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CAC - Communicative Academic & Cognitive
Special education program
Carnegie School
Model school for other schools in the state; Carnegie school works
with other schools to help them along the same path; program includes
grant money
Carnegie Units
Name for commonly used credit hours earned by high school students to
fulfill graduation requirements
CAT - California Achievement Test
Standardized achievement test measuring reading, language, and
mathematics skills, also CAT-5
CBLA - Colorado Balanced Literacy Assessment
CCIRA - Colorado Council of International Reading Association
CDE - Colorado Department of Education
CDM - Collaborative Decision Making Committee
Team of parents, teachers, administrators, and community/business
members sharing decision making about school policies, budgets, and
other management issues
Center School (or program)
School with a program to meet a special need; students needing the
program come from other schools to attend
Challenge
Program for students with outstanding academic ability and creativity
Challenge Program (Jefferson County)
Severely handicapped students are integrated wherever possible into
regular classrooms
Chapter II
Federal funds used in schools for innovation, training, and materials
Charter School
School created under Colorado Senate bill 93-183 as a public school
which may use innovative teaching methods and independent curricula,
free from many of the constraints placed on “regular” public schools
Character Counts
A focus on six pillars of character: respect, responsibility, caring,
trustworthiness, fairness, and citizenship
CHEER
Cherry Creek Schools preschool program for children with one or more
developmental delays
Child Find
Agency which screens preschoolers to identify special needs
CHIPS - Challenging High Intellectual Potential Students
Program for academically gifted students
Cities in Schools
Public/private partnership, alternative instructional program for
students at risk of dropping out or who could benefit from a more
“personalized” approach
CLIP - Collaborative Literacy Intervention Project
Strategy for teaching reading using small groups; children hear
patterns; see Reading Recovery
Closed Campus
High school in which students do not leave the school grounds during
the school day without permission
Coalition of Essential Schools
An organization leading a nation-wide reform effort to raise
students’ learning standards
COCIS
Computer program with career information and guidance for high school
students
Co-curricular
Activities and programs outside the regular classroom which enrich
and enhance the curriculum
Colorado Preschool Project
Funding source for a collaboration between a school district and
other child care facilities and organizations, such as Mile High Child
Care; goal is to prepare preschoolers with the language skills needed to
be successful in school; specially trained teachers are available for
language development
Community School
After-school, evening, and weekend classes for students and adults;
tuition is usually charged
Completion rate
Percentage of students under age 21 who graduate and who receive
certificates or other designations of high school completion
Comprehensive Competencies Program
Alternative for high school students and adults to get credits for
graduation in a program tailor-made for the student
Conflict Managers
Students trained to help other students solve problems on the
playground and/or among peers
Content
The subject matter of a discipline
Content Standards
Specific expectations to be met by students who demonstrate what they
know and are able to do
Cooperative Learning
Students are placed in small groups, working together to achieve
certain learning objectives in the classroom
COPE - Collaboration On Prevention and Education
Drug/alcohol awareness and prevention
Core Knowledge
Curriculum developed by E.D. Hirsch with a prescribed set of facts in
each subject area which children should learn at each grade level;
usually part of a “back to basics” or fundamental program
COSIS
Career exploration computer program
Cross-Categorical Special Education
Services provided to students with one or more special needs,
integrating the services to meet all the students’ needs. Also called
non-categorical special education.
CSAP - Colorado Standards Assessment Program
State-developed test of reading, writing, math, and science ability
administered annually to all Colorado students in grades 3 - 10; based
on Colorado Model Content Standards, measures achievement against a
specified standard for performance, as opposed to comparison to other
students; student performance is categorized into four levels -
Unsatisfactory, Partially Proficient, Proficient, and Advanced.;
students recording reading and mathematics results in three of the four
levels, with the exception of Unsatisfactory, are judged to meet the
demands of grade level performance defined in national legislation by
the No Child Left Behind Act.
CTB Terra Nova
Standardized achievement tests developed by CTB McGraw Hill measuring
reading, language, mathematics, science, and social studies skills
CTBS - Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills
Standardized achievement tests measuring reading, language, and
mathematics skills
Curriculum
The variety of content information and materials a teacher uses to
enable students to learn and apply the knowledge and skills expected of
them
DARE - Drug Awareness and Resistance Education
Day Treatment
School or program for children with severe emotional problems
DEAR - Drop Everything And Read
Time in the school day for everyone to read silently
DECA - Distributive Education Clubs of America
Marketing education for high school students
DEEP - Denver Educational Excellence Program
For high-achieving students in grades 5-8 interested in science and
mathematics, focus on minority students
Degrees of Reading Power
Pre- and post-tests to determine students’ growth in reading during
the school year
Diagnostic/Prescriptive Learning
Identifies each student’s specific skill strengths and weaknesses,
then teaches to areas in need, while maintaining skills already mastered
DIBELS – Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills
Assessment administered to grades K – 6. Data is used to guide
instruction and interventions.
Differentiated Instruction (DI)
A teaching philosophy based on the premise that teachers should adapt
instruction to student differences
Directed Studies
Students select their own learning activities
DLC - Developmental Learning Center
For 5-6 year olds with significant developmental delays
DPS - Denver Public Schools
DRA - Developmental Reading Assessments
Assessment tool
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