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VO PAGE - AP RESULTSSQUEEZE & FRAME INSIDE BANNER - A.P. #1               AGAIN		(narrator track)
maryland ranks tops in the country in advanced placement - but the college board gets grilled anyway on a whole series of topics...	
WIPE VOBANNER - TEACHER               OF THE YEAR		(wipe vo - narrator)
maryland has another finalist for national teacher of the year.	
		and soon - she heads to washington --	
WIPE VO - VOLRATHBANNER - UPDATE ON               EVALUATIONS		(wipe vo - narrator)
a new face negotiates the stickiest wicket in race to the top -- teacher principal evaluations...	
WIPE VOBANNER - LEARNING                LANGUAGES		(wipe vo - narrator)
and the pledge of allegiance -- in four languages.	
SOT FULL		(sot full)
'pledge of allegiance' (in Chinese)	
VOBANNER - FEBRUARY               NEWS		(vo)
this is news from the board -- february -- with msde tv!	
SOT ROBERT ALIG '08@ 3RD		(sot robert alig)
'We want students to graduate and be able to have a choice...'	
SOT ROBERT ALIG '08 @ 4THCG - ROBERT ALIG         MIDDLE STATES REGIONAL VP, COLLEGE BOARD		(sot robert alig)
'Frankly the college board has not done as much work around career readiness...'	
SOT ROBERT ALIG '09 @ 1ST		(sot robert alig)
'...and that's not satisfactory...'	
		(James) 'No it isn't...'	
NAT FULL CLASSROOM		(nat full - classroom)
'biology class'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
'college' vs. 'career' readiness.	
		maryland wants equal action on both fronts.	
		regarding college -- 	
		the state ranks #1 in the country for the 7th straight year -- in advanced placement.	
FREEZE & DARKENGRAPHIC:*ADVANCED PLACEMENT TESTS:MARYLAND                   2012        2002SENIORS                      29.6%      16.5%    (SCORING 3 OR MORE) *SOURCE - COLLEGE BOARD		the percentage of high school seniors who earn a three or more on a-p tests climbs now to just under 30-percent -- best in america.	
		AT just 16-PERCENT A DECADE AGO, THE LATEST FIGURES NOW ARE NEARLY DOUBLE.	
NAT FULL - DORS AUTOSHOP		(NAT FULL)
'DORS autoshop'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
but the college board admits it's paid less attention to those tracking toward the workforce.	
SOT ROBERT ALIG '09 @ 2ND MARK		(sot robert alig)
'And we're gonna change that.'	
MORE AUTOSHOP VIDEO		(narrator track)
so as the college board promises to place more emphasis on those career-bound after high school --	
BIOLOGY CLASS AGAIN		it also changes its standard college-level a--p fare -- 	
		staples such as biology --	
NAT FULL - BIOLOGY CLASS		(nat full)
'tba biology'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
-- to align the courses with the common core state curriculum.	
SOT JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDT '17 @ 2ND		(SOT JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDT)
'I've a series of questions I'd like to ask...	
WS OF THE BOARD		(narrator track)
and it faces tough questions from the maryland board.	
SOT JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDT '18 @ 1ST		(sot james)
'It's great that students are scoring three or better...'	
SOT JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDT '18 @ 3RD		(sot james)
'... whaddawe know about students that are NOT scoring at three or better?	
SOT JAMES DEGRAFFENREIDT '18 @ 5		(sot james)
'... if colleges are not accepting the credit --'	
SOT JAMES '18 @ 6TH		(sot james)
'... ah, to what end is it worth it?'	
SOT JAMES '19 @ 1ST		(sot james)
' ... If colleges are using this as a hidden revenue increaser to hold people back and maybe get their money, we need to talk about that more publicly...'	
SOT JAMES GATES '19 @ 2ND		(sot james gates)
'I hear widely from my colleagues that AP isn't what it used to be in terms of preparing students...'	
SOT JAMES GATES '19 @4TH		(sot james gates)
'... doing well on AP and the actual success of students in college, that's a big issue for a lot of college professors...'	
SOT ROBERT ALIG '20 @ 1STCG - ROBERT ALIG         MIDDLE STATES REGIONAL VP, COLLEGE BOARD		(sot robert alig)
'Both of you are correct, we need to help address this and look at students who might have scored one or two, and look at how they're performing freshman year.'	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
and so it went.	
		in the end, a-p in maryland changes -- 	
		broadens.	
