Council of Chief State School Officers
For The Videoconferencing Project
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Amount$8,274
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Program
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Date Awarded11/12/2012
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Term12 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) is a nonpartisan, nationwide, nonprofit organization of public officials who head departments of elementary and secondary education in the states, the District of Columbia, the Department of Defense Education Activity, and five U.S. extra-state jurisdictions. CCSSO provides leadership, advocacy, and technical assistance on major educational issues, including Deeper Learning. The Council seeks member consensus on major educational issues and expresses their views to civic and professional organizations, federal agencies, Congress, and the public. The goals of this video conference grant are to reduce CCSSO's carbon footprint by reducing the actual need--and perceived staff need--for travel over time; support increased internal collaboration among CCSSO's national strategic initiative staff leadership team and the Innovation Lab Network staff, among others; and support increased external collaboration between CCSSO and partners, including regular engagement of Innovation Lab Network participants in nine states.
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.
