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Autor/inn/en | Leventhal, Tama; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne |
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Titel | A Randomized Study of Neighborhood Effects on Low-Income Children's Educational Outcomes. |
Quelle | In: Developmental Psychology, 40 (2004) 4, S.488-507 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0012-1649 |
Schlagwörter | Program Effectiveness; High Risk Students; Adolescents; School Safety; Neighborhoods; Minority Group Children; Gender Differences; Grade Repetition; Poverty; Academic Achievement; Suspension |
Abstract | Experimental data from the Moving to Opportunity for Fair Housing Demonstration were used to examine (a) if moving from high- to low-poverty neighborhoods (via randomization) was associated with low-income minority children's achievement, grade retention, and suspensions/expulsions; (b) if moving minimized gender differences in these outcomes; and (c) potential mediators of observed program effects. Data on school-age children (mean age = 11.79 years, SD = 3.26) were obtained from standardized assessments and parent and adolescent interviews during the New York City site's 3-year follow-up evaluation (N = 588). Moving to low-poverty neighborhoods had positive effects on 11-18-year-old boys' achievement scores compared with those of their peers in high-poverty neighborhoods. These male adolescents' scores were comparable to females' scores, whereas male adolescents in high-poverty neighborhoods scored 10 points lower than female peers. Homework time and school safety partially accounted for program effects. From a policy perspective, the program benefited disadvantaged male adolescents at high risk for dropping out of school. (Author). |
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Update | 2017/4/10 |