2017–18 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS 2017-18)

National Teacher and Principal Survey

of 2017-2018 (NTPS 2017-18)

Appendix C

NTPS Portal Website Including Online Screener and Teacher Listing Form (TLF)

National Center for Education Statistics

U.S. Department of Education

revised May 2017

The NTPS Portal is a web-based interface, the purpose of which is to allow schools to:

• Complete a screener survey, which collects basic information about the school, confirms the eligibility of the school in the NTPS, and establishes a point of contact at the school (a “survey coordinator”) for subsequent NTPS data collection operations;

• Submit their Teacher Listing Form (TLF) electronically;

• Check the status of each questionnaire assigned to the school;

• Request replacement questionnaires; and

• Access a resource center to learn additional information about NTPS and get ideas for how to encourage participation within the school.

A screenshot of the study homepage and several other pages in the website are provided here as examples.

An OMB package has been submitted for usability testing of the portal; a subsequent change request will be submitted upon completion of the testing, if any revisions to the portal are made.

NTPS Respondent Portal – General

Item: Login

Item: Pin

Item: Recovery

Item: New PIN

Item: Main Menu

Item: Resources

Item: Encourage Participation

The crossed out language below reflects the changes that will be made to the text shown in the screenshot above:

Revised wording for Sample 3:

You have a story to tell—about how you became a teacher, about the subjects you teach, about your kids, about how you feel about this school and teaching as a profession. The NTPS is a way for you to share your story with those who make decisions that affect us all. Remember, too, that your responses are confidential and your identity will never be disclosed (unless required by law). Remember, your responses are not visible to anyone at the school and your name will not be published in study reports. The results will only be published as summary statistics. Please take a few moments today to fill out the NTPS.

Revised wording for Sample 4:

I’ve written before to ask you to lend your voice to those of other teachers who are filling out the NTPS to make sure that decision makers know what you think when they make policies about education. I wanted to make sure that you know that time is running out for you to take the survey and be heard in those discussions. If you will, please find some time within the next day or two to fill out the NTPS. I think it’s important for all of us.

Revised wording for Sample 5:

It’s been really busy around here recently and I know that you’ve been busy too. I wanted to remind you, though-- your chance to fill out the NTPS is almost over. After the survey period ends, you won’t be able to add your voice to the thousands of other teachers who are participating in this important survey. It will only an hour or so take 40 minutes of your time and will provide really valuable information to decision makers about your views on education. They can only make good decisions with good information. Won’t Will you help by filling out the survey today?

Item: Spotlight on Data

Item: Spotlight #1 - How well prepared and supported are new teachers?

Table View:

Item: Spotlight #2 - Have teachers’ view of their autonomy in the classroom changed over time?

Table View:

Item: Spotlight #3 - What is the average salary of a beginning principal?

Table View:

Item: FAQs

Revision to “Will my school’s and individual staff members’ data remain confidential?”:

Please be assured that both the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Census Bureau follow strict procedures to protect the confidentiality of study participants. All information you provide may only be used for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose except as required by law [Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA 2002), 20 U.S.C., §9573]. All of the provided information may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose except as required by law (20 U.S.C. §9573 and 6 U.S.C. §151).Your participation is voluntary, but your responses are necessary to make the results of this study accurate and timely.

Revision to “Who authorizes this study?”:

The U.S. Census Bureau will conduct this survey for NCES as authorized by the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, 20 U.S. Code §9541(b) and §9543(a). The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), part of the U.S. Department of Education, is authorized to conduct NTPS by the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA 2002, 20 U.S.C. §9543). The data are being collected for NCES by the U.S. Census Bureau. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved this survey. The OMB control number is 1850-0598 and the approval expiration date is 06/30/2020.

Item: Endorsers

Item: Request Questionnaire

Item: Accessibility

Census is currently working with its policy office to see whether NTPS can get a waiver to create an NTPS instrument page that only displays the Accessibility information as shown in the mocked-up screenshot above. This is pending a final decision from Census policy. This appendix will be updated to reflect the final Accessibility page once a final decision is made by Census.

Currently the link (“accessibility web pages”) brings the user to:

https://www.census.gov/about/policies/privacy/privacy-policy.html#par_textimage_1

The user sees this:

If the user scrolls, the full content of the page appears as follows:

Item: Security

Item: Contact Us

NTPS Respondent Portal – Screener Survey

Screener Interview Page 1: Verify Name and Physical Address

All respondents receive this screen.

