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Abstract
Families originally living in public housing were assigned housing vouchers by lottery,
encouraging moves to neighborhoods with lower poverty rates. Although we had hypothesized
that reading and math test scores would be higher among children in families offered vouchers
(with larger effects among younger children), the results show no significant effects on test
scores for any age group among over 5000 children ages 6 to 20 in 2002 who were assessed four
to seven years after randomization. Program impacts on school environments were considerably
smaller than impacts on neighborhoods, suggesting that achievement-related benefits from
improved neighborhood environments are small.
Year of Publication
2004
Number
492
Date Published
08/2004
Publication Language
eng
Citation Key
8150
Sanbonmatsu, L., Kling, J., Duncan, G., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2004). Neighborhoods and Academic Achievement: Results From The Moving to Opportunity Experiment. Retrieved from http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp012801pg33b (Original work published August 2004)
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