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SLATE - NEWS FROM THE BOARD		(music full)
	
SLATE - AUGUST 29, 2006		(music full)
	
SOT 2653-57 		(sot full)
'The Governor of the state of Maryland, the honorable Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. (applause)	
HOLDING SHOT 		(narrator track)
the governor visits the state board to launch two new proposals: 	
PUSH/SQUEEZE BACK CG REVEAL		the first: merit pay for teachers.	
SOT 4537-48 ROBERT EHRLICH CG - GOV. ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR.          (R) MARYLAND		(sot gov. robert ehrlich)
'... to reward good teachers as they connect up to performance in the classroom ...'	
CUT SHOT		(narrator track)
the second plan would establish  a  training academy for school principals.	
SOT 4743-45 ROBERT EHRLICH		(sot robert ehrlich)
'Principals are absolutely key to our success.'	
SOT 4802-08		(sot robert ehrlich)
'Accordingly, we will propose a new one-point-six million Leadership Institute for Training Principals.'	
WS EHRLICH & NANCY		(narrator track)
the governor credited state schools superintendent nancy grasmick for pushing ahead the role of the principal.	
SOT 5108-17 NANCY GRASMICKCG - NANCY S. GRASMICK         MD SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT		(sot nancy grasmick)
'You have to have very defined skills to do this job well and the most defined skill is to be an instructional leader.'	
SOT 5126-30 NANCY GRASMICK		(sot nancy grasmick)
'And who is on site every single day? That principal!	
SHOT OF TANYA MILES 313		(narrator track)
the governor welcomed new board member tanya miles of prince georges county..	
SOT ROBERT EHRLICH		(sot robert ehrlich)
'I guess Tanya has had the formal secret handshake done... (crowd laughs)	
SHOTS OF THE PLACARDS		(narrator track)
he congratulated the board for rising hsa and msa scores.	
SOT ROBERT EHRLICH		(sot robert ehrlich)
'... the numbers speak for themselves...'	
WS EHRLICH		(narrator track)
and, he  requested, and the board voted to approve it re-open the search for candidates to the city school board.	
FADE TO BLACK		(FADE AUDIO)

SLATE: HIGH SCHOOL ASSESSMENTS		(music full)
	
SOT GARYCG - GARY HEATH         ASS'T. SUP'T., DIV. OF ASSESSMENT		(sot gary heath)
'There's a lotta numbers here, all of these are published on our Web site, mdreportcard.org...	
GRAPHIC		(narrator track)
the board celebrates rising high school assessment passing rates.	
HSA FILE/DVE PUSH REVEAL		while english 2 scores will be released later this fall ...	
                                          2005     2006ALGEBRA/DATA ANALYSIS  53.8%     66.6%                              UP 12.8%		algebra data analysis scores soared from 53-point-eight percent to 66-point-six percent ... a jump of nearly 13-points.	
                                          2005     2006BIOLOGY                            57.6%    67.8%                              UP 10.2%		biology scores did likewise.	
		the passing average of 57-point-six percent shot to 67-point-eight percent this year ... up ten-point-two percent.	
                                          2005     2006GOVERNMENT                     66.4%  74.2%                              UP 7.8%		and scores in government rose from 66-point-four to 74-point-two percent -- not quite double digits ... but a healthy seven-point-eight percent.	
MORE HSA STATS -- PULL FULLSCREEN		but the most remarkable statistics  feature the sophomore class of 2009.	
		its graduation depends on passing these tests.	
PUSH MID-SCREEN AGAIN           2006 SCORE COMPARISON:                                       OVERALL     2009*ALGEBRA/DATA ANALYSIS  66.6%     71.5%BIOLOGY                            67.8%     79.4%GOVERNMENT                    74.2%     77.8%        (*- PASSING HSA'S REQUIRED)		its algebra scores pegged at 71.5% ... five points better than the improving overall score.	
		in biology ... nearly 80-percent passed -- 12-points better than the average.	
		and in government ... at 77.8%, these  sophomores better by three-and-a-half percent, the combined overall score.	
			
FADE BLACK		(fade audio)

SLATE - THE NEW SAT		(music full)
	
BOARD CUTS            		(narrator track)
and finally, the board heard scores on the re-designed, three-and-three-quarter hour 'new' s-a-t.	
GRAPHIC: WRITING                       499                 2 PTS. OVER NAT'L AVG.		the maryland score in the new writing category at four-99 ... bested by two points the national average.	
GRAPHIC: CRITICAL READING                       503                 EQUALED NAT'L AVG.		'critical reading' replaces last year's 'verbal' score.	
		it has more in-depth reading content, and AT 503 IT EQUALED THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.	
GRAPHIC: MATHEMATICS                       509                UNDER NAT'L AVG.		the math test eliminates lower-level math and includes higher-level algebra 2. 	
		maryland, at 509 was slightly under the national average.	
GRAPHIC: MARYLAND                  MAINTAINS TOPS                  IN MID-ATLANTIC		OVERALL ON THE NEW TEST, MARYLAND MAINTAINS ITS TOP RANKING IN THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES.	
BOARD WS		this is news from the board with msde-tv.	
CREDITS/BULLETIN/FADE		(credits/bulletin/music sting)