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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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Employment Rates and Attitudes Are Converging, Full-Time Employment Is Not

Barth, Denise; Jessen, Jonas; Spieß, C. Katharina; Wrohlich, Katharina (2020)

DIW Weekly Report 38: 403–410

DOI: 10.18723/diw_dwr:2020-38-1