Note: School name and address fields are pre-filled with the sampled school’s information.

Skip pattern:

If respondent answers “Yes”, then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 3 (Survey Coordinator Contact Information).

If respondent answers “No”, then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 2 (Verify Mailing Address).

Screener Interview Page 2: Verify Mailing Address

A respondent accesses this page only if (s)he selected “No” (the address provided is not also the mailing address) on Screener Interview Page 1.

Note: Address fields are pre-filled with the sampled school’s information.

Skip pattern:

Respondent is directed to Screener Interview Page 3 (Survey Coordinator Contact Information).

Screener Interview Page 3: Survey Coordinator Contact Information

All respondents receive this screen.

Note: Name and e-mail are required fields; the respondent cannot advance to the next instrument screen without entering information into both of these fields.

Skip pattern:

Respondent is directed to Screener Interview Page 4 (Verify School Type).

Screener Interview Page 4: Verify School Type

All respondents receive this screen.

Note: [SCHOOL NAME] and [SCHOOL TYPE] are pre-filled with the sampled school’s information. If the respondent changed the school name on Screener Interview Page 1, the change will be reflected on this page (Screener Interview Page 4).

Skip pattern:

If respondent answers “Yes”, then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 13 (End of Interview).

If respondent answers “No”, then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 5 (School Type).

Screener Interview Page 5: School Type

A respondent accesses this page only if (s)he marked “No” (indicating that the school type on file is not correct) on Screener Interview Page 4.

Note: [SCHOOL NAME] are pre-filled with the sampled school’s information. If the respondent changed the school name on Screener Interview Page 1, the change will be reflected on this page (Screener Interview Page 5).

The respondent can choose only one school type option on this page. The purpose of this question is to confirm whether schools are eligible (in scope) for NTPS. The purpose of this question is to confirm whether schools are eligible (in scope) for NTPS.

Skip pattern:

If school type is expected to be PUBLIC and respondent chooses:

• “Public School, Bureau of Indian Education School, or Web Based or Virtual School”, then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 7 (Grade Range).

• “Charter School”, then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 6 (Charter School).

• “Private School or Home School“, then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 12 (Out of Scope).

If school type is expected to be PRIVATE and respondent chooses:

• “Private School or Web Based or Virtual School”, then then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 7 (Grade Range).

• “Charter”, then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 6 (Charter School).

• “Public School, Home School, or Bureau of Indian Education“, then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 12 (Out of Scope).

If school type is expected to be CHARTER and respondent chooses:

• “Public School, Web Based or Virtual School, or Bureau of Indian Education School”, then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 7 (Grade Range).

• “Charter”, then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 6 (Charter School).

• “Private School or Home School”, then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 12 (Out of Scope).

If school type is expected to be BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION (SCHTYPE = 6) and respondent chooses:

• “Bureau of Indian Education School, Public School, or Web Based or Virtual School”, then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 7 (Grade Range).

• “Charter”, then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 6 (Charter School).

• “Private School or Home School”, then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 12 (Out of Scope).

Screener Interview Page 6: Charter School

A respondent accesses this page only if he or she selected “Charter School” as the school type on Screener Interview Page 5.

Skip pattern:

If school type is expected to be PUBLIC, CHARTER, or BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION and respondent chooses “Yes” then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 7 (Grade Range).

If school type is expected to be PRIVATE and respondent chooses “Yes”, then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 12 (Out of Scope).

If respondent chooses “No”, then (s)he is directed back to Screener Interview Page 5 (School Type).

Screener Interview Page 7: Grade Range

All respondents receive this screen.

Notes: Low grade [LG] and high grade [HG] are pre-filled with the sampled school’s information.

The second and third questions on this page remain grayed-out unless the respondent selects “No” indicating that the grade range on file is incorrect.

The dropdown selections for lowest and highest grades offered at the school include the following: Daycare, Prekindergarten, Kindergarten, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, and Ungraded.

Skip pattern:

If the respondent indicated that the grades on file are correct by marking “Yes” to the first question, then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 13 (End of Interview).

If the respondent indicates that the grades on file are incorrect by marking “No” to the first question and indicates that the lowest grade offered is Ungraded, Daycare, Prekindergarten, or Kindergarten and the highest grade offered is Ungraded on the second question, then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 8 (Ungraded School). The following response combinations would trigger a skip to Screener Interview Page 8 (Ungraded School):

Low: Ungraded High: Ungraded

Low: Daycare High: Ungraded

Low: PK High: Ungraded

Low: K                High: Ungraded

If the respondent indicates that the grades on file are incorrect by marking “No” to the first question indicates that the lowest grade offered is Ungraded, Daycare, Prekindergarten, or Kindergarten and the highest grade offered is Daycare, Prekindergaten, or Kindergarten on the second question, then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 9 (Other Grades).

