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SOT NANCY GRASMICKBANNER - MSA TEST RESULTS		(sot nancy grasmick)
'elementary and middle school reading scores are up...'	
NAT FULL ELEMENTARY KIDS ENTER SCHOOL		(nat full)
'ambient kids'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
on her next-to-last day ...	
SOT NANCY GRASMICKCG - NANCY S. GRASMICK         MD SCHOOLS SUP'T.		(sot nancy grasmick)
'I'm delighted to say the state continues to do incredible work on behalf of its students...'	
WS NC		(narrator track)
maryland schools superintendent nancy grasmick goes out with a bang.	
NAT FULL KIDS ENTER SCHOOL		(nat full)
'kids ambient'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(NARRATOR TRACK)
MSA SCORES -- GIVEN TO STUDENTS EACH YEAR IN THE THIRD THROUGH EIGHTH GRADES --	
		JUMP AGAIN.	
HOLDING VIDEO & FREEZEELEMENTARY READING*               2010     2011               86.9%   88.0%     * PROFICIENT OR HIGHER		ELEMENTARY SCORES IN READING ON THE MSA -- AT 88-PERCENT -- now close in onTHE MILESTONE OF 90-percent proficient.	
ELEMENTARY MATH*        2010     2011        86.5%   86.3%* PROFICIENT OR HIGHER		ELEMENTARY SCORES IN MATH HOVER CLOSE TO THE NINETIES --	
		STAYING RELATIVELY THE SAME NEAR 86-AND A HALF PERCENT....	
FREEZE AND HOLD GRAPHIC:MIDDLE READING*         2010     2011         82.8%   83.5%* PROFICIENT OR HIGHER  		MIDDLE SCHOOLERS SHOW ANOTHER JUMP IN READING.	
		THEY NUDGED UPWARD TO 83-AND-A-HALF PERCENT PROFICIENT.	
MIDDLE SCHOOL SCORES*                     2010     2011READING -    82.8%  83.5%MATH           72.6%  73.7%* PROFICIENT OR HIGHER		middle school math bumped up nearly a point as well -- in hard-fought gains to about 74-percent.	
UNFREEZE AND HOLDING VIDEO		(nat full)
'kids ambient'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(NARRATOR TRACK)
AS SCORES NEAR THE NINETIES, ATTENTION TURNS TO STUDENTS SCORING IN THE ADVANCED CATEGORY.	
FREEZE AND ADD GRAPHICELEMENTARY READING*               2003    2011               17%     35%     * ADVANCED (HIGHEST) LEVEL		IN ELEMENTARY READING FOR EXAMPLE, THAT NUMBER HAS DOUBLED SINCE TWO-THOUSAND-THREE ---	
		TO 35-PERCENT.	
SOT NANCY GRASMICK		(SOT NANCY GRASMICK)
'... this indicates a real level of achievement for our students, and a level of rigor that we're hoping to achieve across the board...	
SOT NANCY GRASMICK		(sot nancy grasmick)
'so this is the pipeline for that kind of high achievement at the high school level.'	
NAT FULL HIGH SCHOOLS		(nat full)
'kids ambient'	
HOLDING MIDDLE SCHOOLERS		(narrator track)
dr. grasmick attributes the increases to a 'start-to-finish' approach beginning with early childhood -- 	
SOT NANCY GRASMICK		(sot nancy grasmick)
'... a very strong early childhood program...'	
SOTNANCY GRASMICK		(sot nancy grasmick)
'that is HUGE in terms of our expectation....	
CUBE WIPE SOT NGS		(SOT NANCY GRASMICK)
'we have a very strong state curriculum...'	
CUBE WIPE SOT NSG		(sot nancy grasmick)
' more highly qualified teachers...'	
CUBE WIPE SOT NSG		(sot nancy grasmick)
'we have increased state funding over time...'	
MORE STUDENTS		(narrator track)
all these factors are having their effect, says grasmick, over time.	
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