| A | B |
| ELD | English Language Development |
| ELL | English Language Learner |
| SDAIE | Specially designed academic instruction in English |
| EFL | English as a Foreign Language |
| TESOL | Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages |
| SUP | Seperate Underlying Proficiency |
| ESL | English as a Second Language |
| LAS | Language Assessment Scales |
| AIR | American Institutes for Research |
| NLD | Native Language Development |
| CUP | Common Underlying Proficiency |
| CLL | Community Language Learning |