The list of acronyms below includes commonly used abbreviations in the field of gifted education. 

GAI............General Ability Index, an alternative calculation to the WISC-IV Full Scale IQ score, that removes the Working Memory and Processing Speed scales from the calculation, if they inaccurately lowered the Full Scale IQ score

GE..............Grade Equivalency

GWR...........Gifted Written Report

GMDE..........Gifted Multi-Disciplinary Evaluation

GIEP..........Gifted Individual Education Plan

GNORA.........Gifted Notice of Recommended Assignment

IQ............Intelligence Quotient

LEA...........Local Education Agency

NACG.........National Association for Gifted Children

PAGE..........Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education

PDE...........Pennsylvania Department of Education

PLEP..........Present Levels of Educational Performance

PTE...........Permission to Evaluate

SDI............Specially Designed Instruction

STLO..........Short Term Learning Outcomes

WISC..........Wechsler Series of IQ tests for children