Forthcoming Terms

The Glossary of Education Reform currently features more than 500 terms and 150 in-depth entries on K–12 public education and education reform in the United States. The following list includes forthcoming terms and definitions that will be added to the glossary over time. If you see an important term missing, let us know.

504 Plan
Academic Identity
Academic Mindset
Accountability
Accreditation
Achievement
Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate/Cohort Graduation Rate
Anytime/Anywhere Learning
Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA)
Average Daily Attendance (ADA)
Badges/Digital Badges/Open Badges
Balanced Assessment
Bridge Year/Program
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT)
Bullying
Character Traits
Charter School
Classroom-Based/-Embedded Intervention
College-Enrollment/College-Going Rate
College-Persistence/College-Completion Rate
Course-Management System (CMS)
College Preparation (College Prep)
Common Assessment
Compensation Reform
Computerized Scoring/Robograding
Connected Learning
Contact Hours
Content Standards
Co-Teaching
Critical Literacy
Cultural Competence/Literacy
Culture of Learning
Curriculum Coordinator
Curriculum Framework
Cyberbullying
Data-Driven Instruction/Teaching
Deeper Learning
De-Tracking
Developmental Course
Digital Backpack
Digital Learning
Dispositions
Drill and Kill
Dropout Factory
Dropout Prevention
Dropout Rate
Early Childhood Education
Early College High School
Early Graduation
Early Release
Early Warning System
Educational Technician
Education Data
Education Research
E-learning
Engagement
English Language Development (ELD)
English as a Second Language
English Language Arts (ELA)
Enrichment
Enrollment
Entrance Ticket
Essential Question
E-textbook
Equal Educational Opportunity
Exit Exam
Exit Ticket
First-Generation
First-Language Acquisition
Flipped Classroom/Instruction
Free and Reduced Price Lunch Eligibility (FRL, FRPLE)
Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)
Funds of Knowledge
GED
Gifted and Talented (GT)
Global Achievement Gap
Global Competence/Literacy
Grading on a Curve
Grading
Graduation Rate
Graduation Requirements
Grit/Persistence
Habits of Mind
Habits of Work (HOW)
Heterogeneous Grouping
High-Quality Teacher (HQT)
Higher-Order Thinking Skills
Honor Roll
Human Capital
Implementation
Inclusion
Individualized Education Plan/Program (IEP)
Inquiry-Based Learning
Inservice
Interactive Whiteboard
Interdisciplinary
Interdisciplinary Teaching
Interdisciplinary Unit/Lesson
Intervention
Late Start
Learner/Student Autonomy
Learning Disability
Learning Outcomes
Learning Style
Learning Technology
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
Lesson Plan
Literacy
Literacy Strategies
Local Education Agency (LEA)
Mainstreaming
Mass Customized Learning
Micro-credentials/Micro-credentialing
Mixed-Ability Grouping
Model
Multicultural Teacher Education
Multiple Intelligences
Multiple Measures
Newcomer
Next-Generation Assessment
Norms
Numeracy
On Grade Level
Online Learning
On-Time Graduation
Open Educational Resources (OER)
Open Enrollment
Over-the-Counter Data (OTCD)
Pacing Guide
Paraprofessional
Parent Involvement
Parent-Teacher Conference
Pedagogy
Per-Pupil Expenditures
Performance-Based Assessment
Performance Pay
Performance Standards
Placement Test
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS)
Preservice
Prior Knowledge
Promotion/Grade Promotion
Pyramid of Interventions
Reciprocal teaching
Re-engagement center/program
Remediation/Remedial Course
Response to Intervention (RTI)
Restorative Justice
Sage on the Stage
School Choice
School Within a School
School-to-Prison Pipeline
Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM)
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
Scope and Sequence
Scoring Criteria
Scoring Scale
Second-Language Acquisition
Self-Paced Learning
Seniority
Service Learning
Sheltered Instruction
Sit and Get
Skills Gap
Small Learning Community
Social Justice
Socioeconomic Status (SES)
Social-Emotional Learning/Development/Education (SEL)
Special Education
Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English (SDAIE)
Special-Needs Student
Specific Learning Disability
State Education Agency (SEA)
Student Achievement
Student Agency/Learner Agency
Student-Based Budgeting/Weighted Student Funding/Fair Student Funding
Student Information System (SIS)
Student-Led Conference
Student Mobility
Student Subgroups
Student with Disabilities
Summer Bridge Program
Syllabus
Teacher Certification/Licensure
Teacher Performance
Teacher-Protection Laws/Rights
Teacher Effectiveness/Quality
Teaching to the Test
Team Teaching
Technology Literacy
Tenure
Tier 1 Intervention
Tier 2 Intervention
Tier 3 Intervention
Tracking
Transfer/Transfer of Learning
Turnaround
Universal Design/Universal Design for Learning
Universal Preschool
Urban Education
Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
Voucher
World Languages
Wraparound services/program
Zeros