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SOT CAROLYN WOODBANNER - BOARD NEWS                    SEPTEMBER 26, 2012		(SOT CAROLYN WOOD)
'as you know, a number of decisions and issues, some anticipated, others not, are facing PARCC.'	
BOARD CUTSCG CRAWL  - PARCC = PARTNERSHIP FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF READINESS FOR COLLEGE & CAREER		(NARRATOR TRACK)
PARCC STANDS FOR THE PARTNERSHIP FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF READINESS FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER.	
		THIS BROAD GROUP includes educators from two dozen STATES.	
		and all work right now, to build guidelines for tests.	
NAT FULL CHILDREN IN CLASSROOM		(nat full)
'tba'	
SCHOOLCHILDREN FILE		(narrator track)
from third grade thru high school, these end-of-course tests  will measure ENGLISH AND MATH skills  -- 	
		and start in the 20-14-15 school year.	
		in each state, educators align the tests with the common core curriculum.	
GRAPHIC: FREEZE & SUPERPARCC ASSESSMENTS:MIDDLE SCHOOL - TRAJECTORY OF                                        SUCCESS*HIGH SCHOOL:LEVEL 1 - VERY LIMITED COMMANDLEVEL 2 - LIMITED COMMANDLEVEL 3 - PARTIAL COMMANDLEVEL 4 - SOLID COMMANDLEVEL 5 - SUPERIOR COMMAND*PROPOSED LANGUAGE		in middle school,  standards will support what educators call a 'trajectory for success.'	
		in high school,  they'll set five performance levels, designed to measure 'readiness' in entry-level, credit-bearing college courses.	
		so, the debate revolves not only around  finite measures, but the definition of terms such as 'readiness' on which they're based.	
SOT DONNA STATON FROM '09 KATE'CG - VOICE OF: DONNA STATON         MD BOARD OF EDUCATION		(SOT DONNA STATON)
'Is PARCC really moving more into policy at this point?	
SOT LILLIAN LOWERY '28 LL POLICY' @ 1ST MARKCG - LILLIAN LOWERY         MD SCHOOLS SUP'T.		(sot lillian lowery)
'They have become ENGAGED in this policy discussion because we saw this as an opportunity to integrate P-20 like we've never done before...'	
SOT LILLIAN LOWERY '10 IVAN' (COVER W/BOARD SHOTS)		(sot lillian lowery)
'There has to be standard setting, which are cut scores, we have very high performing states like Massachusetts who are -- who will NOT back away...'	
SOT LILLIAN LOWERY '11 SOT LL'		(lillian lowery)
'All those become huge policy issues, on number one, determining what readiness means ...'	
SOT LILLIAN LOWERY '28 LL POLICY' @ 2ND MARK		(sot lillian lowery)
... but I will tell you the first and foremost focus of the PARCC folks, with Achieve as the leader, is around content.'	
SOT JAMES GATES '29 SOT GATES' @ 1ST MARK		(sot james gates)
'That's the thing that one worries about as a higher ed person -- that often when you see our students, they come to us knowing lots of facts, but it's process that they're typically are weaker on...'	
BOARD CUT		(narrator track)
other posed questions of content versus process.	
SOT JAMES GATES -SAME CLIP AS ABOVE' 		(sot james gates)
''... and yet that's the stronger determinant of success in our environment...'	
		(Kate) 'and I think Common Core gets them there.' 	
		(James) 'ok.'	
MORE KIDS		(narrator track)
some proposals would automatically qualify students for college courses, if for instance -- they earned a level four or above.	
SOT -SAME CLIP- 3RD MARK		(sot donna staton)
'It does seem like you're very involved in whether kids actually get access to higher education rather than whether systems are actually preparing them for higher education...'	
SOT ' SAME CLIP - 4TH MARK		(sot lillian lowery)
'It definitely - it's intent first and foremost is your point that 'are children learning?' And  'at what levels?' And 'how can we compare what folks are doing in Maryland to what folks are doing in other states?'	
