{"content":[{"text":"Glossary","bbox":{"left":0.058824,"top":0.043083,"width":0.097849,"height":0.024306}},{"text":"Ability Grouping: the practice of assigning students to classes on the basis of their past \n achievement or presumed ability to learn","bbox":{"left":0.058824,"top":0.080909,"width":0.768418,"height":0.03824200000000001}},{"text":"Academic Expectations: the centerpiece of Kentucky's education reform effort is its vision of what \n students should know and be able to do as a result of their school experience","bbox":{"left":0.058824,"top":0.133182,"width":0.859379,"height":0.038242}},{"text":"Accelerated Learning: advanced courses or classes in which highly motivated students study \n subjects and topics that are beyond their grade level","bbox":{"left":0.058824,"top":0.185454,"width":0.819615,"height":0.038243}},{"text":"ACCESS for ELL (Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State): \n an English language assessment tied to the state’s language Proficiency standards with varying \n stages of second language acquisition","bbox":{"left":0.058824,"top":0.237879,"width":0.8595969999999999,"height":0.05551499999999998}},{"text":"Accommodations: changes in the design or administration of tests in response to the special needs \n of students with disabilities or students who are learning English","bbox":{"left":0.058824,"top":0.307424,"width":0.872907,"height":0.038242000000000054}},{"text":"Accountability: the concept that individuals (e.g., students, teachers, administrators) or \n organizations (e.g., schools, districts) should be held responsible for improving student achievement","bbox":{"left":0.058824,"top":0.359697,"width":0.866254,"height":0.038242}},{"text":"Achievement Gap: persistent, pervasive, and significant disparity in educational achievement and \n attainment among groups of students as determined by a standardized measure","bbox":{"left":0.058824,"top":0.411969,"width":0.853461,"height":0.03824300000000003}},{"text":"Ad Hoc Committee: a committee that is formed to complete a specific task","bbox":{"left":0.058824,"top":0.464242,"width":0.65376,"height":0.020940000000000014}},{"text":"Admission and Release Committee (ARC): the required meeting during which all required \n members, including parents, a district representation, regular and special education teachers, and the \n child, when appropriate, participate in determining the child’s IEP","bbox":{"left":0.058824,"top":0.499091,"width":0.879576,"height":0.05566600000000005}},{"text":"Advanced Placement Courses (AP): college level courses offered by high schools to students who \n are above average in academic standing","bbox":{"left":0.058824,"top":0.568787,"width":0.870603,"height":0.038242999999999916}},{"text":"Alignment: the degree to which curriculum, instruction, textbooks, and other instructional materials \n reflect and reinforce the state’s academic standards and accountability process","bbox":{"left":0.058824,"top":0.62106,"width":0.85896,"height":0.03824200000000011}},{"text":"Allocation: the amount of funds available for school and/or district use as determined by the \n parameters of the program or grant","bbox":{"left":0.058824,"top":0.673333,"width":0.8023440000000001,"height":0.038242}},{"text":"Annual Measurable Objective: a measurement used to determine compliance with No Child Left \n Behind (NCLB)","bbox":{"left":0.058824,"top":0.725606,"width":0.847842,"height":0.038242}},{"text":"Arts and Humanities: courses of study that include music, visual arts, dance and drama","bbox":{"left":0.058824,"top":0.777878,"width":0.7706109999999999,"height":0.02094000000000007}},{"text":"Assessment: a test of abilities","bbox":{"left":0.058824,"top":0.812651,"width":0.26811700000000005,"height":0.02093999999999996}},{"text":"ASSIST (Adaptive System of School Improvement Support Tools): a Web-based computer \n system that allows all Kentucky districts and schools to create district or school improvement plans \n that are visible to all and aligned with Kentucky Board of Education goals","bbox":{"left":0.058824,"top":0.8475,"width":0.8533189999999999,"height":0.05566599999999999}},{"text":"Average Daily Attendance (ADA): the total number of days of student attendance divided by the \n total number of days in the regular school year","bbox":{"left":0.058824,"top":0.917196,"width":0.845765,"height":0.03824300000000003}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}