Education Indicators

Mike Planty received his Ph.D. from the School of Public Affairs at American University. He is currently a statistician at the U.S. Department of Justice. Previously he served as the project director for the U.S. Department of Education's The Condition of Education project at NCES. He has been involved in the design and analysis of large-scale household and school-based surveys in the areas of education and criminal justice. His research interests have focused on the sociology of education in high schools, measurement of crime and victimization, and issues related to statistical literacy.

Selected publications:

The Condition of Education Project:

http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/

Planty, M., Hussar, W., Snyder, T., Kena, G., KewalRamani, A., Kemp, J., Bianco, K., and Dinkes, R. (2009). The Condition of Education 2009 (NCES 2009–081). U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC.

Provasnik, S. and Planty, M. (2008). Community Colleges (NCES 2008–033). U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC.

Planty, M., Provasnik, S. and Daniel, B. (2007). High School Coursetaking (NCES 2007–065). U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC.

Planty, M. and Carlson, D. (2010 working paper). The Ineffectiveness of High School Graduation Credit Requirement Reforms: A Story of Implementation and Enforcement?

Planty, M., Bozick, R., and Regnier, M. (2006). Helping Because You Have To or Helping Because You Want To?  Sustaining Participation in Service Work From Adolescence Through Young Adulthood. Youth & Society Vol. 38(2): 177-202.

Planty, M., Bozick, R., and Ingels, S.J. (2006). Academic Pathways, Preparation, and Performance—A Descriptive Overview of the Transcripts from the High School Graduating Class of 2003–04 (NCES 2007–316). U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC.

Bozick, R., Lyttle, T., Siegel, P.H., Ingels, S.J., Rogers, J.E., Lauff, E., and Planty, M. (2006). Education Longitudinal Study of 2002: First Follow-up Transcript Component Data File Documentation (NCES 2006–338). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

Cahalan, M.W., Ingels, S.J., Planty, M., Burns, L.J., and Daniels, B. (2006). United States High School Sophomores: A Twenty-Two Year Comparison, 1980–2002. U.S. Department of Education.  Washington, DC:  National Center for Education Statistics.

Planty, M., DeVoe, J. and Rainville, G. (2005).  An Examination of the Conditions of School Facilities Attended by Tenth-Grade Students in 2002.  National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC.

Ingels, S.J., Planty, M., and Bozick, R. (2005). A Profile of the American High School Senior in 2004: A First Look—Initial Results From the First Follow-up of the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002). U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Planty, M., Carlson, D., Thompson, J. and Scott, L. (2005).  What is the Status of High School Athletes 8 Years After Their Senior Year?  Statistics in Brief, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC.

Planty, M. and Regnier, M (2003).  Volunteering Patterns Among Young Adults. Statistics in Brief, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC.

DeVoe, J., Peter, K., Kaufman, P., Ruddy, S., Miller, A., Planty, M., Snyder, T., Duhart, D. and Rand, M. (2002).  Indicators of School Crime & Safety, 2002. U.S. Departments of Education and Justice, NCES-2002-064, Washington, DC.

Deven Carlson is a Ph.D. candidate in political science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is a graduate fellow in the Interdisciplinary Training Program in Education Sciences and a graduate affiliate of the Institute for Research on Poverty. His research interests include education policy, housing policy, policy evaluation, and political participation.