| AAAS | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| AACTE | American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education |
| AAHE | American Association for Health Education |
| AANAPISI | Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions |
| AASA | American Association of School Administrators |
| AASCU | American Association of State Colleges and Universities |
| AASL/ALA | American Association of School Librarians/American Library Association |
| AAUP | American Association of University Professors |
| ACE | American Council on Education |
| ACR | Alliance for Curriculum Reform |
| ACEI | Association for Childhood Education International |
| ACTFL | American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Inc. |
| AECT | Association for Educational Communications and Technology |
| AERA | American Educational Research Association |
| AFT | American Federation of Teachers |
| AIHEC | American Indian Higher Education Council |
| AILACTE | Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges for Teacher Education |
| AIMS | Accreditation Information Management System |
| APA | American Psychological Association |
| ASCD | Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development |
| ASHA | American Speech-Language-Hearing Association |
| ASPA | Association of Specialized Professional Accreditors |
| ATE | Association of Teacher Educators |
| CACREP | Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs |
| CADREI | Council of Academic Deans from Research Education Institutions |
| CAE | Council for Aid to Education |
| CAEP | Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation |
| CLA | Collegiate Learning Assessment |
| CCSSO | Council of Chief State School Officers |
| CEC | Council for Exceptional Children |
| CHEA | Council for Higher Education Accreditation |
| CIC | Council of Independent Colleges |
| CQAIE | Center for Quality Assurance in International Education |
| CSFE | Council for Social Foundations of Education |
| ELCC | Educational Leadership Constituent Council |
| ECS | Education Commission of the States |
| ED/USED | U.S. Department of Education |
| edTPA | Education Teacher Performance Assessment |
| ELL | English Language Learner |
| EPP | Educator Preparation Provider |
| ESEA | Elementary and Secondary Education Act |
| ETS | Educational Testing Service |
| HACU | Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities |
| HBCU | Historically Black Colleges and Universities |
| HEA | Higher Education Act |
| HSI | Hispanic-Serving Institution |
| IES | Institute of Education Sciences |
| IHE | Institution of Higher Education |
| InTASC | Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium |
| IRA | International Reading Association |
| ISLLC | Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium |
| ISTE | International Society for Technology in Education |
| ITEEA/ CTTE |
International Technology and Engineering Educators Association/Council on Technology Teacher Education |
| LFA | Learning First Alliance |
| MET | Measures of Effective Teaching (Gates Foundation project) |
| MOOC | Massive Open Online Course |
| MSACS | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools |
| MSI | Minority-Serving Institution |
| NAAEE | North American Association for Environmental Education |
| NABSE | National Alliance of Black School Educators |
| NACIQI | National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (U.S. Department of Education) |
| NAE | National Academy of Education |
| NAEP | National Assessment of Educational Progress (policies set by the National Assessment Governing board; assessment program administered by the National Center for Education Statistics) |
| NAESP | National Association of Elementary School Principals |
| NAEYC | National Association for the Education of Young Children |
| NAFEO | National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education |
| NAGC | National Association for Gifted Children |
| NAME | National Association for Multicultural Education |
| NAS | National Academy of Sciences |
| NASBE | National Association of State Boards of Education |
| NASDTEC | National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education & Certification |
| NASM | National Association of Schools of Music |
| NASP | National Association of School Psychologists |
| NASSP | National Association of Secondary School Principals |
| NBPTS | National Board for Professional Teaching Standards |
| NCACS | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| NCATE | National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education |
| NCES | National Center for Education Statistics |
| NCLB | No Child Left Behind |
| NCSS | National Council for the Social Studies |
| NCTAF | National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future |
| NCTE | National Council of Teachers of English |
| NCTM | National Council of Teachers of Mathematics |
| NCTQ | National Council on Teaching Quality |
| NEA | National Education Association |
| NEASC | New England Association of Schools and Colleges |
| NNER | National Network for Educational Renewal |
| NPBEA | National Policy Board for Educational Administration |
| NPEAT | National Partnership for Excellence and Accountability in Teaching |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| NSBA | National School Boards Association |
| NSSE | National Survey of Student Engagement |
| NSTA | National Science Teachers Association |
| PDS | Professional Development School |
| PEDS | Professional Education Data System (formerly known as the AACTE/NCATE Joint Data Collection System) |
| PLC | Professional Learning Community |
| PRS | Program Review System |
| QEM | Quality Education for Minorities |
| RFTEN | Reading First Teacher Education Network |
| RTT or RTTT or R2T | Race to the Top |
| SACS | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools |
| TCU | Tribal Colleges and Universities |
| TEAC | Teacher Education Accreditation Council |
| TECSCU | Teacher Education Council of State Colleges and Universities |
| TESOL | Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages |
| TFA | Teach for America |
| UNCF | United Negro College Fund |
| WASC | Western Association of Schools and Colleges |
| WINHEC | World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Council |
CAEP advances excellence in educator preparation through evidence-based accreditation that assures quality and supports continuous improvement to strengthen P-12 student learning.