SOT MIKE NATOLI '39@ 1STCG - MIKE NATOLI         FRESHMAN, U. OF MD		(sot mike natoli)
'Well technically i'm a first year student at the university. Because of my Advanced Placement credits going into college, I have the status of a 2nd semester junior.'	
SOT MIKE NATOLI '40 @ 2ND		(sot mike natoli)
'... which will allow me to jump into 400-level courses starting next fall.'	
3 SHOT @ TABLE		(narrator track)
more students take part.	
SOT IHSSAN TABEDY '43 @ 1ST CG - IHSSAN TABEDY          FRIENDSHIP ACADEMY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, CLASS OF 2013		(sot ihssan tabedy)
'AP impacted my life in many ways. It continuously challenges me to be the best I can be.'	
WS KIDS @ TABLE		(narrator track)
and more benefit from its success.	
DIP TO BLACK AND BACK		(fade audio)

SOT JIM FORAN '74 @ 1(COVER W/WALKING UP - SAME CLIP)SLATE - RACE TO THE TOP              UPDATE		(sot jim foran)
'We ARE here today to give you an update on Race to the Top projects...'	
SOT JIM FORAN '74 @CG - JIM FORAN         ASS'T. SUP'T.,  ACADEMIC REFORM &         INNOVATION		(sot jim foran)
'Our LEA's are working really, really hard to implement those projects with fidelity...'	
NAT FULL - FILE TEACHER		(nat full)
'tba - teacher in classroom'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
the highest profile project of the many  	
		for each school system -- is teacher-principal evaluations.	
		THAT, LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY EMPHASIS ON STUDENT PROGRESS.	
SOT DAVE VOLRATH '77 @ 1		(sot dave volrath)
'The group that I'm working with -- is uh -- 	
POT UNDER & HOLD		(narrator track)
dave volrath --	
POT BACK UP FULL		(sot dave volrath)
we think of ourselves as engineers...'	
MORE CLASSROOM		(narrator track)
-- leads maryland's effort.	
SOT DAVE VOLRATH '77 @ 2CG - DAVE VOLRATH         PROJECT LEAD, TEACHER &          PRINCIPAL EVALUATION		(sot dave volrath)
'Our job is to help 24 LEA's get to the finish line. There's a unique aspect to this project...'	
SOT DAVE VOLRATH '77 @ 3MORE CLASSROOM COVER		(sot dave volrath)
'In this case, because districts could default to a state model, we've been obligated to produce the same products and processes as if we were our own LEA ...'	
HOLDING CLASSROOM		(narrator track)
TO COME UP WITH A GOOD AND WORKABLE MODEL, volrath says, his team has to 'walk in the shoes' of the lea'S.	
SOT DAVE VOLRATH '77 @ 4		(SOT DAVE VOLRATH)
'That's a very different approach to doing the work.' (smiles)	
MORE CLASSROOM OR WS BOARD		(NARRATOR TRACK)
ALL 24 MARYLAND SYSTEMS NOW FIELD TEST EVALUATION MODELS.	
		AND TIME GROWS SHORT.	
SOT DAVE VOLRATH '78 @ 1COVER W/BOARD CUTS		(SOT DAVE VOLRATH)
'We HAVE to have a process whereby we'll be able to look at what folks have done and provide them authentic feedback that's useful in them making alterations to their -- their models in May -- or they won't be prepared to do this work in September.'	
BOARD CUTS		(narrator track)
each system rolls out its final evaluation plan this fall -- at the start of the new school year.	
			
SLATE - COMMUNITY COLLEGESCG - BERNIE SADUSKY         EXECUTIVE DIR.,          MARYLAND ASSOCIATION OF          COMMUNITY COLLEGES         		(sot bernie sadusky)
'One of the great challenges we have is student debt. We have the average student in the state of Maryland from a four-year college winding up with a 40-some thousand dollar debt.'	
CHART OF COSTS(USE MOTION TO CIRCLE COSTS)		(narrator track)
with college costs exploding --  executive director bernie sadusky, of the maryland association of community colleges, JOINS WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO push A PROGRAM CALLED 'early college.'	
