starting with rochelle collins. 7th grade humanity teacher here at jefferson acad pli. natalie gordon, principal here at jefferson. we have a stem special education teacher from manhattan, new york. megan dunn, first grade teacher and coach at tugman elementary in d.c. and again, i'm so excited to be here. way want to have a very open, honest and candne candid dialog. these topics impact our teaching everyday. i want to start the conversation with meagan. i apologize, she lost her voice. it is already the beginning of theier and she's just so excited that she lost her voice a bit. so we will do our best to make sure you can hear her clearly. you heard the secretary acknowledge there is a great deal of progress played. i will turn a little for you. also change is hard and there are changes coming from the field in terms of testing and evaluation. what are you seeing teachers being excited about? what are you also seeing them have concerns or worry about as we make the transition to new standard and new assessments? >> thank you for your patience with my voice. i just sta