Glossary of education related acronyms
Author: Staff , Skills for Change
| AEP | Annual Education Plan |
| CLBA | Canadian Language Benchmarks Assessment |
| CMEC | Council of Ministers of Education, Canada |
| CODE | Council of Ontario Directors of Education |
| CYW | Child and Youth Worker |
| DSB | District School Board |
| EA | Educational Assistant |
| EAA | Education Accountability Act (Bill 74) |
| ECCODE | English Catholic Council of Directors of Education |
| ECE | Early Childhood Education |
| EDU | Ministry of Education. (used by the ministry in some of its publications) |
| EIC | Education Improvement Commission |
| EQAO | Education Quality and Accountability Office |
| EQIA | Education Quality Improvement Act (Bill 160) |
| ETFO | Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario |
| FSBA | Fewer School Boards Act (Bill 104) |
| GED | General Educational Development |
| GMAT | Graduate Management Admission Test |
| ICT | Information and Communication Technology |
| IEP | Individual Education Plan |
| IPRC | Identification, Placement and Review Committee |
| JK | Junior Kindergarten |
| LD | Learning Disability |
| MFIPPA | Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act |
| OAC | Ontario Academic Course |
| OAFCCD | Ontario Association for Families of Children with Communication Disorders |
| OASBO | Ontario Association of School Business Officials |
| OCAS | Ontario College Application Service |
| OCC | Ontario Curriculum Centre |
| OCSBO | Ontario Catholic School Business Officials |
| OCSOA | Ontario Catholic Supervisory Officers' Association |
| OCSTA | Ontario Catholic School Trustees' Association |
| OCT | Ontario College of Teachers |
| OECTA | Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association |
| OISE | Ontario Institute for Studies in Education |
| OPC | Ontario Principals' Council |
| OPSBA | Ontario Public School Boards' Association |
| OSAP | Ontario Student Assistance Program |
| OSIS (or OS:IS) | Ontario Secondary: Intermediate and Senior Divisions |
| OSR | Ontario Student Record |
| OSS | Ontario Secondary Schools, grade 9 to 12 |
| OSSD | Ontario Secondary School Diploma |
| OSSTF | Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation |
| OST | Ontario Student Transcript |
| OTF | Ontario Teachers' Federation |
| OUAC | Ontario Universities’ Application Centre |
| PLA | Prior Learning Assessment |
| SAIP | Student Achievement Indicators Program |
| SEAB | Special Education Appeal Board |
| SEAC | Special Education Advisory Committee |
| SET | Special Education Tribunal |
| SFFM | Student-Focused Funding model |
| SK | Senior Kindergarten |
| SSA | Safe Schools Act (Bill 81) |
| TA | Teaching Assistant (sometimes but not always) |
| TESL | Teachers of English as a Second Language |
| TOEFL | Test of English as a Foreign Language |
| U/C | University/College Preparation Course |
| YCW | Youth Care Worker |