Performance Data Tables

Appendix A

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 GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS

AARTS Audit Accountability and Resolution and EDEN Education Data Exchange Network
Tracking System
EDPAS Education Department Performance
ACSI American Customer Satisfaction Index Appraisal System
AEFLA Adult Education and Family Literacy EELIAS Evaluation of Exchange, Language,
Act International, and Area Studies
AID Aid for Institutional Development ERDDI Educational Research, Development,
Dissemination and Improvement Act
AP Advanced Placement
ERIC Education Resources Information Center
APEB Act to Promote the Education of the
Blind ESEA Elementary and Secondary Education
Act
ATA Assistive Technology Act
ESL English as a Second Language
AYP Adequate Yearly Progress
ESRA Education Sciences Reform Act
C&A Certification and Accreditation
FAFSA Free Application for Federal Student Aid
CBS Common Services for Borrowers
FASAB Federal Accounting Standards Advisory
CDR Cohort Default Rate
Board
CFDA Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
FBCO Faith-Based and Community
CHAFL College Housing and Academic Organization
Facilities Loans
FECA Federal Employees Compensation Act
CHL College Housing Loans
FERS Federal Employees Retirement System
COD Common Origination and Disbursement
FFB Federal Financial Bank
C-PAL Community Partnership for Adult
FFEL Federal Family Education Loan
Learning
FFMIA Federal Financial Management
CPS Central Processing System
Improvement Act
CRA Civil Rights Act
FIE Fund for the Improvement of Education
CREO Council for Reform and Educational
FIPSE Fund for the Improvement of
Options
Postsecondary Education
CSB Common Services for Borrowers
FISMA Federal Information Security
CSRS Civil Service Retirement Systems Management Act
DCIA Debt Collection Improvement Act FMFIA Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity
Act
DCMS Debt Collection Management Systems
FPPS Federal Personnel and Payroll System
DM Department Management
FSA Office of Federal Student Aid
DEOA Department of Education Organization
Act FTE Full-Time Equivalent
DOEAA Department of Education Appropriations FY Fiscal Year
Act
GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting
EDA Education of the Deaf Act Principles
EDCAPS Education Department’s Central GAO Government Accountability Office
Automated Processing System

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GAPS Grant Administration and Payment LaRS Lenders Reporting System

System
LEA Local Educational Agency
GED General Educational Development
Local-Flex Local-Flexibility Demonstration
GEAR UP Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness Program
for Undergraduate Programs
MECEA Mutual Educational and Cultural
GEO Greater Educational Opportunities Exchange Act of 1961
GISRA Government Information Security MIS Management Information Systems
Reform Act
MVHAA McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance
GPRA Government Performance and Results Act
Act
NAEP National Assessment of Educational
GSA General Services Administration Progress
HBCUs Historically Black Colleges and NCER National Center for Educational
Universities Research
HEA Higher Education Act NCES National Center for Education Statistics
HEFL Higher Education Facilities Loans NCLB No Child Left Behind Act
HEP Higher Education Programs NCVS National Crime Victimization Survey
HKNCA Helen Keller National Center Act NHES National Household Education Survey
HOUSSE High, Objective, Uniform State Standard NIDDR National Institute of Disability and
of Evaluation Rehabilitation Research
HSIs Hispanic-Serving Institutions NIST National Institute of Standards and
Technology
IB International Baccalaureate
NLA National Literacy Act
IC Information Collection
NSF National Science Foundation
IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act NSLDS National Student Loan Data System
IES Institute of Education Sciences OCFO Office of the Chief Financial Officer
IG Inspector General OCR Office for Civil Rights
IHEs Institutions of Higher Education ODS Office of the Deputy Secretary
IP Improper Payments OE Operational Efficiencies
IPEDS Integrated Postsecondary Education Data OELA Office of English Language Acquisition
System
OESE Office of Elementary and Secondary
IPIA Improper Payments Information Act Education
IPMS Integrated Partner Management Solution OIG Office of Inspector General
IRS Internal Revenue Service OII Office of Innovation and Improvement
ISIR Institutional Student Information Record OM Office of Management
IT Information Technology OMB Office of Management and Budget
ITAM IT Asset Management OPE Office of Postsecondary Education
IUS Internal Use Software OPM Office of Personnel Management

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OSDFS Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools SFA Student Financial Assistance
OSEP Office of Special Education Programs SLM Student Loan Model
OSERS Office of Special Education and SOF Statement of Financing
Rehabilitative Services
SRSA Small, Rural School Achievement
OUS Office of the Under Secretary
SSIM Standard Student Identification
OVAE Office of Vocational and Adult Methodology
Education
SSS Student Support Services
PAR Performance and Accountability Report
State-Flex State-Flexibility Authority
PART Program Assessment Rating Tool
STAR STudent Achievement in Reading
PBDMI Performance-Based Data Management
SY School Year
Initiative
TASSIE Title I Accountability Systems and
PCP Potomac Center Plaza
School Improvement Efforts
Perkins III Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical
TCUs Tribal Colleges and Universities
Education Act
TRIO A group of grant programs under the
PL Public Law
HEA, originally three programs; not an
Project SERV School Emergency Response to Violence acronym
RA Rehabilitation Act USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture
REAP Rural Education Achievement Program USC United States Code
RERC Rehabilitation Engineering Research VR Vocational Rehabilitation
Center
VTEA Vocational and Technical Education Act
RM Record Retention and Management
WISCI Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury
RSA Rehabilitation Services Administration
WO Web Site Operations
SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health
WWC What Works Clearinghouse
Services Administration
XML Extensive Markup Language
SBR Statement of Budgetary Resources
YRBSS Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance
SDLC System Development Life Cycle
System
SEA State Educational Agency

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