SOT SAME CLIP' - 5TH MARK		(sot lillian lowery)
' ... but what we're trying to do as we meld this transition between K-12 and higher ed is also use a common assessment now that many states are on board -- to also bridge K-12 with higher ed.'	
DIP TO BLACK AND BACK		(fade audio)

SLATE - EARLY CHILDHOOD		(sot rolf grafwallner)
'customizing a national framework for family engagement for Maryland.'	
PRE-K KIDS FROM JUDY CENTER		(narrator track)
FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, 'REACH OUT AND READ,' AND EARLY ALERTS TO GET EARLY HELP.	
		THESE ARE JUST THREE OF NEARLY 300 PROJECTS IN maryland's early childhood effort. 	
		IT forges ahead EIGHT MONTHS INTO ITS FOUR-YEAR, 50-MILLION DOLLAR GRANT to help children enter SCHOOL READY TO LEARN.	
HOLDING CHI			
SOT MARY GABLE '60 SOT MARY' @ 1ST MARKSLATE - A.P. TEST RESULTS		(sot mary gable)
'The news is good about A.P...'	
SOT MARY GABLE -SAME CLIP- @ 2ND MARKCG - MARY GABLE         ASS'T. SUP'T., ACADEMIC POLICY		(sot mary gable)
'We again have an increase - of 5.4% over 2011 in number of students taking an A.P. exam...'	
GRAPHIC: (OVER CHALKBOARD) ADVANCED PLACEMENT TESTS:STUDENTS SCORING 3-5 RANGE - UP 10%(5 IS HIGHEST SCORE)--------------------------------------------MINORITY SCORES*:AFRICAN AMERICAN - UP 12.2%HISPANIC                 - UP 14.1%ASIAN                       - UP 9.2%* '3' OR BETTER		(narrator track)
maryland also enjoyed a ten-percent increase in the number of students scoring in the high 'three-to-five' range on advanced placement tests.	
		And --	
		african american, hispanic, and asian subgroups all increased in students scoring '3' or better.	
SOT MARY GABLE '66' @ 1ST MARK		(sot mary gable)
'SAT's across the country are relatively flat...'	
         2011 SAT SCORES*:                    MARYLAND      NATIONALMATH -           502                 514READING       499                 497WRITING        491                489PERFECT SCORE - 2400 - 9! IN MARYLAND      SOURCE: COLLEGE BOARD		(narrator track)
maryland --	
		like the rest of the country -- 	
		saw s-a-t scores drop this past year.	
		in math, maryland seniors scored five-oh-two -- below the national average of five-14.	
		but -- at 499 in reading --	
		and 491 in writing -- maryland students scored better than the national average.	
		and nine maryland students scored perfect 2400''s.	
BOARD CUTS		as well, participation jumped again!	
SOT MARY GABLE '66' @ 2ND MARK		(SOT MARY GABLE)
'The good news in Maryland, we still have an increase -of students -- nearly 50-thousand from about 47-and-a-half thousand students taking the SAT.'	
DIP TO BLACK AND BACK		(fade audio)

			
SLATE -  BOARD BRIEFS		(narrator track)
in board briefs --	
SOT  '55' @ MARKSLATE - TEACHER SHORTAGESSOT '55' 		(sot jean satterfield)
'Technology education, computer science, Spanish, ESOL, all the other sciences as listed, and Special Education.'	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
math, the sciences, and special education remain critical shortage areas for teachers in maryland.	
WIPE VO		(wipe vo)
maryland continues development of the common core state curriculum frameworks for braille -- 	
WIPE SOT '59' @ 1ST MARK'		(sot irene padilla)
'Good morning everyone...'	
SOT IRENE PADILLA		(sot irene padilla)
'I guess I have to ask if you want the long version or the short version of this ...	
		(offcam - James) 'I move approval.' (big laugh)	
SOT CHARLENE DUKES		(sot charlene dukes)
'The short version worked.'	
		(Irene) 'I'm gonna ask that question every time.'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
and 11 library projects win quick approval in a board done with business this september.	
		this has been news from the board, on msde tv.	
BULLETIN/CREDITS/FADE		(fade audio)