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| AAAS | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| AAC | Association of American Colleges |
| AACD | American Association for Counseling and Development |
| AACC | American Association of Community Colleges |
| AACTE | American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education |
| AACU | Association of American Colleges and Universities |
| AAHE | American Association for Higher Education |
| AAPT | American Association of Physics Teachers |
| AASA | American Association of School Administrators |
| AASCU | American Association of State Colleges and Universities |
| AAU | Association of American Universities |
| ACE | American Council on Education |
| ACES | Advisory Council on Education Statistics |
| ACT | American College Testing Program |
| AEL | Appalachia Educational Laboratory |
| AERA | American Educational Research Association |
| AETS | Association for the Education of Teachers in Science |
| AECT | Association for Educational Communications and Technology |
| AFT | American Federation of Teachers |
| AGBUC | Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges |
| ALA | American Library Association |
| ALS | Academic Library Survey |
| AMS | American Mathematical Society |
| a.p. | advanced placement |
| ASA | American Statistical Association |
| ASCD | Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development |
| ASTC | Association for Science-Technology Centers |
| ATRISK | National Institute on the Education of At-Risk Students |
| AVA | American Vocational Association |
| B&B | Baccalaureate & Beyond |
| BPS | Beginning Postsecondary Students |
| BRT | Business Roundtable |
| CAPE | Council for American Private Education |
| CBE | Council for Basic Education |
| CCA | Career College Association |
| CCD | Common Core of Data |
| CCSSO | Council of Chief State School Officers |
| CDN | closing date notice |
| CEC | Council for Exceptional Children |
| CEDaR | Council for Educational Development and Research |
| CEIS | Committee on Evaluation and Information Systems |
| CELA | National Research and Development Center on English Learning and Achievement |
| CGCS | Council of Great City Schools |
| CIERA | Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement |
| COSLA | Chief Officers of State Library Agencies |
| CP | Capitol Place |
| CPB | Corporation for Public Broadcasting |
| CPRE | Consortium for Policy Research in Education |
| CPS | Current Population Survey |
| CREDE | Center for Research on Education, Diversity and Excellence |
| CREMS | Center for Research on Elementary and Middle Schools |
| CRESPAR | Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed At-Risk |
| CRESST | Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing |
| CRS | Congressional Research Service |
| CSG | Council of State Governments |
| CTP | Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy |
| DAS | Data Analysis System |
| DOVE | Data on Vocational Education |
| ECI | National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education |
| ECS | Education Commission of the States |
| ELC | Education Leaders Consortium |
| ENC | Eisenhower National Clearinghouse |
| ERIC | Educational Resources Information Center |
| ETS | Educational Testing Service |
| EWA | Education Writers Association |
| FCCSET | Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology |
| FCSM | Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology |
| FICE | Federal Interagency Committee on Education |
| FRSS | Fast Response Survey System |
| FSCS | Federal State Cooperative System |
| FTE | full-time-equivalent |
| FWL | Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development |
| GAO | General Accounting Office |
| GEPA | General Education Provisions Act |
| GFI | National Institute on Educational Governance, Finance, Policymaking, and Management |
| GRE | Graduate Record Examinations |
| HBCUs | Historically Black Colleges and Universities |
| HEGIS | Higher Education General Information Survey |
| HS&B | High School and Beyond |
| IAEP | International Assessment of Education Progress |
| IALS | International Adult Literacy Survey |
| IEA | International Association for Evaluation of Educational Achievement |
| IEAP | International Assessment of Educational Progress |
| IEL | Institute for Educational Leadership |
| IPEDS | Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System |
| IRA | International Reading Association |
| JFF | Jobs for the Future |
| LAB | Northeast and Islands Laboratory at Brown University |
| LAN | local area network |
| LEA | local education agency |
| LEAD | Leadership in Educational Administration Development |
| LEF | local education fund |
| LSS | Mid-Atlantic Laboratory for Student Success |
| McREL | Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory |
| MIS | Media and Information Services |
| NAB | National Alliance of Business |
| NABE | National Association for Bilingual Education |
| NABSE | National Alliance of Black School Educators |
| NACAC | National Association of College Admission Counselors |
| NACCAS | National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences |
| NACME | National Advisory Council on Minorities in Engineering |
