FOLLOW-UP SURVEYS TO THE 2023-24 NTPS: 2024-25 Teacher Follow-Up Survey (TFS) and 2024-25 Principal Follow-Up

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
TFS PFS 2024-25 TFS Incentives Change Request Memo.docx Supplementary Document	2025-01-14
TFS PFS 2024-25 Incentives Change Request v13 Change Sheet.pdf Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	2025-01-14
Appendix A TFS PFS 2024-25 v13.docx Supplementary Document	2025-01-14
Part C TFS PFS 2024-25 v12 Final.docx Supplementary Document	2024-06-20
Part B TFS PFS 2024-25 v13.docx Supporting Statement B	2025-01-14
Part A TFS PFS 2024-25 v13.docx Supporting Statement A	2025-01-14

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
187414	FOLLOW-UP SURVEYS TO THE 2023-24 NTPS: 2024-25 Teacher Follow-Up Survey (TFS) and 2024-25 Principal Follow-Up Other-Survey	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1850-0617	ICR Reference No: 202501-1850-004
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202402-1850-004
Agency/Subagency: ED/IES	Agency Tracking No: ED-2024-SCC-0034
Title: FOLLOW-UP SURVEYS TO THE 2023-24 NTPS: 2024-25 Teacher Follow-Up Survey (TFS) and 2024-25 Principal Follow-Up
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 01/14/2025

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2027	06/30/2027
Responses	25,427	25,427
Time Burden (Hours)	3,868	3,868
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

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Abstract: 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).

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 20 USC 9573 Name of Law: Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 14815	02/29/2024
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 41422	05/13/2024
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
FOLLOW-UP SURVEYS TO THE 2023-24 NTPS: 2024-25 Teacher Follow-Up Survey (TFS) and 2024-25 Principal Follow-Up

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	25,427	25,427	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	3,868	3,868	0	0	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $5,987,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 01/14/2025

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