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SLATE - NEWS FROM THE BOARD		(music full)
	
SLATE - JUNE 26, 2007		(music full)

MSA LITERATURE		(narrator track)
the board heard great news regarding the maryland school assessments -- 	
		commonly referred to as the m-s-a's.	
KIDS TESTING		grades three through eight take these tests each year.	
SOT LESLIE WILSONCG - LESLIE WILSON        ASS'T. SUP'T., CURRICULUM &        ASSESSMENT		(sot leslie wilson)
'Basically, in reading, we've had a 19 point gain since 2003...'	
               ELEMENTARY:READING - UP 19 POINTSMATH        - UP 21 POINTS* MSA TESTS BEGAN IN 2003		(narrator track)
highlights:	
		elementary reading up 19 points since two-thousand three.	
		math up 21!	
              MIDDLE SCHOOL:READING - UP 12 POINTSMATH        -UP 23.5 POINTS* SOURCE - MD DEPT. OF EDUCATION		in middle school -- 	
		reading up 12 points ...	
		math up 23-and-a-half.	
		steady progress.	
			
SHOTS OF STUDENTS/SPLITSCREEN                  8 SUBGROUPS:- AFRICAN AMERICAN    - WHITE- AMERICAN INDIAN      - ASIAN- HISPANIC                    - SPECIAL EDUC.- LEP                             - FARMS		(narrator track)
the eight subgroups, black, white, indian, asian, hispanic, special education, limited english proficient, and low-income students ... all improved.	
SOT LESLIE (SHOT FROM AFAR)		(sot leslie wilson)
'And that's a reduction of 12 points in the Achievement Gap.'	
SOT LESLIE WILSON		(sot leslie wilson)
'So we're really feeling like everyone is working hard with all students...'	
STUDENTS		(narrator track)
educators define the results as basic, proficient or advanced.	
		here's an even clearer picture of progress.	
            PROFICIENT OR HIGHER:                       2003           2007READING -  58.1%         80.5% GRADE 3		IN '03, 58-PERCENT OF THE THIRD GRADE RATED PROFICIENT OR ADVANCED in reading. 	
		THIS YEAR, MORE THAN 80-PERCENT.	
          PROFICIENT OR HIGHER:                      2003           2007MATHGRADE 5     63.1%         78.3%		GRADE FIVE MATH BACK THEN -- 63-PERCENT.	
		NOW -- MORE THAN 78-PERCENT ARE proficient or advanced.	
 MORE STUDENTS		(nat full)
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HOLDING STUDENTS		(NARRATOR TRACK)
still ...	
		NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND REQUIRES ALL STUDENTS BE 100% PROFICIENT BY 2014.	
SOT DUNBAR BROOKS		(SOT DUNBAR BROOKS)
'Simple math tells us all of these things are not gonna work, and the question becomes, 'What then?...'	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
board members concede all students probably will not make the deadline.	
SOT NANCY GRASMICKCG - NANCY S. GRASMICK         MD SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT		(sot nancy grasmick)
'What is the level of flexibility because I would say that there is no state in the country that's gonna make it for every subgroup ... on the other hand it is worthy 	
		(Dunbar --offcam) 'it's a worthy goal...'	
		'... that there is pressure because you can see that having a goal is enhancing to the quality of work that's being done...' 	
FADE TO BLACK		(fade audio)

SLATE - READING FIRST		(music full)
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SOT MICHELE GOADY(SP?) 2130CG - MICHELE GOADY         READING FIRST COORDINATOR		(sot michele goady)
'It is a bold promise and we look at it very seriously, to make sure that all of our children are literate by the end of third grade.'	
NAT FULL FILETAPE TEACHER READING TO CLASS		(nat full)
'It's coming through our front door yelled Timmy..'	
			
SHOTS OF THE BOARD		(narrator track)
reading first targets kindergarten thru  third-grade in low achieving, high-poverty school systems.	
PRE-K KIDSGRAPHIC:                  READING FIRST- ALLEGANY         - BALTIMORE CITY- BALTIMORE       - DORCHESTER - GARRETT           -MONTGOMERY- PRINCE GEORGE'S - SOMERSET                   IN MARYLAND		embattled nationally, its director says the program works well here in maryland in the eight school systems and 44 schools in which it's used.	
		board members say they think reading first has helped boost msa scores.	
			
