Council of Chief State School Officers
For Support Of The Innovation Lab Network
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Amount$2,128,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/15/2011
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Term24 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
The Council of Chief State School Officers is a nonpartisan organization of public officials nationwide who head departments of elementary and secondary education. It provides leadership, advocacy, and technical assistance on major educational issues. Through its nascent Innovation Lab Network—a seven-member consortium of states advancing next-generation college- and career-readiness policy, practice, and assessments—the Council will further policies to promote deeper learning at all levels. The goals of this grant are to foster links between school, district, and state reforms and to build a multistate consensus on policies and practices that will move deeper learning forward.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.ccsso.org
Address
One Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC, 20001-1431, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for support to states in adopting and implementing the Common Core assessments
This national association of state education commissioners has been helping a small number of states transition to new assessments aligned with the Common Core. This grant would finance planning for a larger project to help states make policy changes and address technical issues involved in using the new tests. The aim of this grant is to increase the likelihood that states will adopt the new assessments with fidelity to deeper learning.
for the SMARTER Balanced consortium's capacity and higher education and standards framing activities
Representing thirty-one member states, the Council's SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium is one of two federally funded consortia formed to develop a common K-12 student assessment system. The Consortium will coordinate with the higher education community to foster consensus on reasonable, rigorous student performance standards. This grant also would support improvements in the Consortium's management, outreach, and engagement with constituents. Its success is expected to be the centerpiece of the Education Program's Deeper Learning agenda, assuring that the K-12 common assessment system will involve rigorous testing and innovation, align with the postsecondary sector, and be widely adopted by states.
