| ARRA | American Reinvestment and Recovery Act |
| ASD | (Tennessee) Achievement School District |
| BESE | Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education |
| CA | Collegiate Academies |
| CCS | Crescent City Schools |
| CLA | Crescent Leadership Academy |
| CMOs | Charter School Management Organizations |
| CRM | The Charter Restart Model |
| EOC | End-of-Course Examinations (high school tests) |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FIN | Future Is Now |
| FOK | Friends of King |
| GEE | Graduate Exit Exam |
| GSA | Gordon Science and Arts Academy |
| i3 | Investing in Innovation |
| iLEAP | Integrated Louisiana Educational Assessment Program |
| KBP | KIPP Believe Primary School (New Orleans) |
| KE | KIPP East Community Primary (New Orleans) |
| KIPP | Knowledge Is Power Program |
| KMAM | KIPP Memphis Academy Middle School |
| KMPM | KIPP Memphis Preparatory Middle School |
| LEA | Local Education Agency |
| LEAD | LEAD Public Schools (Nashville) |
| LEAP | Louisiana Educational Assessment Program |
| LDE | Louisiana Department of Education |
| LSP | Louisiana Scholarship Program |
| MCS | Memphis City Schools |
| MLK | Martin Luther King School (New Orleans) |
| MNPS | Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools |
| NACSA | National Association of Charter School Authorizers |
| NOCP | New Orleans College Prep |
| NOLA | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| NOPS | New Orleans Public Schools |
| NSNO | New Schools for New Orleans |
| OneApp | Centralized enrollment system (later renamed EnrollNOLA) |
| OPSB | Orleans Parish School Board |
| PD | Professional Development |
| PMO | Performance Management Organization rubric |
| RFP | Request for Proposals |
| ROP | Rite of Passage |
| RSD | Recovery School District |
| SIG | (Federal) School Improvement Grant program |
| SCS | Shelby County (TN) Schools |
| SPED | Special Education |
| SPS | School Performance Score |
| TASD | Tennessee Achievement School District |
| TDOE | Tennessee Department of Education |
| TFA | Teach for America |
| TPS | Traditional Public School |
| USEd | United States Department of Education |
| Validation Grant | The 2nd of three levels of funding available from the Investing in Innovation grant program, which required grantees to have moderate evidence of the effectiveness of their proposed activities before applying for the grant. |
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