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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The trick to acing the HOPE is... *checks notes*... having your student consistently display in the classroom those behaviors which the HOPE scale measures (and excelling beyond grade level in the named content areas).[/quote]

If a 2nd grader "Is sensitive to larger or deeper issues of human concern", that's horrible. Being hypocritical at such young age? [/quote]

My child read an age appropriate book about Sacagawea in first or second grade. He told me that it was sad that the name that we all knew was not her real name but know one knew what her name was before she was taken from her family. That is an example of being sensitive to a larger or deeper issue while being age appropriate. He read a book about a historical figure and understood the importance of her name being changed and what it meant that we did not know her original name. The book was part of the ordinary people who changed the world series.

Second graders can see things happening in the world around them and show empathy. They can step up if a kid is calling another kid a name and say “that is not nice.” They can learn about people who struggled in social studies and understand their struggles and empathize with that.

They are not expecting a second grader to understand the conflict in the Ukraine or in Israel. [/quote]
Nice touching story. But how did the teacher hear what your 2nd grader said at home, to assign appropriate HOPE rating?

My 2nd grader worries lot about alot, including hungry kids in Africa. But there is no reliable mechanism to get that info to the teacher, so that she gets assigned Always rating on her HOPE form. [/quote]

[b]That’s what your parent questionnaire is for. No, it won’t impact HOPE rating,[/b] but you can convey that info to the committee that way. 
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What is the point of the HOPE rating if there's no way for a teacher to assess how a second-grade student thinks about broader issues, particularly regarding items like being "sensitive to larger or deeper issues of human concern"? If process relies on a parent questionnaire, wouldnt it always be biased, and render it ineffective. How can a public school implement such an impractical HOPE process to make such a significant decision about the level of education, Gen Ed or AAP,  a student should receive?
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