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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specific college (or colleges) that ensures effective communication and operations of that college̥s exam development (Outdated).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
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
Competency units - one CU is roughly equivalent to one credit hour
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DB
Database
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DES
Data Entry Specialist
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DI
Design Integrity - Replaces the previously used term ÌÕpsychometricÌÒ in describing team reviews during the assessment development process
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DOD
Department of Defense
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DOE
Department of Education
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DP
Degree Plan
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DRF
Directed response folio - the area in Taskstream where performance tasks are grouped
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DT
Demonstration teaching
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EF
Evaluation Facilitator
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ELL
English Language Learner
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EN
Evaluation Notes
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ES
ExcelSoft - the company that developed and hosts SARAS/the Assessment Center
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ETP
Effective Teaching Practices
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EWB/EWOB
Education without boundaries - a preliminary program all students must complete before they can begin their program
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FDP
Flexible Degree Plan
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FOT
Foundations of Teaching
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FP
Field Placement
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GE
General Education
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GN
Grader notes - no longer used; preferred term is evaluation notes (EN)
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IBT
Internet-based testing; also known as Prometric; an internet-based delivery system capable of administering online-proctored (OLP) tests
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ID
Instructional Designer
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IR
Institutional Research
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JTA
Job Task Analysis
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KPI
Key Performance Indicator
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LA
Liberal Arts
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LR
Learning Resources
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LRPS
Learning Resource Provisioning System
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LA
Liberal Arts
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LR
Learning Resources
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LRPS
Learning Resource Provisioning System
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M.A.T.
Master assessment table -
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MAT
Matching - item type
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MBA-IT
Master of Business Administration in Information Technology
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MC
Multiple choice - item type
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MCEO/MCME
Multiple choice extended option/Multiple choice multiple exhibit
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M.C.T.
Master Clone Table
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MEd
Master of Education
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MS
Multiple selection- item type
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MGP
My graduation plan
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MGT
Management
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MLT
Master of Learning Technology
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MMT
Unknown - Part of code for MBA-IT assessment project
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MSN
Master of Science Nursing
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NCATE
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
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NDA
Non-disclosure agreement
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NSE
New Student Experience
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NCATE
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
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NDA
Non-disclosure agreement
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NSE
New Student Experience
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OLP/ADA OLP
Online proctoring/Americans with Disabilities Act Online Proctoring
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OTP
On-Time Progress (for graduation)
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PA
Performance Assessment
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PAMS
Program and Assessment Management System
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PC
Project/program coordinator - previous title for PDMS
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PD/PDD
Program Design/Program Design and Development
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PDM (Old)
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)
Product Manager
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PJM
Project Manager
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PE
Performance Evaluation
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PM
Product manager - previous title for PDMs.
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PT
Performance task - used interchangeably with performance assessment OR used to denote specific tasks within a performance assessment.
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QA
Quality Assurance - stage in publication process where an editor does a thorough check of all parts of the task
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QC
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
Required completion date
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SAP
Satisfactory academic progress
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SAS
A data storage retrieval and analysis system
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SCACRSE
A form in Banner that lists all exams.
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SD
Senior Developer - an old title now only used in Maintenance and Publication
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SARAS
A test-delivery platform created by ExcelSoft (underpins the Assessment Center)
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SME
Subject matter expert
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SOW
Statement of Work
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STSET
Standard Setting
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TC
Teachers College
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TLA
Three-Letter Acronym
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TPA
Teacher Performance Assessment
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TS
TaskStream
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TWS
Teacher Work Sample
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VA
Department of Veterans Affairs / Vendor Assessment
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WA
Webassessor
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WFH
Work from home
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WFS
Workflow specialist - project coordinator in Maintenance and Publication
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WGU
Western Governors University

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