Otherwise, if the respondent indicates that the grade range differs by more than 2 grades than what is expected, then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 10 (Separate School). This includes the scenario where a respondent enters Ungraded for low grade and a high grade that differs by more than 2 grades that what was expected OR if the respondent enters a low grade that differs by more than 2 grades than what was expected and a high grade of Ungraded.

Screener Interview Page 8: Ungraded School

A respondent accesses this page only if (s)he indicated that the grades on file are incorrect by marking “No” to the first question on Screener Interview Page 7 and indicated that the lowest grade offered is Ungraded, Daycare, Prekindergarten, or Kindergarten and the highest grade offered is Ungraded on the second question on Screener Interview Page 7. The following response combinations would trigger this page:

Low: Ungraded; High: Ungraded

Low: Daycare;    High: Ungraded

Low: PK;              High: Ungraded

Low: K;                High: Ungraded

In this instance, the respondent selected grades that make it seem like the school is ungraded only and does not offer any of grades 1 through 12. The NTPS Portal is developed to weed out schools that do not offer any of grades 1-12 (is all ungraded or early childhood only); these are out of scope for the NTPS.

Skip pattern:

If the respondent chooses “Yes”, then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 13 (End of Interview).

If the respondent chooses any of the “No” responses, then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 12 (Out of Scope).

Screener Interview Page 9: Other Grades

A respondent accesses this page only if (s)he indicated that the grades on file are incorrect by marking “No” to the first question on Screener Interview Page 7 and indicated that the lowest grade offered is Ungraded, Daycare, Prekindergarten, or Kindergarten and the highest grade offered is Daycare, Prekindergaten, or Kindergarten on the second question on Screener Interview Page 7. In this instance, the respondent selected grades that make it seem like the school is early childhood only and does not offer any of grades 1 through 12.

Skip pattern:

If the respondent chooses “Yes”, then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 13 (End of Interview).

If the respondent chooses any of the “No” responses, then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 12 (Out of Scope).

Screener Interview Page 10: Separate School

A respondent accesses this page only if (s)he indicated that the grades on file are incorrect by marking “No” to the first question on Screener Interview Page 7 and indicated that the school offers in-scope grades (at least one of 1-12) that are significantly different (by two grades or more) from the expected grades.

Skip pattern:

If the respondent chooses “Yes”, then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 11 (Separate School Information).

If the respondent chooses “No”, then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 13 (End of Interview).

Screener Interview Page 11: Separate School Information

A respondent accesses this page only if (s)he selected “Yes” on Screener Interview Page 10 (that the other grades are offered at a separate school).

The dropdown selections for lowest and highest grades offered at the school include the following: Daycare, Prekindergarten, Kindergarten, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, and Ungraded.

Skip pattern:

If the respondent chooses “Submit”, then (s)he is directed to Screener Interview Page 13 (End of Interview).

If the respondent chooses “Previous”, then (s)he is directed back to Screener Interview Page 10 (Separate School).

Screener Interview Page 12: Out of Scope

Respondent only accesses this page if the answers to the questions on Screener Interview Pages 5 (school type) or 8 (ungraded school) indicate that the school is out of scope for NTPS.

Screener Interview Page 13: End of Screener Interview

Respondent accesses this page if he or she completed the interview successfully (was not out of scope).

NTPS Respondent Portal – Teacher Listing Form (TLF)

TLF Page: TLF Instructions

TLF Page: TLF Teacher Compare

The second question on this page remains grayed-out unless the respondent selects “No” indicating that the teacher range on file is incorrect.

TLF Page: Provide a TLF

TLF Page: File Upload

When the respondent clicks “Click here to read TLF instructions”, (s)he is directed to:

When the respondent clicks “Click here to Download the Excel Template”, the Excel template is as follows:

TLF Page: Data Entry

As teachers are added, a table containing teacher information is built at the bottom of the screen:

TLF Page: TLF Contact

TLF Page: Thank You

Note: If the respondent clicks on "here" in the sentence "Click here to logout of the NTPS Respondent Portal", (s)he is logged out of the instrument and taken back to the NTPS Portal login page.