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EDUCATION WEEK HEADER& MARYLAND COVER PAGE		(narrator track)
education week, considered america's leading periodical reporting on education, ranks maryland among the top three states in the nation in its latest 'quality counts' survey.	
NAT FULL CLASSROOM		(nat full)
'classroom'	
FILE OF PRE-SCHOOLELEM, MS, AND HS KIDS IN QUICK SUCCESSION		this 12th annual'CRADLE TO CAREER' survey, in which no state received an 'a,'  cited new york, massachusetts and maryland as the nation's premier leaders in education.	
GRAPHIC FULL SCREEN STATES & DARKEN                                  GRADE  SCORE  RANKCHANCE FOR SUCCESS    B+     88.2       6                    NATIONAL     C+     78.4       		education week RATES ALL STATES in six categories. 	
		IN THE FIRST, the chance for success,	
		MARYLAND GRADES A SPARKLING B-PLUS, FOR ITS PIONEERING EARLY CHILDHOOD AND COLLEGE PREP PROGRAMS.	
K-12 ACHIEVEMENT     B       82.5        2                      NATIONAL   D+     69.4 		IN K-THRU-12 ACHIEVEMENT, MARYLAND EARNS A 'B,' SECOND IN THE NATION.	
		IT CLOSES THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP.	
		MORE STUDENTS TAKE ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES and well on a-p tests.	
STANDARDS, ASSESSMENT    B    83.9    25    & ACCOUNTABILITY                    NATIONAL          B    83.6		MARYLAND'S STANDARDS, ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY EFFORTS INCLUDE THE  BATTLE FOR HIGHER STANDARDS AND THE REQUIRED PASSING OF THE HIGH SCHOOL ASSESSMENTS FOR A DIPLOMA.	
TRANSITIONS &              B+     89.3      3       ALIGNMENT                     NATIONAL		IT RECEIVED A 'B-PLUS' ... THIRD IN THE COUNTRY, IN TRANSITIONS AND ALIGNMENT.	
		EARLY CHILDHOOD, THE VOLUNTARY STATE CURRICULUM, AND TESTS TIED TO THE VSC PLAY A BIG ROLE.	
TEACHING PROFESSION   C-    72         26                    NATIOANL     C      73		MARYLAND WORKS TO IMPROVE ITS SCORE OF 72-IN REGARD TO THE TEACHING PROFESSION.	
		IT ADDRESSES THE WELL-KNOWN SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS WITH A RECRUTING EFFORT AND INCENTIVES TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN THEM. 	
SCHOOL FINANCE          B      84.9       10                      NATIONAL    C+   77.6 		AND MARYLAND'S 'B'  IN SCHOOL FINANCE RECOGNIZES ITS ROLE IN EQUITY ISSUES, AND ADVOCATING AND RECEIVING  FUNDING FOR INITIATIVES REQUIRED FOR A QUALITY EDUCATION.	
NANCY		LONG-TERM STATE SUPERINTENDENTS LEAD ALL THE TOP-THREE STATES, LENDING CONSISTENCY AND QUALITY TO MEANINGFUL EDUCATION REFORM.  THIS IS MSDE TV.