About - Acronyms & Abbreviations

This section contains several acronyms and abbreviations you'll see throughout Ed-Fi Alliance material.

• API. Application Programming Interface. A general term that in the Ed-Fi context usually refers to the interface for the Ed-Fi ODS / API solution.
• CEDS. The Common Education Data Standards initiative of the U.S. Department of Education.
• CRDC. Civil Rights Data Collection.
• CRUD. Create, Read, Update, Delete. The four common database operations.
• ELL or EL. English Language Learner program.
• FERPA. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
• IEP. Individualized Educational Plan, regarding specialized instruction or services.
• JSON. JavaScript Object Notation. The data exchange format used by the endpoints in the Ed-Fi ODS / API. 
• K–12. Kindergarten through 12th grade.
• LEA. Local Education Agency. A school district. Sometimes a charter school or charter school network.
• LEP. Limited English Proficiency.
• LMS. Learning Management System.
• MSMQ. Microsoft Message Queue.
• OCR. Office of Civil Rights. Owner of mandatory data collections including the CRDC.
• ODS. Operational Data Store. A general term in the world of information technology, but in the Ed-Fi context usually refers to the database from the Ed-Fi ODS / API solution.
• SDK. Software Development Kit. 
• SIS. Student information system. An operational system that contains detailed information about the academic life of a student.
• SPED. Special Education Program.
• U.S. DoE. or DoE. The U.S. Department of Education.