Agency:	MSDE	Writer:	John Rosson	
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Title:	August 30, 2011	Art Director:		
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VIDEO 		AUDIO	
			
CUBE WIPE SOT FULL		(sot earthquake woman)
'and the floor started quiverin' ....'	
FOLKS ON STREETS - QUAKE		(narrator track)
an earthquake rocks schools...	
CUBE WIPE VO - OCEAN CITY WINDS		(nat sot - wind)
'high winds'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
irene blows through...	
CUBE WIPE SOT JIM FORAN		(sot jim foran)
'53 amendments to our projects...'	
SHOT OF THE BOARD		(narrator track)
and tweaks to the top...	
SLATE -NEWS FROM THE BOARD		all ahead in august board news.	
SOT BERNIE SADUSKYCG - BERNIE SADUSKY         INTERIM MD SCHOOLS SUP'T.		(sotbernie sadusky)
'Earthquake is over, but we had damage - Prince George's School system had a lotta damage, and they had damage in six high schools some of which have reopened in sections...'	
BALTIMORE STREETSCG - AUGUST  23, 2011         BALTIMORE, MD		(narrator track)
the earthquake that shook buildings in baltimore, chased people into the streets, AND ROLLED UP AND DOWN THE EASTERN SEABOARD, measured five-point-eight on the richter scale.	
		it ranks as the most powerful here in 67 years.	
		and it rattles nerves on the board.	
SOT IVAN WALKSCG - IVAN WALKS        MD BOARD OF EDUCATION		(sot ivan walks)
'we need to look beyond just acknowledging where the damage was, but look at infrastructure needs in a place where they had more damage than other places...'	
MORE QUAKE		(narrator track)
state superintendent bernie sadusky says that topic must be addressed.	
NAT FULL 'WIND' - STORM IN O.C.		(nat full)
''wind'	
SOT BERNIE SADUSKYCG - AUGUST 27, 2011         OCEAN CITY, MD& BACK OUT TO BERNIE...		(sot bernie sadusky)
'And then you know, why not? we had a hurricane. 15 school districts didn't open yesterday, six today ...'	
MORE OCEAN CITY		(NARRATOR TRACK)
iRENE CALMED TO TROPICAL STORM STATUS, BUT HOWLED HARD ENOUGH TO KNOCK OUT POWER TO MORE THAN A HALF-MILLION MARYLANDERS.	
SEVERN PARK DAMAGE - USE THE PAN POWER LINESCG - SEVERNA PARK, MD         ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY		THE STORM TOPPLED TREES EVERYWHERE -- WITH HARD-HIT JURISDICTIONS INCLUDING ANNE ARUNDEL and st. mary's counties, and north to baltimore city and baltimore county.	
		SCHOOLS CLOSE BECAUSE OF the biggest problem: the trees downed lines and cut power-- which remains the headache days after the storm.	
DIP TO BLACK AND BACK		(fade audio)
	
SOT JIM FORANSLATE - RACE TO THE TOPCG - JIM FORAN         ASS'T. SUP'T., DIV. OF ACADEMIC         REFORM & INNOVATION		(sot jim foran)
'I'm happy to announce that all 53 have finally been approved, so we've finally caught up with our amendments.'	
USE THE FUNKY PULL HERE & HOLD OVER TOP OF SOUND BELOW		(narrator track)
gameplan in place, the board learns the next big project is the annual performance report.	
SOT 834 @ 717:05- JIM FORAN		(sot jim foran)
'we have to give them our progress in the four assurance areas, we hve to provide them updated achievement data, uh, update them on all the sections of the application, review all of the performance measures and we also have to share with them the progress that the LEA's have made.	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
jim foran says 25 pages of the 40 to 50 page report are in -- it's due september 16th.	
DIP TO BLACK AND BACK`		(fade audio)

SLATE - FOCUS AREA: PARCCLESLIE WALKUP 838 @ 720:30		(SOT JAMES DEGRAFFENDREIDT)
'Dr. Sadusky, why don't you introduce people we already know? (laughs)	
HOLDING VIDEO & USE CUT OF JAMES D 		(narrator track)
a familiar face before the board, assistant superintendent leslie wilson presents the months' 'race 'focus --	
SHOTS OF STUDENTS IN CLASSROOMCG - PARCC = PARTNERSHIP FOR ASSESSMENT OF READINESS FOR COLLEGE & CAREERS		 the partnership for assessment of readiness for college and careers.	
		in a nutshell, parcc works to develop a national test - based on the common core standards.	
SOT 839 721:48CG - LESLIE WILSON        ASS'T. SUP'T., DIV. OF ASSESSMENT ETC.		(sot leslie wilson)
'There's gonna be a focus on key topics at each grade level. And so this kind of addresses the criticism that we've heard that the curriculum is a mile wide and an inch deep.'	
USE SHOT @ 853! & FREEZEGRAPHIC: PARCC GOALS: (USE THEIR SAME LETTERING) - HIGH QUALITY TESTS- PATHWAY TO COLLEGE & CAREER- SUPPORT FOR EDUCATORS- TECHNOLOGY BASED- ACCOUNTABILITY AT ALL LEVELS		(narrator track)
designers aim at quality tests that will prepare all students for college and/or careers with an emphasis on support, technology, and accountability.	
		and a SHARP FOCUS on reading and writing no matter the subject.	
COMEOUT TO WS SAME		they say they hope these tests will replace tests such as the s-a-t.	
SOT NANCY SHAPIRO 854 @ 728:54CG - NANCY SHAPIRO         UNIVESITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND(USE A CUT OF JAMES SMILING IN MIDDLE)		(sot nancy shapiro)
'It's our hope and expectation that these new assessments ... you know in the best of all possible worlds they'll replace all of those tests...'	
SOT JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDT 856 @ TOP		(sot james degraffenreidt)
'At what point does the College Board agree to go out of business? (laughter)	
SOT NANCY SHAPIRO 856 (USE JD SMILING)		(sot nancy shapiro)
'They could be movin' out of one thing and into another ... I don't know if that's the case...'	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
The board asked: is this just another round of high-stakes testinG?	
SOT DONNA STATON 856 741:04-USE CUT OF DONNA IN MIDDLE		(sot donna staton)
'I know that there's a lotta research out there that suggest that at some point when students are only focusing on the test and the scores ... rather than substantive learning...'	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
and board members got an answer that peers back into maryland's past AT THE mspap.	
SOT LESLIE WILSON 859 @ 733:06		(sot leslie wilson)
'if you don't have the skills, the writing the reading the ability to solve a problem that you've not seen before... this is not all about just content -- this is about having those skills.'	
SOT NANCY SHAPIRO 856 @ 742:26		(sot nancy shapiro)
'Those teachers gave students tasks that were performance assessments. I remember my daughter coming home telling me about flying airplanes...' (tight oq) ... If i think about an ideal testing model, it's MSPAP.' 	
CLASSROOM		(narrator track)
educators expect test design and pilots to take three years -- with the finished product rollING out for the 20-14-15 school year.	
MSDE TV GRAPHIC		(music sting)
this has been news from the board, with msde tv.	
BULLETIN/CREDITS/FADE		(fade audio)