FOLLOW-UP SURVEYS TO THE 2023-24 NTPS: 2024-25 Teacher Follow-Up Survey (TFS) and 2024-25 Principal Follow-Up
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
Approved with change
06/28/2024
06/12/2024
Approved consistent with the understanding that in the next revision/extension of the package, the agency will update this information collection to use the detailed race/ethnicity question (SPD 15, Figure 1, March 28, 2024) or the agency will justify in Supporting Statement A why it cannot use the detailed question. Additionally, the agency will update this information collectionâs race/ethnicity question to use the instruction of âMark all that apply,â instead of âMark (X) all that apply,â per the updated SPD 15 or the agency will justify in Supporting Statement A why it cannot use that question instruction.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
06/30/2027
36 Months From Approved
07/31/2024
25,427
0
25,688
3,868
0
5,136
0
0
0
This request is to conduct data collection for the two follow-up surveys to the 2023-24 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS) the 2024-25 Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS) and the 2024-25 Principal Follow-up Survey (PFS). The 2024-25 TFS is a one year follow-up of a subsample of teachers who responded to the 2023-24 NTPS, and the 2024-25 PFS is a one year follow-up of principals who responded to the 2023-24 NTPS. The TFS and PFS are conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), within the U.S. Department of Education (ED).
The 2024-25 TFS and 2024-25 PFS, like earlier TFS and PFS collections, will measure the one year attrition rates of teachers and principals, respectively, who leave the profession and will permit comparisons of stayers, movers, and leavers to fulfill the legislative mandate for NCES to report on the condition of education in the United States. Stayers are teachers or principals who remain in the same school between the NTPS year of data collection and the follow-up year. Movers are teachers or principals who stay in the profession but change schools between the NTPS year and the follow-up year. Leavers are NTPS respondents who leave the teaching or principal profession between the NTPS year and the follow-up year.
The 2024-25 TFS analysis file will include TFS data in addition to data collected in the 2023-24 NTPS on teacher characteristics, qualifications, perceptions of the school environment and the teaching profession, and a host of other topics. Prior TFS data have played an important role in improving the understanding of the conditions that affect the balance between teacher attrition and retention. The NTPS and TFS provide national data on turnover in the teacher workforce, including rates of attrition from teaching, sources and characteristics of newly hired teachers, and characteristics and destinations of leavers. These data help shift the debate from the issue of teacher quantity to teacher quality; that is, from a focus on teacher shortages measured only in terms of the number of teaching positions left vacant to the qualifications and years of experience of teachers who stay in the classroom versus those who leave the profession. The cross-sectional repeated design of the TFS allows the analysis of trends related to these topics.
The 2024-25 PFS analysis file will include PFS data in addition to data on principal characteristics, qualifications, and perceptions of the school environment from data collected in the 2023-24 NTPS. Together, the NTPS and PFS will provide national data on turnover in the principal workforce, including rates of attrition from principalship, sources and characteristics of newly hired principals, characteristics and destinations of leavers, and due to the cross-sectional repeated design of the PFS, analyses of trends related to these topics.
This clearance request is to conduct both 2024-25 NTPS follow-up surveys (TFS and PFS), including all recruitment and data collection activities. This request seeks authorization for the 2024-25 TFS and 2024-25 PFS under the TFS single OMB number (OMB# 1850-0617).
Following a 60-day public comment period, this submission will now undergo a 30-day public comment period. This submission includes Supporting Statement Part A (justification), Part B (collection of information employing statistical methods), and Part C (item justification); Appendix A (respondent contact materials) and Appendix B (questionnaires).
US Code:
20 USC 9573
Name of Law: Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002
This request shows consistent response burden for both the TFS and the PFS with the prior cycle of these surveys. The estimated burden hours for the 2021-22 TFS was 4,444 hours and is 3,677 for the 2024-25 TFS. The slight reduction in burden is due to a reduction in the estimated average response time for both schools and current (stayer and mover) teachers. The estimated burden hours for the 2021-22 PFS was 692 hours and is 660 for the 2024-25 PFS. The slight decrease in burden is due to an estimated lower response rate for the 2024-25 PFS based on the results of the 2021-22 PFS data collection. Survey length for both TFS and PFS remains unchanged from the previous administration. Finally, because both the TFS and PFS are follow-up studies to the NTPS, we are seeking continued use of OMB number 1850-0617 to represent both studies, independent of NTPSs OMB number 1850-0598.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
TFS PFS 1850-0617 v12 Response to 60D Comments.docx
2020-2021 TFS (Stayers and Movers)