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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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Chapters in Edited BooksDemographic and Health Development in the Long Run

Swiaczny, Frank (2015)

In: Glatzer, Wolfgang; Camfield, Laura; Møller, Valerie; Rojas, Mariano (Eds.): Global Handbook of Quality of Life. Exploration of Well-Being of Nations and Continents. International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life. Dordrecht: Springer: 15–43

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9178-6_2