Council of Chief State School Officers

The Council of Chief State School Officers is a nonpartisan national organization of public officials who head state departments of elementary and secondary education. The council provides leadership, advocacy, and technical assistance on major educational issues., the council will pursue its goals of advancing next-generation college- and career-readiness through improved standards, practices, resources, assessments, and related policy implications. Work guided by the council’s new strategic plan includes building awareness and multistate consensus on policies and practices that will equitably move deeper learning and open educational resources forward.