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NAT FULL STUDENTS IN CLASS		(NAT FULL - STUDENTS FILE)
'tba' 	
SOT JIM FORAN 1155 CLIP @ 1623:38-49CG - JIM FORAN         ASS'T. SUP'T., DIV. OF ACADEMIC         REFORM AND INNOVATION		(sot jim foran)
'We're all about preparing world class students and we're very excited about the opportunity to take Maryland from being number one in the nation to being number one in the world.'	
NAT FULL - MOMENT WHEN WE HEAR 'MARYLAND' ANNOUNCED		(nat full)
'cheers'	
SOT JIM FORAN 1150 @ 1619:17-22		(sot jim foran)
'We're very proud and happy as a state to have received a Race to the Top grant.'	
NAT FULL -- MORE CLAPS		(NAT FULL)
'more cheers/claps'	
SOT JIM FORAN (SIDESHOT) 1156 @ 1624:04-		(sot jim foran)
'We're required to address the  -- what's called the four assurance areas.'	
GRAPHIC:     !ST ASSURANCE AREA:STANDARDS & ASSESSMENTS		(sound effex)
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SOT JIM FORAN 1150 @ 1619:49-52		(sot jim foran)
'The first assurance area is standards and assessments.'	
SOT JIM FORAN 1150 @ 1619:53-57(COVER W/TESTING FILE HERE @ SPHS)		(SOT JIM FORAN)
'We want to make sure that we have higher standards.'	
SOT JIM FORAN 1156 @ 1624:24-37		(sot jim foran)
'When I'm speaking of standards, what we're attempting to do is to benchmark standards that are being call 'Common Core' standards across this country with internationally benchmarked standards from other countries around the world.'	
GRAPHIC:     2ND ASSURANCE AREA:STANDARDS & ASSESSMENTS		(sound effex)
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SOT JIM FORAN 1150 @ 1620:18-26		(sot jim foran)
'The 2nd assurance area is robust data....(slice out and there are several pieces to this') first of all we'll have a longitudinal data system...' 	
SOT JIM FORAN 1150 (SAME CLIP) @ 1620:32-40		(sot jim foran)
'and this will be a database which tracks students from pre-school all the way thru college, graduate school and into the workforce.'	
GRAPHIC:     3RD ASSURANCE AREA:GREAT TEACHERS & LEADERS		(sound effex)
'tba'	
SOT JIM FORAN 1150 @ 1621:16-21		(sot jim foran)
'The third assurance area if you will is called 'Great Teachers and Great Leaders...'	
SOT JIM FORAN 1156 @1625:16-28(COVER BOTTOM WITH TEACHERS AND PRINCIPAL VIDEO)		(sot jim foran)
'um, and in this area there are several components as well, the first of which is to establish evaluation systems for teachers and principals that are rigorous, that are fair, and are transparent.'	
SOT JIM FORAN 1150		(sot jim foran)
'We want to make sure that we have an equitable distribution of teachers and and principals so that the very best will be distributed to all of the schools across the state so that the schools that need them the most will in fact get them.'	
GRAPHIC:     4TH ASSURANCE AREA:SUPPORT FOR STRUGGLING SCHOOLS		(sound effex)
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SOT JIM FORAN 1150 @ 1622:32-50		(sot jim foran)
'And the fourth and final assurance area is the support for struggling schools and for that particular area we are focusing in on what we call our 'Breakthrough Center' which is not a place, it's a concept, it's a way of brokering resources ... and we're going to be focused on the five-percent of the lowest achieving schools across the state.'	
SOT JIM FORAN 1150 @ 1623:08-17(COVER ENTIRELY W/GOOD FILE FOOTAGE)		(sot jim foran)
'those are the four assurance areas, the Standards and Assessments, the Data Systems, the Great Teachers and Great Leaders, and then the support for struggling schools.'	
SOT JIM FORAN 1156 @ 1626:00-02 (THIS IS A SIDESHOT)		(sot jim foran)
'The big challenge is ...'	
SOT JIM FORAN 1156 @ 1626:06-14 (ALSO A SIDESHOT)		(sot jim foran)
'... to move our students from being number one in the country, which we are by almost any measure to being number one in the world.'	
SOT JIM FORAN 1155 @ 1623:48-00		(sot jim foran)
'... being able to compete in the global economy.'	
		(JR) 'No small challenge.'	
		'No small challenge at all -- but we'll be there! (nice smile)	
FADE TO BLACK		(fade audio)