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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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Schneider, Norbert F.; Rüger, Heiko; Ruppenthal, Silvia (2016)

In: Niephaus, Yasemin; Kreyenfeld, Michaela; Sackmann, Reinhold (Eds.): Handbuch Bevölkerungssoziologie. Wiesbaden: Springer VS: 501–525

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-04255-4_24-1