Abbreviations, Acronyms, Jargon and Other Shortcuts Used at Vision
The business of education has used a variety of abbreviations over the years, and at Delta Vision HCP we're no different. We have adopted the current education-ese and added our own. Here you will find everything that we can think of that might help you transition to our language.
Most Common
A list of what confuses families and learners most:
- DVHCP—Delta Vision Home and Community Program (it says "program", but it is really a public school withing the Delta School District.
- Delta Vision HCP—Ibid
- RC—A Resource Consultant is the family and learner's primary person to interact with regarding funding learning plans, materials, etc.
- HQC—A Highly Qualified Consultant is a person trained in an academic specialty area. HQC's are the person an RC, family or learner goes to when they need help in a specific subject. HQC's also approve learning plans and help work out problems in ILP's
- HQ—Ibid
- Ibid—Short for the latin word ibidum meaning same as before.
- ILP—The Individual Learning Plan is the primary document that outlines what a learner will be doing for their education during the year. Nothing procedes until the ILP is complete and approved.
- VILP—Vision ILP. This term occasionally shows up in the Paragon student database.
The Complete List
Here is the complete list of everything we can think of that you might run into while discussing education at Delta Vision
- CSAP— Colorado Student Assessment Program (sometimes: Colorado Standardized Assessment Program)
- TCAP— Transitional Colorado Assessment Program
- ICAP— Individual Career and Academic Plan
- CBLA— Colorado Basic Literacy Act
- FERPA— Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
- CDE— Colorado Department of Education
- ACT Test— American College Testing
- SAT Test— Scholastic Aptitude Test
- TABE Test— Test of Adult Basic Education
- GED— General Education Development (sometimes: General Equivalency Diploma)
- ELL— English Language Learner
- AR Program— Accelerated Reader Program
- COGAT Test— Colorado Gifted and Talented (Test)
