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I wonder if the teachers making the predictions were the same ones who then taught the students, and examined them to determine the outcome.
Here's a review of the literature on teacher self-fulfilling prophecies from Lee Jussim, who is skeptical but finds that they occur and are of nontrivial magnitude, moreso for grades vs standardized tests, although they dissipate quickly and teacher judgments are more driven by accuracy than stereotypes in the aggregate.