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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.

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Anger, Silke et al. (2008)

In: Headey, Bruce; Holst, Elke (Eds.): A Quarter Century of Change: Results from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Berlin: 114–119