Sometimes, teachers are mislead by the performance of some students in the classroom either because they have a good and neat handwriting or because they have given correct answers. This impression can be false and the teacher may be deceived by the inaccurate evaluation of their students.
There is a wide range of relevant literature regarding your question. For example, you can look up literature regarding interpersonal expectations.
As you have rightly observed, false impressions are one of the realities of those involved in the teaching profession. That is why both formative and summative evaluations are important. In formative evaluation, the teachers evaluates the quality of learners' performance several times during the course. Alternatively, an other evaluation in the end of the program can further help teachers to make more realistic inferences about the learners' achievement of the expected outcomes.
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