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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.

Peer-Reviewed Articles in Scientific JournalsThe Early childhood education and care quality in the Socio-Economic Panel

SOEP-ECEC Quality Study

Spieß, C. Katharina; Schober, Pia S.; Stahl, Juliane F. (2020)

Journal of Economics and Statistics 240(1): 111–120

DOI: 10.1515/jbnst-2018-0001