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Press releaseVerbal or numerical? How report cards change parents' views of their children's school skills

A new study by BiB shows that most parents overestimate their children's school skills. Written assessments in report cards have little effect on this, whereas grades have a stronger impact on parents.

Chapters in Edited BooksCombating Poverty of Children by Social Policy Strategies

Why are day care vouchers an effective and efficient instrument to combat child poverty in Germany?

Spieß, C. Katharina; Wagner, Gert G. (2003)

In: Krause, Peter; Bäcker, Gerhard; Hanesch, Walter (Eds.): Combating Poverty in Europe - The German Welfare Regime in Practise. Aldershot: Ashgate: 305–316