CCSSO is committed to improve the capacity of districts, schools, and teachers to implement standards and ensure that high-quality, standards-aligned curriculum frameworks, instructional resources, and professional development are available to every teacher. The Chief Academic Officer/Chief Talent Officer (CAO/CTO) Collaborative aims to increase collaboration across the academic and educator effectiveness offices in state education agencies leading to a more comprehensive focus on policy that improves teacher practice and leader capacity to support high-quality instruction aligned to college and career ready standards.