DIP TO BLACK		(fade audio)

 SLATE - HIGH SCHOOL                 ASSESSMENTS		(music full)
	
SOT JOHN DEASYCG - JOHN DEASY         SUP'T., PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY		(sot john deasy)
'this is really simple. We wanna provide as many possible ways for students to not only improve their ability in the four subjects that are tested in the Maryland HSA, but to be successful in their ability to be able to graduate on time.'	
NAT FULL TEACHER IN CLASS		(NAT FULL)
'You're gonna calculate, and now what do you want to do?'	
MORE HIGH SCHOOLERS		(narrator track)
with h-s-a passing requirements in english, algebra, biology and government just around the bend in 20-oh-nine... 	
BACKTIME SOT JOHN		the board welcomed superintendent john deasy of prince george's... 	
SOT JOHN DEASY 2806		(sot john deasy)
'We have a formal set of interim assessments...'	
POT UNDER AND HOLD		(narrator track)
he talked about efforts to help  students pass the hsa's.	
SOT BACK FULL JOHN DEASY		(nat full john deasy)
' ... that we provide in these four core subjects...'	
FREEZE & PUSH DEASY AND PULL HAAS TO A 50/50 SCREEN		(narrator track)
harford superintendent 	
		 jackie haas joined deasy...	
NAT FULL HAAS 4235		(nat full haas)
'this is ground level work... 	
SOT UNDER JACKIE ... 		(narrator track)
to share ideas now that passing is required.	
SOT JACKIE HAASCG - JACQUELINE HAAS        SUP'T., HARFORD CO. SCHOOLS		(sot jackie haas)
'... there needs to be short term things, there needs to be long-term strategies...'	
FREEZE JACKIE & CROSSZOOM BOTH TO INFINITY		(narrator track)
here are a few of those strategies presented by the two school chiefs.	
CROSSZOOM DOUBLEBOX 50/50			
SOT JOHN DEASY 2710SQUEEZE BACK 50% & TITLETITLE:   PRINCE GEORGE'S CO.         BCR'S       & ECR'S   (HIS SOUNDBITE HERE)               SUP'T. JOHN DEASY		(sot john deasy)
'There are countywide writing problems in BCR's or Brief Constructed Responses, and ECR's, Extended Constructed Responses, that are provided weekly for every HSA course across the county.' 	
CUBE WIPE  JACKIE HAAS 4655 AND CUBE TO NEW CG    TITLE: HARFORD COUNTY         DESKTOP         DATABASE (HER SOUNDBITE HERE)                 SUP'T. JSACQUELINE HAAS		(sot jackie haas)
'Every teacher has a computer in their room, they have access to what in form is our database system and they have multiple streams of data that they can correlate and manipulate and look at the students that they teach.'	
CUBE WIPE JOHN DEASY 3134TITLE:   PRINCE GEORGE'S CO.         DATA    SUMMARY  (HIS SOUNDBITE HERE)      MEETINGS                SUP'T. JOHN DEASY		(sot john deasy)
' we use what we call data summary meetings, which occur four times a year, with the faculties of the school, with the principal and the regional office, and examine the quarterly benchmarks ... '	
CUBE WIPE JACKIE HAAS 5200  TITLE: HARFORD COUNTY       REMEDIATION        DURING        SCHOOL DAY  (HER SOT HERE)       SUP'T. JACQUELINE HAAS		(sot jackie haas)
'... students ... (cut out 'to') take those remediation programs during the day. Because you know not all kids can stay after school or if we want them to participate in extracurricular things ...'	
CUBE WIPE JOHN DEASY 2839TITLE:   PRINCE GEORGE'S CO.         SHARING  INSTRUCTIONAL   TECHNIQUES       (HIS SOT HERE)              SUP'T. JOHN DEASY		(sot john deasy)
'and we have done a great deal with focus groups with teachers so that they are constantly editing and revising. We are always mining for the best work.	
CUBE WIPE JACKIE HAAS 5411TITLE: HARFORD COUNTY        MATH        TUTORS     (HER SOT HERE)                 SUP'T. JACQUELINE HAAS		(sot jackie haas)
'if they fail below the minimum they retake the course, but they take the cognitive tutor along with it, side-by-side so that we don't just repeat the course the way we gave it to 'em last time, we try to do something different that's going to help them do a better job...'	
SOT JOHN DEASY 3620 TITLE:   PRINCE GEORGE'S CO.         EXTENDED         LEARNING     (HIS SOT HERE)                   SUP'T. JOHN DEASY		(sot john deasy)
'we also provide first time HSA-takers with five weeks of extended school for students who have truly struggled, and this is all provided free, so basically, we are telescoping out the school year for a small number of youth ...'	
SOT JACKIE HAAS 5550TITLE: HARFORD COUNTY        RETOOLED  SUMMER SCHOOL (HER SOT HERE)                 SUP'T. JACQUELINE HAAS		(sot jackie haas)
'And we really have tried to re-tool what we do in summer school. (USE CUT HERE) 'There may be a place for kids who didn't do certain things, but knew the material.'	
SOT JOHN DEASY 3946ITLE:   PRINCE GEORGE'S CO.         ONLINE   HSA COURSES     (HIS SOT HERE)                   SUP'T. JOHN DEASY		(sot john deasy)
'The MSDE online government course and their ELO is probably the best I've ever seen and has proved to be a huge lift in supplemental ... I just don't believe we could've ever created that.'	
SOT JACKIE HAAS 5700TITLE: HARFORD COUNTY  PROFESSIONAL  DEVELOPENT   (HER SOT HERE)                 SUP'T. JACQUELINE HAAS		(sot jackie haas)
'We have also a system-wide initiative in the literature it's called Professional Learning Communities, and we have established that structure in every school in our county...'	
MORE CUTS HAAS		(narrator track)
to keep pace, haas says maryland could use an extended school day.	
		and she says, we need to help teachers cope with the increased workload.	
DEASY CUTS		deasy sees rough patches with english language learners and the learning disabled.	
SHOT OF HANK		the board posed questions.	
SOT HANK BUTTA		(sot hank butta)
'I'm curious about the effect that this has on other subjects.	
SOT HANK BUTTACG - HANK BUTTA         MD BOARD OF EDUCATION		(sot hank butta)
'The other subjects, and the kids involved in those subjects, and the teachers are important too.	
			
