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SLATE - BOARD NEWS		(music full)
	
SLATE - MSA RESULTS, 2009-10SOT LESLIE WILSON IN 'MSA'SLATE - JULY 20, 2010CG - LESLIE WILSON         ASS'T. SUP'T., DIV. OF ASSESSMENT		(sot full)
'The MSA assesses both reading and math -- it's in grades three through eight -- this year we tested almost 363-thousand students...'	
ES SCHOOLKIDS -- NAT FULL		(nat full)
'tba'	
HOLDING SCHOOLKIDS		(narrator track)
msa math scores jump again in 2010, in both elementary and middle school.	
GRAPHIC & FREEZE VIDEO          MATH SCORES*                              2009           2010ELEMENTARY           84.9            86.5MIDDLE                   71.2            72.6 * PROFICIENT OR ADVANCED		in the past year -- elementary scores nudge up a point-and-a-half.	
		more than 86-percent of the students  score proficient or advanced.	
		middle schoolers improve about a point-and-a-half in math as well.	
UNFREEZE VIDEO & SLIDE SPLITSCREENCOMPOSITE SCORES - ELEMENTARY                              2003           2010 READING                 UP 25 POINTSMATH                      UP  26.5 POINTS		overall -- since 2003 elementary reading and math have soared more than 25 points.	
COMPOSITE SCORES - MIDDLE                              2003           2010 READING                 UP 23 POINTSMATH                      UP 33  POINTS		middle schools mirrored that success.	
		their reading scores jumped 23 points -- math 33-points since scorekeeping began.	
SOT LESLIE WILSON FROM 'MSA REAR GROWTH SMALLER'		(sot leslie wilson)
'The LEA's are now maintaining some pretty high performance on the MSA's, that they've reached over the years.'	
SOT LESLIE WILSON 'LES -- LESS THAN A PT'		(sot leslie wilson)
'so we're seeing evidence of some stabilization of our scores, especially in reading -- most of these score changes by the way were less than a point...'	
MORE SCHOOLKIDS FILETAPE		(narrator track)
the percentage of students reaching proficient levels now passes 80-percent in 21 of 24 maryland jurisdictions.	
SHOTS OF NSG		each year, says schools superintendent nancy grasmick, the bar goes higher and it gets tougher to improve.	
NAT FULL -- TEACHER IN CLASSROOM ...		(sot nat full)
'writers revising....'	
LESLIE AND NSG		(narrator track)
from msa results, educators measure 'a-y-p' -- or -- adequate yearly progress.	
SOT LESLIE WILSON FROM 'LES SS #'S'		(sot leslie wilson)
'There were 783 schools that met AYP ...	
LESLIE WILSON (COVER JUMP W/CUT SHOT) - SAME CLIP -- 		(sot leslie wilson)
'there were 337 schools not meeting AYP in 2010. 181 of these schools missed AYP for the first time.'	
FREEZE AND HOLD LESLIE & PUSH TO GRAPHICAYP SUBGROUPS:AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKAN NATIVEASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDERAFRICAN AMERICANWHITEHISPANICFREE/REDUCED PRICE MEALSSPECIAL EDUCATIONLEP - LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT		(narrator track)
if schools miss the mark in a-y-p in just one of eight subgroups -- they enter the first stage of school improvement. 	
		in the coming months, results of the msa science scores --	
		and the high school assessments --	
		will be announced.	
DIP TO BLACK AND BACK		(fade audio)

SLATE - COMMON CORE		(sot colleen seremet)
'I feel like the little girl on Poltergeist -- I have to say 'we're baaaack!' (laughter)	
HOLDING COLLEEN & SOUND UNDER -- ''WE'RE BACK...' & THANK YOU ...'		(narrator track)
an update now on the 'common core' curriculum' -- 	
		a set of K-THRU-12 education standards in english and math.	
SOT COLLEEN SERMET		(sot colleen sermet)
'today we are here to lay out the next 11 months for you...'	
MAP OF USA		(NARRATOR TRACK)
governors in 48 states CRAFTED 'COMMON CORE' -- LOOSE STANDARDS ON WHICH EACH STATE WILL HANG ITS CURRICULA.	
		this easy explanation --  from assistant superintendent colleen seremet.	
SOT COLLEEN 'WE'RE BACK'CG - COLLEEN SEREMET          ASS'T. SUP'T., DIV. OF INSTRUCTION		(sot colleen sermet)
'Common Core state standards are a standards framework. We have the Maryland State curriculum that takes the standards framework and puts a little meat on the bones. It drives down into levels of specificity a little more...'	
NAT FULL TEACHER (ROLAND PARK)		(nat full)
'And who can tell me....'	
MORE SCHOOLKIDS		(narrator track)
add the teacher toolkit seremet says -- and you get support -- lesson plans resource materials, and the like -- for day-to-day teaching.	
		educators expect to take about a year to smooth maryland curricula into the common core framework.	
DIP TO BLACK AND BACK		(fade audio)

SLATE - RACE TO THE TOPSOT NANCY GRASMICK FROM 'RACE AND LOW PERF'CG - NANCY GRASMICK         MD SCHOOLS SUP'T.(COVER W/DOCUMENT OF THE PRACTICE')SLATE - SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT		(sot nancy grasmick)
'We are preparing, if we should be so fortunate as to receive, the -- uh be a finalist for Race to the Top and I do have a copy of the briefings and practice that we'll be doing for the required interviews for that, and I just thought you'd like to see that...'	
FINALIST INTERVIEW FILETAPE		(narrator track)
the u-s department of education soon  will announce finalists.	
SOT NANCY GRASMICK		(sot nancy grasmick)
'I'd also like to say we've had a wonderful relationship with Massachusetts 'Insight' -- affiliated with Brown University -- and they've been looking at our very unique Breakthrough Center' dealing with underperforming schools because the whole country's asked the important question -- 'how do you change underperforming schools...' (tight oq)	
CUBE WIPE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM		(narrator track)
in her superintendent's report, dr. grasmick points out another first --	
		maryland's african american curriculum.	
SOT NANCY GRASMICK		(sot nancy grasmick)
'The grades three through eight curriculum has been completed... '	
MORE MUSEUM		(narrator track)
it now is part of mandatory coursework.	
CUBE WIPE TO SLATE - BOARD BRIEFSCG - JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDT         PRES., MD BOARD OF EDUCATIONSLATE - CHARTER SCHOOLS		(sot james degraffenreidt)
'There's been some discussion about the fact that for example Baltimore City has made great use of Charter Schools... the predominant LEA in our state...'	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
the board votes to take a close look at charter schools.	
SOT KATE WALSHCG - KATE WALSH         MD BOARD OF EDUCATION		(sot kate walsh)
'Maybe some folks who've been turned down by a district... you know I don't know... (head turn)	
BOARD WIDE SHOT		(narrator track)
it votes to 'talk charters' at length over the coming months.	
CUBE WIPE SOT NANCY GRASMICK		(sot nancy grasmick)
'Are there nominations for the position of president...'	
HOLDING NANCY -- VO		(narrator track)
the board held elections -- 	
SOT MADHU SIDHU		(sot madhu sidhu)
'it's unanimous, congratulations!	
CU JAMES		(narrator track)
it voted James degraffenreidt president, 	
CU DUKES		and charlene dukes  -- vice president --each for a second term.	
NEW STUDENT MEMBER		and it welcomed new student member gayon sampson of frederick.	
		this has been news from the board, with msde tv.	
BULLETIN/CREDITS/FADE		(music full & sting)