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CCSSO Annual Report Welcome Our Work Our Impact Leader Vocies Thank you! Board Financials CCSSO 2023 Annual Report Together, We Are Leading for Today, Building for a Bright Tomorrow COUNCIL OF CHIEF STATE SCHOOL OFFICERS ANNUAL REPORT 2023 Dear Friends, The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) is proud to support you, the nation’s state education chiefs, in your leadership to provide a high-quality education to every child today, while building the education system of tomorrow. In 2023, we were honored to support you as your states innovated and adopted new technologies, worked to modernize our education system, leveraged the strategic investment of federal relief aid and collaborated for better student outcomes. It is through the trust and partnership of our members that we are able to provide programming to help state leaders lead for today while building a brighter tomorrow. We look forward to continuing to support you as together we prepare students for college, careers and life. Thank you. Sincerely, Carissa Moffat Miller Chief Executive Officer CCSSO Margie Vandeven President CCSSO Board of Directors Our Work The Council of Chief State School Officers, through leadership, advocacy and partnerships, assists chief state school officers and their organizations in achieving the vision of an American education system that enables all children to succeed in school, work and life. State education agencies play a crucial role in creating the conditions for districts and schools to be effective, and we work to ensure state leaders have the skills, tools and resources they need to deliver on their goals for students. Our Vision As America's chief state school officers, we are committed to ensuring that all students participating in our public education system — regardless of background — graduate prepared for college, careers and life. Our Impact 0 meetings held both virtually and in person 0 % of Collaboratives members are satisfied with the relevance to their job Best in Class net promoter score 0 % of chiefs and deputies are satisfied with membership in CCSSO 0 state Collaboratives memberships CCSSO is the leading organization for education leadership. I consistently hear CCSSO mentioned in various circles as someone to listen to, follow, and connect with. - CHIEF The discussions about modernizing the education system— including scenario planning and conversations about AI— are helping us think about our next strategic plan and what students need to know and be able to do. - DEPUTY CCSSO remains current on the events impacting education across the nation. This positions chiefs to be proactive in their leadership. - CHIEF CCSSO is an essential source for our work to progress. - CHIEF Previous Next Leading Today for a Brighter Tomorrow TOGETHER, WE ARE INNOVATING A Summit on Modernizing Our Education System State education leaders play a critical role in modernizing the education system to meet the needs of all learners. CCSSO convened leading thinkers and innovators from across the field for a national summit, Imagining More: A Summit on Modernizing Our Education System, to elevate the urgency and momentum to move from pockets of change to systemic transformation. The COVID-19 pandemic did require us to rethink our systems in a big way — and fast,” Carissa Moffat Miller, CCSSO’s CEO, said at the Summit. Chiefs have said to me over and over again since that time ... ‘We don’t want to go back; we want to go forward.’” A report followed the Summit with four actions that state leaders can take and you can read them here . Watch the Summit here TOGETHER, WE ARE CONNECTING Bringing Together Chiefs CCSSO is bringing education leaders together to accelerate learning, share knowledge and drive improvement across the education ecosystem: CCSSO Chief Executive Officer Carissa Moffat Miller visited territorial members in Guam and American Samoa in December 2023. It was the first time in recent memory that CCSSO has made official visits to these territories to learn more about the culture and context in which they operate. For new chief state school officers, the first year in office can be exciting and challenging. CCSSO engages with new chiefs within their first weeks to connect them with leadership resources such as CCSSO’s Leadership Playbook as well as CCSSO’s tailored guide for new chiefs. We work to build community among new and veteran chiefs and provide opportunities for discussion about pressing issues. TOGETHER, WE ARE INNOVATING New Pathways for Teaching and Learning Through Technology In 2023, CCSSO implemented the Modernization and Future Readiness Initiative to provide capacity, time and space for state education agencies to develop meaningful innovations, continued to foster the Community of Innovation to develop and curate new tools to improve the longitudinal state data system known as P-20W+ and advanced the Digital Equity Collaborative Community which consists of state leaders and other partners working to develop new opportunities for flexible learning enabled by digital equity. Additionally, as artificial intelligence (AI) advances, CCSSO hosted some of the leading providers in the field to share their thinking on leveraging the potential of AI and helping students use it effectively as well as providing the right guardrails to protect teachers and students. TOGETHER, WE ARE BUILDING CCSSO launched the COVID Relief Data Project in 2022 to analyze how states are using federal funding appropriated to state education agencies through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) fund. We have documented that states have spent or committed 90% of the funds received to date, and that state investments in tutoring, out-of-school time learning, teacher recruitment and more are already having an impact. In 2023, we released six reports in the Road to Recovery ESSER impact series, delivered 34 presentations and briefings. The Coalition to Advance Future Student Success marked its two-year anniversary in 2023. The Coalition brings together 12 leading education organizations to support investment of federal ESSER funds and ensure this moment of transformation brings about greater equity, better learning environments, and improved outcomes. The Coalition’s 2023 landscape analysis found that priority areas among members include: addressing COVID learning gaps, physical, mental healthwellbeing, and recruit and retain a talented educator workforce. TOGETHER, WE ARE LEADING Student Success Through State Support CCSSO’s High-Quality Instructional Materials and Professional Development Network continues to lead the way in making sure students have access to high-quality instructional materials and teachers have access to professional learning that prepares them to skillfully use the materials with their students. More than 3 million students across 11 of the Network states have access to high-quality materials in English language arts and more than 3.7 million do in math. What’s more, every state has substantially more students with access to these materials than they did before they joined the Network. CCSSO’s Collaboratives , offering premier learning with purpose for state education agency leaders, served more than 477 state members in 2022-23. We are proud that a recent survey showed 92% of Collaborative members said they were satisfied with their membership’s relevance to their job. TOGETHER, WE ARE BUILDING Better Student Outcomes CCSSO held its 53rd National Conference on Student Assessment with the theme Improving Student Learning for All: Advancing Innovative Uses of Assessment Data. The event provided a platform for states to share their strategies, innovations and resources related to the use of assessment data. More than 200 speakers from across the country participated in the conference, sharing their knowledge and experiences in more than 85 presentations. The discussions revolved around the ways in which...