Council of Chief State School Officers
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The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) is a
U.S. territories
.
The council's areas of focus are education workforce; information systems and research; next generation learners; and standards, assessment, and accountability. One of its nationally recognized projects is the National Teacher of the Year award. Other efforts include the "Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium" (est. 1987).[1] Recent initiatives include a "Shared Learning Collaborative" (est. 2011);[2] and an "Innovation Lab Network" of states, "to assess skills expected by the Common Core."[3]
As of 1981, peer organizations include the
National Congress of Parents and Teachers, National Education Association, and National School Boards Association.[4]
See also
- Common Core State Standards Initiative (adopted 2010), co-sponsored by the council[5]
- Data Quality Campaign, co-founded by the council
- National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (est. 1952), co-founded by the council[6]
References
- ISBN 978-1-4522-6573-5.
- ISBN 978-1-134-62636-6.
- ^ "Should the U.S. Make Standardized Tests Harder?", The Atlantic, November 24, 2014
- ISBN 978-1-4289-2831-2.
- ^ "States Receive a Reading List: New Standards for Education", New York Times, June 2, 2010
- ISBN 978-1-317-47183-7.
Further reading
- "Public schools and colleges seek to form a new alliance", New York Times, August 11, 1981
- "National system to test schools is endorsed", New York Times, November 14, 1984 ("Plan would be the first to systematically measure the quality of American education with a wide variety of indexes")
- "U.S. names teachers vying for space voyage", New York Times, May 4, 1985 (including Christa McAuliffe)
External links
- Official website
- The Council of Chief State School Officers and National Governors Association: Whom do they serve?