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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.

Miscellaneous PublicationsEffizienzanalysen frühkindlicher Bildungs- und Betreuungsangebote: Mehr differenzierte Analysen für Deutschland erforderlich

Schmitz, Sophia; Kröger, Antonia (2018)

DIW Roundup: Politik im Fokus 112. Berlin: DIW