| NACUBO | National Association of College and University Business Officers |
| NACWEP | National Advisory Council on Women's Educational Programs |
| NAEP | National Assessment of Educational Progress |
| NAESP | National Association of Elementary School Principals |
| NAEYC | National Association for the Education of Young Children |
| NAGB | National Assessment Governing Board |
| NAICU | National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities |
| NAIS | National Association of Independent Schools |
| NALS | National Adult Literacy Survey |
| NAPE | National Association of Partners in Education |
| NARE | National Alliance for Restructuring Education |
| NARST | National Association for Research and Science Teaching |
| NAS | National Academy of Sciences |
| NASBE | National Association of State Boards of Education |
| NASDC | New American Schools Development Corporation |
| NASDSE | National Association of State Directors of Special Education |
| NASSP | National Association of Secondary School Principals |
| NCATE | National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education |
| NCEA | National Catholic Educational Association |
| NCEDL | National Center for Early Development and Learning |
| NCEE | National Commission on Excellence in Education |
| NCEOA | National Council of Educational Opportunity Associations |
| NCERI | National Council on Education Research and Improvement |
| NCES | National Center for Education Statistics |
| NCEST | National Council on Education Standards and Testing |
| NCHEMS | National Center for Higher Education Management Systems |
| NCISLA | National Center for Improving Student Learning and Achievement in Mathematics and Science |
| NCLIS | National Commission on Libraries and Information Science |
| NCPI | National Center for Postsecondary Improvement |
| NCPT | National Congress of Parents and Teachers |
| NCREL | North Central Regional Educational Laboratory |
| NCRVE | National Center for Research in Vocational Education |
| NCSALL | National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy |
| NCSL | National Conference of State Legislatures |
| NCSS | National Council for the Social Studies |
| NCTE | National Council of Teachers of English |
| NCTM | National Council of Teachers of Mathematics |
| NDA | National Dissemination Association |
| NDN | National Diffusion Network |
| NEA | National Education Association |
| NECTL | National Education Commission on Time and Learning |
| NEGP | National Education Goals Panel |
| NELS:88 | National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 |
| NFP | notice of final priorities |
| NGA | National Governor's Association |
| NHES | National Household Education Survey |
| NLE | National Library of Education |
| NLS-72 | National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 |
| NMSA | National Middle School Association |
| NOICC | National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee |
| NPSAS | National Postsecondary Student Aid Study |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| NRC/GT | National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented |
| NSBA | National School Boards Association |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| NSOPF | National Study of Postsecondary Faculty |
| NSTA | National Science Teachers Association |
| NWREL | Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory |
| OAS | Office of the Assistant Secretary |
| OBEMLA | Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs |
| OCLC | Online Computer Library Center |
| OCR | Office for Civil Rights |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OERI | Office of Educational Research and Improvement |
| ORAD | Office of Reform Assistance and Dissemination |
| OSERS | Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services |
| PEQIS | Postsecondary Education Quick Information System |
| PLLI | National Institute on Postsecondary Education, Libraries, and Lifelong Learning |
| PLS | Public Library Survey |
| PREL | Pacific Region Educational Laboratory |
| PSS | Private School Study |
| RCG | Recent College Graduates Study |
| RLIN | Research Libraries Information Network |
| RREC | Reading Research and Education Center |
| RSB | Research for Better Schools |
| SAI | National Institute on Student Achievement, Curriculum, and Assessment |
| SASS | Schools and Staffing Survey |
| SAT | Scholastic Assessment Test |
| SBIR | Small Business Innovation Research Program |
| SDDB | School District Data Book |
| SEA | state education agency |
| SEDL | Southwest Educational Development Laboratory |
| SEIL | Southeastern Educational Improvement Laboratory |
| SERVE | Southeastern Regional Vision for Education |
| SHEEO | State Higher Educational Executive Officers |
| SIPP | Survey of Income Program Participation |
| SOICCs | State Occupational Information Coordinating Committees |
| STDS | Survey of Teacher Demand and Shortage |
| STW | school-to-work |
| TESOL | Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages |
| TFS | Teacher Follow-up Survey |
| TIMSS | Third International Mathematics and Science Study |
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