Acronym list
A developing list of acronyms used on this site and in other AAMT publications and communications. If there are additional acronyms you would like to see listed, please tell us about them.
AA(s) ‘Affiliated association(s)’ – the state and territory associations which together form AAMT
AAMT The Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers
AATE Australian Association for the Teaching of English
ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics
ACDE Australian Council of Deans of Education
ACDS Australian Council of Deans of Science
ACE Australian College of Educators
ACE (proposed) Australian Certificate of Education
ACER Australian Council for Educational Research
ACHPER Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation
ACSA Australian Curriculum Studies Association
AFSSSE Australian Federation of Societies for Studies of Society and Environment
AFTRAA Australasian Forum of Teacher Registration and Accreditation Authorities
AGQTP Australian Government Quality Teacher Programme
AJCTPA Australian Joint Council of Teacher Professional Associations
ALEA Australian Literacy Educators’ Association
AMC Australian Mathematics Competition
AMSC Australian Mathematical Sciences Council
AMSI Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute
AMT The Australian Mathematics Teacher (AAMT professional journal)
AMT Australian Mathematics Trust
ANU The Australian National University
APMC Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom (AAMT professional journal)
APPA Australian Primary Principals Association
ARIA Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia
ASICMI Australian Subcommittee of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (the link between ICMI and the organisations concerned with mathematics education in Australia)
ASISTM Project Australian School Innovation in Science, Technology and Mathematics Project
ASMJ Australian Senior Mathematics Journal (AAMT professional journal)
ASTA Australian Science Teachers Association
ATM The Association of Teachers of Mathematics (UK professional association)
AustMS The Australian Mathematical Society
BHERT Business – Higher Education Round Table
BISTMT Building Innovation in Science, Technology and Mathematics Teaching
CBF Commonwealth Bank Foundation
CMA Canberra Mathematical Association
COAG Council of Australian Governments
CSCNEPA Curriculum Standing Committee of National Education Professional Associations
DEST (Australian Government) Department of Education, Science and Training - replaced after November 2007 federal election by DEEWR
DEEWR (Australian Government) Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
ECA Early Childhood Australia
ETC Education Testing Centre (of University of NSW)
FASTS Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies
HAToM Highly Accomplished Teacher of Mathematics
HCF Highest Common Factor (newsletter of AAMT)
ICE-EM International Centre of Excellence for Education in Mathematics
ICME International Congress on Mathematical Education
ICMI International Commission on Mathematical Instruction
IESIP-SRP Indigenous Education Strategic Initiatives Programme - Strategic Results Programme
IMO International Mathematical Olympiad
IMU International Mathematical Union
IOI International Olympiad in Informatics
ISDDE International Society for Design and Development in Education
MANSW Mathematical Association of New South Wales
MASA Mathematical Association of South Australia
MAT Mathematical Association of Tasmania
MAV Mathematical Association of Victoria
MAWA Mathematical Association of Western Australia
MCEETYA Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs
MERGA Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
MERJ Mathematics Education Research Journal (professional journal of MERGA)
MTANT Mathematics Teachers Association of the Northern Territory
NCCO project National Consistency in Curriculum Outcomes project
NCTM National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (USA)
NEF National Education Forum
NEMA New England Mathematical Association
NIQTSL National Institute for Quality Teaching and School Leadership (became ‘Teaching Australia’ in 2005)
NLNW National Literacy and Numeracy Week
NMA Newcastle Mathematical Association
NMD National Mathematics Day
NMSS National Mathematics Summer School
NMTQ National Mathematics Talent Quest
NPSCM National Professional Standards Committee – Mathematics
NZAMT New Zealand Association of Mathematics Teachers
OAK project Open Access to Knowledge project
PAG Policy Advisory Group (consists of AA Presidents plus AAMT President and President-Elect or Immediate Past President)
PISA (OECD) Programme for International Student Assessment
PLUMS Professional Learning Using the Mathematics Standards (AAMT project)
PMASA (or ‘PMA’) Primary Mathematics Association of South Australia
PME International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
QAMT Queensland Association of Mathematics Teachers
QMMY Quality Mathematics in the Middle Years (AAMT invitational conference)
RFTS Reach for the Stars (AAMT activity for schools in NLNW)
RQF Research Quality Framework
SCMA Southern Cross Mathematical Association
SiMERR Australia The National Centre of Science, Information and Communication Technology, and Mathematics Education for Rural and Regional Australia
TAFE/VET Technical and Further Education/Vocational Education and Training
TIMSS Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
TLF The Learning Federation
TSAEP Teaching Standards Assessment Evaluation Project (AAMT project)
USQ University of Southern Queensland
WYTIWYG What you test is what you get!