Management Services - an outside vendor WGU contracts with to develop items

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CMS

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Content Management System

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CoB

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Close of Business OR College of Business

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COMM

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Committee Review

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COS/CoS

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Course of study – an outline for an assessment which consists of competency statements candidates will demonstrate competency in through the assessment

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COTS

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Completely Off the Shelf

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CR

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Coaching Report - a document provided to students after an exam that is used to determine which areas require additional study.

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CUs

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Competency units - one CU is roughly equivalent to one credit hour

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DB

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Database

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DES

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Data Entry Specialist

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DI

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Design Integrity - Replaces the previously used term ÌÕpsychometricÌÒ in describing team reviews during the assessment development process

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DOD

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Department of Defense

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DOE

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Department of Education

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DP

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Degree Plan

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DRF

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Directed response folio - the area in Taskstream where performance tasks are grouped

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DT

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Demonstration teaching

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EF

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Evaluation Facilitator

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ELL

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English Language Learner

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EN

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Evaluation Notes

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ES

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ExcelSoft - the company that developed and hosts SARAS/the Assessment Center

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ETP

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Effective Teaching Practices

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EWB/EWOB

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Education without boundaries - a preliminary program all students must complete before they can begin their program

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FDP

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Flexible Degree Plan

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FOT

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Foundations of Teaching

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FP

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Field Placement

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GE

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General Education

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GN

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Grader notes - no longer used; preferred term is evaluation notes (EN)

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IBT

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Internet-based testing; also known as Prometric; an internet-based delivery system capable of administering online-proctored (OLP) tests

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ID

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Instructional Designer

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IR

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Institutional Research

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JTA

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Job Task Analysis

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KPI

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Key Performance Indicator

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LA

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Liberal Arts

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LR

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Learning Resources

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LRPS

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Learning Resource Provisioning System

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LA

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Liberal Arts

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LR

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Learning Resources

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LRPS

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Learning Resource Provisioning System

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M.A.T.

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Master assessment table -

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MAT

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Matching - item type

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MBA-IT

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Master of Business Administration in Information Technology

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MC

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Multiple choice - item type

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MCEO/MCME

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Multiple choice extended option/Multiple choice multiple exhibit

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M.C.T.

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Master Clone Table

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MEd

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Master of Education

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MS

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Multiple selection- item type

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MGP

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My graduation plan

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MGT

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Management

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MLT

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Master of Learning Technology

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MMT

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Unknown - Part of code for MBA-IT assessment project

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MSN

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Master of Science Nursing

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NCATE

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National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education

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NDA

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Non-disclosure agreement

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NSE

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New Student Experience

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NCATE

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National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education

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NDA

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Non-disclosure agreement

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NSE

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New Student Experience

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OLP/ADA OLP

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Online proctoring/Americans with Disabilities Act Online Proctoring

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OTP

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On-Time Progress (for graduation)

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PA

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Performance Assessment

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PAMS

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Program and Assessment Management System

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PC

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Project/program coordinator - previous title for PDMS

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PD/PDD

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Program Design/Program Design and Development

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PDM (Old)

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Program Development Manager - person responsible for programs; involved in program design/development as well as assessment development and maintenance

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PDM (New)

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Product Manager

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PJM

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Project Manager

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PE

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Performance Evaluation

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PM

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Product manager - previous title for PDMs.

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PT

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Performance task - used interchangeably with performance assessment OR used to denote specific tasks within a performance assessment.

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QA

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Quality Assurance - stage in publication process where an editor does a thorough check of all parts of the task

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QC

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Quality Control - the stage in the publication process where the material is checked after loading to ensure it was loaded correctly

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RCD

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Required completion date

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SAP

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Satisfactory academic progress

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SAS

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A data storage retrieval and analysis system

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SCACRSE

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A form in Banner that lists all exams.

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SD

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Senior Developer - an old title now only used in Maintenance and Publication

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SARAS

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A test-delivery platform created by ExcelSoft (underpins the Assessment Center)

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SME

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Subject matter expert

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SOW

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Statement of Work

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STSET

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Standard Setting

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TC

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Teachers College

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TLA

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Three-Letter Acronym

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TPA

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Teacher Performance Assessment

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TS

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TaskStream

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TWS

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Teacher Work Sample

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VA

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Department of Veterans Affairs / Vendor Assessment

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WA

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Webassessor

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WFH

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Work from home

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WFS

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Workflow specialist - project coordinator in Maintenance and Publication

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WGU

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Western Governors University

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