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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 BooksEducation as a Keystone of Integration of Immigrants: Determinants of School Attainment of Immigrant Children in West Germany

Wagner, Gert G.; Büchel, Felix; Haisken-De New, John P.; Spieß, C. Katharina (1998)

In: Kurthen, Hermann; Fijalkowski, Jürgen; Wagner, Gert G. (Eds.): Immigration, Citizenship, and the Welfare State in Germany and the United States: Immigrant Incorporation. Standfort, London: JAI Press: 35–46