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65 Post author: ThinkOfTheChildren 08 April 2013 09:29PM

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Comment author: CarlShulman 09 April 2013 08:38:08PM *  6 points [-]

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.