| MALTT |
Massachusetts Adult Literacy and Technology Team |
| MAPT |
Massachusetts Adult Proficiency Tests |
| MassAAL |
Massachusetts Alliance for Adult Literacy |
| MATSOL |
Massachusetts Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages |
| MBLC |
Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners |
| MCAE |
Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education |
| MCI |
Massachusetts Correctional Institution |
| MIRA |
Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition |
| MJC |
Massachusetts Job Council |
| MOJCS |
Mayor's Office of Jobs and Community Services (also OJCS, JCS) |
| MOSES |
Massachusetts One-Stop Employment System |
| NAEP |
National Assessment of Educational Progress |
| NALD |
National Adult Literacy Database (Canada) |
| NALS |
National Adult Literacy Survey |
| NCAL |
National Center on Adult Literacy |
| NCLE |
National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education |
| NCSALL |
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy |
| NCTE |
National Council of Teachers of English |
| NCTM |
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics |
| NCTN |
National College Transition Network |
| NELRC |
New England Literacy Resource Center |
| NGO |
Non-Governmental Organization |
| NIFL |
National Institute for Literacy |
| NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
| NRS |
National Reporting System |
| NTIA |
National Telecommunications and Information Administration |
| OERI |
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (US DOE) |
| ORI |
Office for Refugees and Immigrants (also MORI (MA)) |
| OSERS |
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (US DOE) |
| OTAN |
Outreach and Technical Assistance Network (CA) |
| OVAE |
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (US DOE) |
| PALMS |
Partnerships Advancing the Learning of Mathematics and Science (MA) |
| PAWG |
Performance Accountability Working Group (MA) |
| PDF |
Portable Document Format |
| PEP |
Peer Evaluation Process |
| PIC |
Private Industry Council |
| PDRN |
Practitioner Dissemination and Research Network (NCSALL) |
| READ |
Reading Evaluation Adult Diagnosis |
| REB |
Regional Employment Board |
| REEP |
Arlington Education and Employment Program (VA) |
| RFA |
Request for Application |
| RFF |
Request for Funding |
| RFP |
Request for Proposal |
| RSC |
Regional Support Center (SABES) |
| SABES |
System for Adult Basic Education Support (MA) |
| SCALE |
Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education |
| SCANS |
Secretary of Labor's Commission on Achieving the Necessary Skills |
| SDA |
Service Delivery Area |
| SEA |
State Educational Agency |
| SLIAG |
State Legalization Impact Assistance Grant |
| SLRC |
State Literacy Resource Center |
| SMARTT |
System for Managing Accountability and Results Through Technology (MA) |
| SORT |
Slosson Oral Reading Test |
| S/PD |
Staff/Program Development |
| SPL |
Student Performance Level |
| STEP |
Summer Training and Education Program |
| TABE |
Tests of Adult Basic Education |
| TAG |
Targeted Assistance Grant |
| TANF |
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families |
| TESOL |
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages |
| TOP |
Technology Opportunities Program (US DOC) |
| VESL |
Vocational English as a Second Language |
| VISTA |
Volunteers in Service to America |
| WIA |
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 |
| WIB |
Workforce Imvestment Board |
| WRAT |
Wide-Range Achievement Test |
| YALD |
Young Adults with Learning Disabilities (MA) |
