Appendix B - Acronyms

AACC American Association of Community Colleges

ACCJC Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges

AMATYC American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges

AMS American Mathematical Society

AP Advanced Placement

ASA American Statistical Association

ATD Achieving the Dream

CAT Classroom Assessment Techniques

CBMS Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences

CCCSE The Center for Community College Student Engagement

CCRC Community College Research Center

CCSS Common Core State Standards

CCSSM Common Core State Standards for Mathematics

COMAP Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications

GAIMME Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Mathematical Modeling Education

GAISE Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education

GTO Guaranteed Transfer Option

HLC The Higher Learning Commission

IMPACT Improving Mathematical Prowess And College Teaching

LAT Learning Assessment Techniques

LMS Learning Management System

M^3 Challenge Moody's Mega Math Challenge

MAA Mathematical Association of America

MSCHE Middle States Commission on Higher Education

NADE National Association of Developmental Education

NCCBP National Community College Benchmark Project

NCES National Center for Education Statistics

NCTM National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

NEASC New England Association of Schools and Colleges

NGA Center   & CCSSO National Governors Association Center for Best Practices   & Council of Chief State School Officers

NRC National Research Council

NSC National Student Clearinghouse

NSCRC National Student Clearinghouse Research Center

NSF National Science Foundation

NWCCU Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

OER Open Educational Resources

PROWESS PRoficiency, OWnership, Engagement, Student Success

PTK Phi Theta Kappa

SACSCOC Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

SIAM Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics

SMP Standards for Mathematical Practice

STEM Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

TPSE Math Transforming Post-Secondary Education in Mathematics

UDL Universal Design for Learning

USDE United States Department of Education