AIM - a specific and measurable goal

CAST - the Center for Applied Special Technology http://www.cast.org

Change Idea - an idea of how a system or process can be changed that requires testing to determine if it will improve the system and address the problem of practice

Collaborative Practices - the way general education and special education educators work together to serve students

Disproportionality - the ratio between the percentage of a certain subgroup represented in a particular category compared to the percentage of the general population in that same category

Driver Diagram - a diagram that communicates what factors impact the success or failure of a specific AIM within a continuous improvement framework

Executive Function - the mental skills that help people plan, organize, remember, focus and self regulate

Fishbone Diagram - a specific process and template for identifying and displaying the root causes of a problem of practice within a continuous improvement framework

Growth Mindset

IEP - Individual Education Plan

Inclusion - a philosophy that promotes opportunities for students with disabilities to learn alongside their non-disabled peers in the general education classroom

MTSS - Multi-tiered system of support

Number Sense - the ability to be flexible with numbers, have a sense of what they mean in comparison with other numbers and use them to make sense of the world

PDSA - An inquiry cycle defined by four stages: plan, do, study and act specifically utilized within a continuous improvement framework

Problem of Practice - a specific identified problem that guides improvement work

Root Cause Analysis - a through process of determining the root causes underlying the problem of practice within a continuous improvement framework

SWD - Students with Disabilities

Tier 1, 2, 3 - Different levels of instructional processes. Tier 1 is first instruction where as Tier 2 and Tier 3 area thought of as progressively more intense intervention/remediation

UDL - Universal Design for Learning