USE GARRETT FF FROM 'NET		in the traditional model, EARLY COLLEGE offers students courses at community colleges during high school years.	
SOT BERNIE SADUSKY '49 @ 1		(sot bernie sadusky)
'It is the most affordable sector of higher education -- anyplace.' (tight oq)	
USE FF FROM PGCC & BOARD CUTS '54 LUISA QPULL & 55 MK @ MARK		(narrator track)
affordability, early exposure to college life, and a jump start of course credits, sadusky says, leads to a better chance students -- 	
		ESPECIALLY THOSE AT LOWER INCOME LEVELS --	
		will pursue and complete a four-year degree.	
DIP TO BLACK AND BACK		(fade audio)

SLATE - BOARD BRIEFS		(narrator track)
in board briefs --	
SOT PENELOPE THORNTON TALLEY '06CG - PENELOPE THORNTON TALLEY         CHIEF PERFORMANCE OFFICER 		(sot penelope talley)
'I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to join such a wonderful team -- '	
SOT OF LILLIAN		(narrator track)
penelope thornton talley joins msde as chief performance officer --	
WIPE SOT STEVE BROOKS '91		(sot steve brooks)
'I would totally expect that some sort of cut is gonna come to our grants...'	
CAPITOL DOME IN DC & THEN SHOT OF LILLIAN		(narrator track)
budget deadlock in washington could affect grant money -- 	
SOT KIDS SAY PLEDGE		(sot kids saying pledge)
(in French)	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
and students from a local charter school demonstrate a way with words -- saying the pledge in french, chinese, russian and spanish.	
		during public comment a parent told the board their foreign language teachers -- from their native countries -- didn't have enough time  here -- to become certified.	
CUT SHOT BOARD 		finally -- 	
SOT DARLA STROUSE '65 @1STSLATE - NATIONAL TEACHER FINALIST!		(SOT darla strouse)
'She has been selected as one of the final four.'	
SOT DARLA STROUSE '65 @ 3RD MARKCG - DARLA STROUSE         EXEC. DIR., PARTNERSHIPS		(sot darla strouse)
'And as a very quick background, over the past seven years, we've had 3 finalists now...'	
SHOT OF RHONDA		(narrator track)
rhonda blankenship's a national teacher finalist!	
SOT DARLA STROUSE '65 @ 4TH(COVER BOTH W/VIDEO - SHEARER & KIM)		(sot darla strouse)
'Michele Shearer,  from Frederick County who is a chemistry teacher was the 2011 Teacher of the year and in 2006 Kim Oliver Burnham, who was a kindergarten teacher from Montgomery County...'	
BACK TO SHEARER W/THE PRESIDENT		(narrator track)
both shearer and oliver won national teacher of the year.	
SOT RHONDA BLANKENSHIP '67 @ MARKCG - RHONDA BLANKENSHIP         FINALIST, NATIONAL TEACHER OF THE YEAR		(sot rhonda blankenship)
'Dr. Devine has said from the beginning that I'm a winner no matter what, and that's given me the freedom to be myself.'	
RHONDA CUTS		(narrator track)
now blankenship travels to washington. 	
BACKTIME OR USE A CUT		and she's packing personality!	
NAT FULL '69 @ 1ST		(nat full)
'This is Mr. Teacher of the Year...' (laughter)	
SHOT OF KENNY- 2ND MARK SAME CLIP		(narrator track)
with husband kenny -- 	
		she's a winner right here -- teaching  english in cecil county.	
SOT RHONDA BLANKENSHIP '68 @ 1ST		(sot rhonda blankenship)
'Maryland is number one again in the country, because we emphasize the importance of standards, early foundations, and college and career readiness.'	
SOT RHONDA BLANKENSHIP '68 @ 2ND MARK(COVER BOTTOM PORTION WITH HER POSE & CITATION - THEN COME BACK TO HER NICE SMILE)		(sot rhonda blankenship)
'it's wonderful to -- as a teacher be so aligned with the values of my state -- I am honored to represent so many incredible teachers and students -- and I thank you for this validation because in validating me, you really do validate us all.'	
HOLDING VIDEO		(narrator track)
this has been news from the board, with msde tv.	
GRAPHIC - BULLETIN - BLACK		(music full & fade)