SOT JACKIE HAAS		(sot jackie haas)
'The point is well-taken on behalf of the teachers, who all teach important things, if we want citizens that are prepared for post-secondary or the world of work...	
SOT JACKIE HAAS (INSERT ANOTHER CUT OF HANK)		(sot jackie haas)
'HSA's alone will not do that. And so I think we have to come to an agreement that we all have to collectively guard to make sure we preserve what we are really trying to do for our students and make sure that we do.'	
			
FADE TO BLACK		(fade audio)

			
SLATE - BOARD BRIEFSSLATE - EDUCATOR INFORMATION SYSTEM		(music full)
	
SOT JOANNE ERICSONCG - JOANN ERICSON         BRANCH CHIEF, DIV. OF CERTIFICATION		(nat full joanne ericson)
'the first thing I've done is logged in, uh, have a user name and  password ...'	
USE TO SCREEN SHOTS		(narrator track)
on day two joanne ericson explains an update on what is called the  'educator  information system'.	
		it's now online.	
PAN TO JOHN		briefly,  this system greatly streamlines teacher certification processes --	
BD CUT		a huge timesaver --	
		from online applications and access to records -- :	
		to downloading and printing teacher certificates. 	
			
SLATE - ARTWORK IN THE WINDOW!		(music full)
	
SOT JOSH MICHAELCG - JOSH MICHAEL         MD STATE DEPT. OF EDUCATION		(sot Josh michael)
'you know, nothing real fancy, but we went out and got some lights yesterday, so we'll be ... we're very excited you know to ... it's like a home improvement job out there (big laugh)....	
STREET LEVEL ARTWORK		(narrator track)
passersby can now admire student artwork at the state department of education on baltimore Street downtown.	
		the old gage's men's store closed' but its  windows now feature creations from students around the state.  	
SLATE - DEPARTING BOARD MEMBERS		(sot ed root)
'We are losing several board members who have been very solid contributors to the work of this board.'	
CUBE WIPE MARIA 		(narrator track)
finally, four members leave the board after this day.	
SOT BRIAN FRAZEE		(sot brian frazee)
'When I was in 8th grade...'	
CUT SHOT OF BRIAN WIDE		(narrator track)
student member brian frazee says he learned in junior high ...  where he wanted to sit as a senior... 	
SOT BRIAN FRAZEECG - BRIAN FRAZEE        STUDENT MEMBER, MD BOARD OF        EDUCATION		(sot brian frazee)
'And I said, you gotta be kidding me, there's a student that serves on the state board of education...'	
			
MARIA TORRES QUERAL		(narrator track)
maria torres queral educated board members, and brought to bear a strong knowledge of the hispanic culture ... 	
SOT MARIA TORRES-QUERALCG - MARIA TORRES QUERAL         MD BOARD OF EDUCATION		(sot maria torres-queral)
'Many of you know that this place is like my second home. I worked here ten years, and served on the board four.'	
BACKTIME NAT FULL		(narrator track)
cal disney served on baltimore county's board and the state board for nearly 20 years.	
		his expertise was financial.	
SOT CAL DISNEYCG - CAL DISNEY         MD BOARD OF EDUCATION		(sot cal disney)
'We really don't have very much authority. The only thing we really have is persuasion...   '	
BACKTIME ED ROOT		(narrator track)
and the board loses its president, ed root.	
		his witty leadership provided congeniality and consensus... 	
		(pause) ... 	
		across the board.	
SOT ED ROOTCG - ED ROOT         PRES., MD BOARD OF EDUCATION		(sot ed root)
'We're losing part of that mix... but I'm optimistic that the people who will be coming on the board will fit right in and will not skip a beat.'	
NAT FULL APPLAUSE `		(nat full applause)
'applause then laughs...'	
APPLAUSE & STANDING 'O'		(narrator track)
this has been news from the board, with msde tv.	
CREDITS/BULLETIN/BLACK		(music full & fade)