Acronyms and Abbreviations
CCHIP
Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project
CNSTAT
Committee on National Statistics
CPS
Current Population Survey
CSMR
Center for Survey Methods Research (U.S. Census Bureau)
DHHS
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
DIF
Differential item functioning
ECLS-B
Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey, Birth Cohort of 2002
ECLS-K
Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey, Kindergarten Class of 1998–1999
ERS
Economic Research Service (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
FAO
United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization
FNS
Food and Nutrition Service (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
FSP
Food Stamp Program
FSS
Food Security Supplement
GPRA
Government Performance and Results Act
HFSSM
Household Food Security Survey Module
IRT
Item response theory
LSRO
Life Sciences Research Office (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology)
MPR
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
NAAL
National Assessment of Adult Literacy
NAEP
National Assessment of Educational Progress
NCHS
National Center for Health Statistics
NHANES
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
NHIS
National Health Interview Survey
NNMRRP
National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program
RDA
Recommended Dietary Allowances
SIPP
Survey of Income and Program Participation
SPD
Survey of Program Dynamics
USDA
U.S. Department of Agriculture
WIC
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
