Urban Poverty and Educational Outcomes

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School Vouchers and Academic Performance: Results from Three Randomized Field Trials (2002, methodology): “In a related study, Ludwig, Ladd, and Duncan (2001) examined the effect of the MTO housing voucher program on student achievement.”
EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF NEIGHBORHOOD EFFECTS ON YOUTH (2004, background): “…work based on about 350 Baltimore children ages 5-12 found large changes in neighborhood circumstances for the experimental group relative to the control group and positive effects on reading and math test scores over the first four years after random assignment (Ludwig, Ladd, and Duncan, 2001).”
Close Neighbours Matter: Neighbourhood Effects on Early Performance at School (2006, unknown): “…of housing mobility programmes where some low income inner-city families are given assistance in moving to less segregated, randomly selected locations (Jacob, 2004; Leventhal and Brooks-Gunn, 2004; Kling et al., forthcoming; Ludwig et al., 2001; Rosembaum, 1995; Sanbonmatsu et al., forthcoming).”
Does Moving to Better Neighborhoods Lead to Better Schooling Opportunities? Parental School Choice in an Experimental Housing Voucher Program (2010, background): “Early research on the MTO program had shown that the moves to less poor neighborhoods led to improvements in children’s test scores and school behaviors (Ludwig, Ladd, and Duncan 2001).”