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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the HOPE is terrible and so subjective. GBRS was much more thorough and focused on academics and the teachers actually had to write about the child.

HOPE is just checking boxes and how can a teacher possibly know much in a class of 28 students. One of the category is ‘shows self awareness’. Seriously? How do you even assess that and what is self awareness in a 7 yr old? Another is “sensitive to larger issues of human concern”. Again what do you expect from a 7 yr old and how is a teacher monitoring this? [/quote]

I was also surprised to see these questions, and the ones in GBRS to me seemed more reasonable. And you are right, we are talking about 7 year olds, which is insane on its own.

Teacher's input is one of the most important parameters. Teachers know the whole class and have seen many second graders over their career, they observe day to day progress, and tbh they [i]know[/i] how our kids behave in class while we only know what our kids report to us.. Parents are naturally biased, tests don't paint the whole picture. But there is probably no way to make it 100% objective though.

Holistic it is :)

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