The chart below provides a listing of common acronyms and their descriptions.
Acronym or Other Abbreviation | Description |
| CAHSEE | California High School Exit Exam |
| CALPADS | California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System |
| Cal-SAFE | California School-Age Families Education |
| CBEDS | California Basic Educational Data System |
| CCI | College and Career Indicator (dashboard) |
| CDE | California Department of Education |
| CDIF | County/District Information Form |
| CDS | County-District-School |
| CELDT | California English Language Development Test |
| CFS | CALPADS File Specifications |
| CHSPE | California High School Proficiency Exam |
| CIG | Credential Information Guide |
| ConApp | Consolidated Application |
| CPA | California Partnership Academy |
| CRDC | Civil Rights Data Collection |
| CSIS | California School Information Services |
| CSPP | California State Preschool Program |
| CSPR | Consolidated State Performance Report |
| CST | California Standards Test |
| CTC | Commission on Teacher Credentialing |
| CTE | Career Technical Education |
| EC | Educational Code |
| DASS | Dashboard Alternative School Status (dashboard) |
| ED | United States Department of Education |
| EDEN | Education Data Exchange Network |
| EL | English Learner |
| ELA | English Language Arts |
| ELD | English Language Development |
| EO | English Only |
| ELPAC | English Language Proficiency Assessments for California |
| ELPI | English Language Performance Indicator (part of the Calif. Dashboard) |
| EOY | End of Year |
| ESSA | Every School Succeeds Act |
| FEP | Fluent-English Proficient |
| FERPA | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
| FRPM | Free or Reduced-price Meals |
| FTE | Full-Time Equivalency |
| GATE | Gifted And Talented Education |
| GED | General Educational Development |
| HOUSSE | High Objective Uniform State Standard of Evaluation |
| HQT | Highly Qualified Teacher |
| IB | International Baccalaureate |
| IEP | Individualized Education Program |
| IFEP | Initially Fluent-English Proficient |
| LCEN | Language Census |
| LCFF | Local Control Funding Formula |
| LEP | Limited-English Proficient |
| LTEL | Long Term English Learners |
| NCLB | No Child Left Behind |
| NPS | Non-Public Non-Sectarian School |
| NSLP | National School Lunch Program |
| ORA | Online Reporting Application |
| PAIF | Professional Assignment Information Form |
| RFEP | Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient |
| SDAIE | Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English |
| SEID | Statewide Educator Identifier |
| SIF | School Information Form |
| SIS | Student Information System |
| SNOR | Student National Origin Report |
| SSID | Statewide Student Identifier |
| TK | Transitional Kindergarten |
| UPK | Universal Prekindergarten |
| VPSS | Verification Process for Special Settings |
Aeries CALPADS Extract Files | Description |
| CRSC | Course Section Completion |
| CRSE | Course Section Enrollment |
| PSTS | Post-Secondary Status |
| SASS | Staff Assignment |
| SCSC | Student Course Section Completion |
| SCSE | Student Course Section Enrollment |
| SCTE | Student Career Technical Education |
| SDEM | Staff Demographics |
| SDIS | Student Discipline (Retired-replaced by SINC,SIRS,SOFF) |
| SELA | Student Language Acquisition |
| SENR | Student Enrollment and SSID Request |
| SIAD | Student Information Address File for SINF (Retired as of 7/1/21) |
| SINF | Student Information |
| SPRG | Student Program |
| STAS | Student Absence Summary |
| SINC | Student Incidents |
| SIRS | Student Incident Results |
| SOFF | Student Offense |
| WBLR | Work-Based Learning |
This chart is also located in CALPADS FAQs.