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Abbreviations and Definitions |
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used on Reading Reform Foundation Message Board |
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Slashes denote spoken language |
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"_" |
Quote marks denote written language |
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see pg- |
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AAC |
Advanced Alphabetic Code (from Maizie) |
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ABT |
Ain't Been Taught: a more precise designation for some children labelled dyslexic or SEN |
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AC |
Alphabetic Code |
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ALS |
UK: Additional Literacy Support. NLS intervention programme for Y3 & Y4 |
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ALS |
US: Adult Literacy Survey |
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ARI/READ |
“Advanced (Code) Reading Instruction”. Continuation of BRI Instruction to deliver Certified Readers |
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ARQ |
Average Reading Quotient |
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Basic Alphabetic Code |
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BRI |
An SP programme. The abbreviation is loosely used to subsume both BRI/READ and ARI/READ |
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BRI/READ |
“Basic (Code) Reading Instruction”. An SP programme initially derived from R&D conducted by SWRL |
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Certified Reader: reads any English text with understanding equal to that were the communication spoken. |
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CA |
UK: Classroom Assistant |
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CP |
Critical Period: a firmly bounded time period, during which a specific neural capability can be acquired; an early psychological concept, now seen to have less applicability than originally expected. See SP, OP |
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CPD |
Continuing Professional Development |
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CPS |
Centre For Policy Studies - was founded by Sir Keith Joseph and Margaret Thatcher in 1974 to champion economic liberalism in Britain and has since played a global role in the dissemination of free market economics |
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CVC |
consonant/vowel/consonant - as in c/a/t |
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CT |
Class Teacher |
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CVC_ |
Underscore indicates "unspecified more" |
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DfES |
UK Department for Education and Skills |
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EAL |
English as an Additional Language |
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EdTalk |
sometimes termed "educationese", originated by what Brian calls progfessors; dribbles down to the education community at large. |
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EFL |
English as a Foreign Language (e.g. for natives of a non-English speaking country) |
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EFL |
English as a First Language: best avoided, because easily confused with above. See ENL |
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ELB |
English Language Background |
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ELS |
UK: Early Literacy Support. Intervention for Y1 |
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EMAG |
Ethnic Minorities Achievement Grant Ethnic Minorities Achievement Group exists as part of Dartford Council Education Department |
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ENL |
English as Native Language |
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ELC |
UK?: Early Learning Centre - chain of toy shops that sell JP items and educational toys |
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ERR |
Early Reading Research - an SP programme with WL elements? |
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ESL also E2L |
English as a Second Language (e.g. for speakers of other first languages living in a country where English is the first language of the majority) |
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FE |
Further Education |
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FLS |
UK: Further Literacy Support. For Y5 |
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FSP |
Foundation Stage Profile |
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General Lexicon. Terms that are within an individual's receptive and expressive vocabulary. |
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GPC |
Grapheme Phoneme Correspondence |
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HFW |
High Frequency Word |
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HMI |
Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools |
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IEN |
Individual Educational Needs |
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IEP |
Individual Education Plan: a statutory requirement for a child with a statement of Special Educational Needs or at Band D on the SEN Code of Practice |
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ITT |
UK: Initial Teacher Trainer. The institution, university or LEA based, that a student teacher first attends |
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I-ware |
the wherewithal to reliably accomplish a stated instructional aspiration |
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J&B |
Jelly and Bean: a series of decodable books |
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JP |
Jolly Phonics -an SP programme |
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TechTalk simplified to be suitable for kid instruction. |
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KS (1, 2 etc) |
UK: Key Stage |
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LEA |
UK: Local Education Authority |
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L/SC |
letter/sound correspondences in connection with written language |
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L.S.A. |
Learning Support Assistant |
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MLT |
insert 100% before "decodable". The term "decodable" is so abused that this was the motivation for coining the term. |
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MLT |
maximally learnable text - another name for decodable text |
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NAAL |
US: National Assessment of Adult Literacy |
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NCT |
National Curriculum Tests: taken by children in England at the ends of Key Stages 1, 2 and 3. |
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NELB |
Non-English Language Background |
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NLP |
Neuro-Linguistic Programming |
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NLS |
National Literacy Strategy |
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MM |
Mixed Methods |
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OCR |
Oxford, Cambridge and RSA examination board, formed by the merging of the Oxford and Cambridge Examination Board with that of the Royal Society of Arts; also a certificate or diploma for teachers of pupils with specific learning difficulties. |
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The inspectorate for children and learners in England. It inspects and regulates childcare, schools, colleges, children's services, teacher training and youth work |
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Optimal Period. The period during which a neural capability can be acquired most easily. See CP, SP |
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ORT |
Oxford Reading Tree - WL reading books and the most popular reading books used in schools today. |
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PA |
Phonemic Awareness |
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PI |
Performance Indicator |
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PwS |
Playing with Sounds |
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OT |
Occupational Therapist |
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pg- |
Carmen McGuinness' programme: to be referred to ONLY as ** on the RRF forum |
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PGCE |
UK: post graduate certificate of education |
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PiPs |
Progression in phonics |
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psy·cho·met·rics: The branch of psychology that deals with the design, administration, and interpretation of quantitative tests for the measurement of psychological variables such as intelligence, aptitude, and personality traits. Also called psychometry. |
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QFT |
UK: Quality First Teaching. |
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Read America |
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RML |
Ruth Miskin Literacy - also an SP programme |
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RP |
Received Pronunciation: the particular pronunciation of British English which is generally regarded as least regionally limited and most socially acceptable, and is considered the standard. |
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RRF |
Reading Reform Foundation |
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RTI |
Response To Intervention |
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S/LC |
sound/letter correspondences in connection with spoken language |
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SALT |
Speech and Language Therapist; see also SLP |
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SAT |
US: Scholastic Aptitude Test |
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SATS |
Standard or Statutory Assessment Tasks or Tests, the abbreviation commonly used for the National Curriculum Tests. May once have meant Standardized Attainment Tests |
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SEN |
UK: special educational needs |
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SES |
Socio-economic Status |
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senco |
Special Educational Needs Coordinator |
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SLT |
Speech and Language Therapist; see also SLP |
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SLP |
Speech and Language Pathologist; see also SALT, SLT |
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SP |
synthetic phonics |
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SP |
Sensitive Period. The period, with boundaries having some flexibility, within which a neural capability can be acquired. See CP, OP. OP preferred |
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SpLD |
specific learning difficulties AKA dyslexia |
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SRS |
Sound Reading System |
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StreetTalk |
everyday General Lexicon |
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SWRL |
US: Southwest Regional Laboratory for Educational Research and Development, now defunct |
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SWRL |
A Semantic Web Rule Language Combining OWL (Web Ontology Language) and Rule Markup Language (Not RRF, included to show the need for a specific RRF abbreviations list) |
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UK: Teaching Assistant |
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TD |
Tracer Device: a protocol that can be used to mark the progress of delivery of Certified Readers |
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TechLex |
Technical Lexicon |
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TechTalk |
operationally defined and grounded terminology |
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TES |
(London) Times Educational Supplement - weekly magazine |
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THRASS |
The 'teaching handwriting, reading and spelling' programme - claims to be SP but on close examination is mixed methods (dogs dinner) |
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UKLA |
United Kingdom Literacy Association |
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WL |
whole-language |
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XML |
EXtensible Markup Language (not RRF - associated with WWW design) |
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YR |
UK: reception year |
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