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AAFCS: American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.
ABLE: Adult Basic Learning Examination (like TABE but not timed)
ABM: Agricultural Business Management, an Ag Ed program for adult students.
ACCA: Air Conditioning Cooling Contractors of America
ACE CREDIT: The American Council on Education’s College Credit Recommendation Service allows students in selected programs to gain a college credit recommendation for CareerTech studies. This recommendation can be used nationally and internationally.
ACOG: Association of Central Oklahoma Governments.
ACT: See American College Testing Program
ACTE: Association for Career and Technical Education. Formerly AVA--American Vocational Association.
ACTE Region IV: The regional division of the Association for Career and Technical Education that the Oklahoma Association for Career and Technical Education belongs to. The states in the region include Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.
ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act or Average Daily Attendance
ADA/CDA: American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation
ALC: Air Logistics Center.
ALD: Advanced Leadership Development, an FFA program.
AMA: American Management Association
ANSI: American National Standards Institute
AOTA: American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education
ARC-ST: Accreditation Review Committee On Education in Surgical Technology, which provides accreditation services under the auspices of the Commission on the Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)
ARRT: American Registry of Radiologic Technologists
ASCD: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASCOG: Association of South Central Oklahoma Governments
ASD: Associate State Director
ASE: Automotive Service Excellence
ASRT: American Society of Radiologic Technology
ASTD: American Society of Training Development
AYES: Automotive Youth Educational Systems
Ability to Benefit: A designation given to a student who does not have a high school diploma or GED but has demonstrated the ability to benefit from the education offered by a postsecondary institution by making a passing score on a test approved by the U.S. Secretary of Education so that the student may be awarded federal aid.
Academic Credit: The unit of measurement an institution awards when the determined course or subject requirement(s) are fulfilled. See Credit.
Academically Disadvantaged: Individuals who score at or below the 25th percentile on a standardized achievement aptitude test or whose secondary school grades are below 2.0 on a 4.0 scale (where the grade “A” equals 4.0) or who fail to obtain minimal academic competencies. This definition does not include individuals with learning disabilities. 34 CFR Part 400 et al (Education Department General Administrative Regulations)
Accommodation Plan: A plan developed in cooperation with the qualified person with a disability (as defined by the ADA or Section 504) designed to address the reasonable accommodations needed in order for the individual to participate in a career and technology education program.

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