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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are a teacher that fills these HOPE worksheets, can you provide practical examples on what you noticed that caused you to assign a "Always" or "Almost Always" rating for one or more of these attributes:
(please provide practical examples what the student did in the classroom or said/asked the teacher )
Academic:
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1) Performs or shows potential for performing at remarkably high levels.
6) Is eager to explore new concepts.
7) Exhibits intellectual intensity.
9) Uses alternative approaches or processes.
10) Thinks "outside the box.”
11) Has intense interests.

Social:
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2) Is sensitive to larger or deeper issues of human concern.
3) Is self-aware.
4) Shows compassion for others.
5) Is a leader within their group of peers.
8) Effectively interacts with adults or older students.
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https://davis.agendaonline.net/public/Meeting/Attachments/DisplayAttachment.aspx?AttachmentID=238383&IsArchive=0

Items 1, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 are Academic. Items 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 are Social. Academic subscore and Social subscore are compiled by student group - based on ethnicity, income group, etc.? Students are not compared as whole but within the subgroup they belong to? Is this how it works? 
Is there a link to the entire HOPE administration manual?

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How does FCPS obtain parents income data?
And grouping by ethnicity? isn't this legally risky?[/quote]

It says "compare those from low-income families to .... low-income families".  Likely from the reduced/free lunch application.

I think the way is questionable. "For example, when rating your students, try to compare those from low-income families to other children from low-income families, children from specific cultural groups to other children from the same cultural group, girls to girls, etc."

The instruction suggest comparing Asian students against other Asian students, so a Latino "Always" turns into an Asian "often"?   The effect would be establishing certain gender or culture group "bias" that disfavors certain groups esp. those Asian groups might have a small sample size?

I am not fan of the crazy TJ lawsuit parent group but this instruction seems to imply such bias is baked into the evaluation. [/quote]
The core concept behind HOPE appears to be to promote equity and diversity in advanced academic programs (aka giftedness and talented), by applying different yard sticks to different demographic groups. When FCPS compares current representation with their predetermined diversity chart, Asian Americans are glaringly over-represented in AAP, and HOPE gives hope to balance their representation by creating competition within their ethnic group of students?[/quote]

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