Change Memo
TFS PFS 2024-25 TFS Incentives Change Request Memo.docx
FOLLOW-UP SURVEYS TO THE 2023-24 NTPS: 2024-25 Teacher Follow-Up Survey (TFS) and 2024-25 Principal Follow-Up
Change Memo
OMB: 1850-0617
Memorandum United States Department of Education
Institute of Education Sciences
National Center for Education Statistics
DATE: January 13, 2025
TO: Bev Pratt, OMB
THROUGH: Carrie Clarady, NCES
FROM: Julia Merlin, NCES
SUBJECT: 2024-25 TFS Incentives Change Request (OMB# 1850-0617 v.13)
The Teacher Follow-Up Survey (TFS) is a follow-up survey of public and private elementary and secondary school teachers who participated in the National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS) during the previous school year. The purpose of the survey is to determine how many teachers remained at the same school, moved to another school, or left the profession. It was last fielded in 2021-22, after the 2020-21 NTPS. Historically, the TFS has also been conducted the school year following the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), the predecessor survey to the NTPS. Redesigned from the SASS with a focus on flexibility, timeliness, and integration with other ED data, the NTPS system allows for school, principal, and teacher characteristics to be analyzed in relation to one another. The major objectives of the TFS are to measure the attrition rate for teachers; examine the characteristics of teachers who stayed in the profession and those who changed professions or retired and obtain activity or occupational data for those who left the position of a K-12 teacher.
The TFS/PFS main study was approved in June 2024 (OMB# 1850-0617 v.12). The NTPS 2023-24 preliminary activities were approved in December 2022 (OMB# 1850-0598 v.41-42). OMB approved the main study for 2023-24 in June 2023 (OMB# 1850-0598 v.43), with a change request (v.44) approved in January 2024, a 30D revision (v.45) approved in April 2024, and change requests approved in April 2024 (v.46) and June 2024 (v.47).
In the main study OMB package (OMB# 1850-0617 v.12), we included the line “Details about the contingency incentive will be provided in a future change request to this package if executed” on page 12 of Part B. NCES wanted to consult the results of the 2023-24 NTPS experiments before making final decisions regarding TFS incentive. NCES is proposing, if the contingency incentive is executed, to offer eligible teachers a promised $10 digital incentive otherwise known as an e-gift card contingent on response to their TFS.
All
changes in the attached materials are shown in full in the pages to
follow, where new text is indicated in red
and deleted text is
indicated in red
strikethrough.
This requested change does not affect the approved total cost to the
federal government for conducting this study nor the estimated
respondent burden.
Changes to Part A
(Pages 9-10) A.9 Provision of Payments or Gifts to Respondents
In addition, NCES seeks
approval to potentially provide
offer an
additional monetary incentive to
nonresponding teachers in an effort as
a contingency plan
to combat low
teacher
response in
at-risk subdomains of interest
from
teachers.
The
contingency plan would be executed for teachers in low responding
subdomains, based on joint decisions The
decision to offer this additional incentive will be made jointly
by NCES and Census based on close monitoring of data collection
status and response rates by subdomains of interest. If
executed, the
additional incentive, a promised digital e-gift card ($10), would be
offered to nonresponding teachers starting in mid-April 2025, at the
time of This
incentive would be a monetary incentive sent directly to the teacher
alongside
the fourth
mailed package. Once
a completed TFS is received by Census, the digital incentive would be
sent directly to the responding teacher by email. Further
details about the use of incentives are provided in section B.3.3 of
Supporting Statement Part B.
Changes to Part B
(Page 12) B.3.3 Offering a cash
monetary incentive to current and former
teachers
During
week 11 of TFS Main Contact Operations (3/19/2025), Census and NCES
will jointly evaluate the response rates for the TFS-2 (former
teachers) and TFS-3 (current teachers) and determine whether a
contingency incentive is needed an
additional monetary incentive
should
be offered to nonresponding teachers. Specifically,
if the TFS-2 response rate is less than 58%, nonresponding
former teachers will be eligible to receive the additional incentive
those
teachers will be eligible to receive a contingency incentive. If
the TFS-3 response rate is less than 64.5%, nonresponding
current teachers will be eligible to receive the additional incentive
those teachers will be eligible to receive a contingency incentive.
Depending
on whether response rates are struggling overall or only for certain
types of schools, the contingency plan may be exercised for teachers
in all types of schools or only teachers sampled from schools with
particular characteristics.
Response rates will be evaluated both overall and by subdomain, for
example, by school characteristic. Depending on whether response
rates are problematic overall or only for certain subdomains, the
additional incentive may be offered to all nonresponding teachers or
to nonresponding teachers in select subdomain(s). Details
about the contingency incentive will be provided in a future change
request to this package if executed.
If executed, eligible teachers will be offered a promised $10 digital incentive, contingent on response to their TFS. It will be offered starting in mid-April at the time of the fourth mailout and in all contacts thereafter until the end of TFS data collection. The $10 digital incentive, an e-gift card, will be delivered to responding teachers by email upon Census’ receipt of their completed TFS, either via the TFS web instrument or paper questionnaire. The email will be sent to the email address entered by the respondent in the contact information section of the completed TFS questionnaire. It will thank respondents for their participation in the TFS and will include a personal URL to redeem the $10 e-gift card by selecting from a list of participating retailers.
Changes to Appendix A
(Pages 25-28) Updated contact materials table to reflect new emails
Contact Materials for TFS and PFS 2021-22
Teacher and Principal Letters and E-mails Summary Table
(page 55) Third Teacher Email (without Incentive)
TFS-19E1
Subject: The U.S Department of Education needs your opinion!
Body:
Dear <Teacher Name>,
Last month, we sent you an invitation to complete the Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS), a follow-up study to the 2023–24 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS). We are interested in learning about any changes in your career since last school year. Data collected from this important survey help researchers and policymakers better understand what affects teacher retention and attrition, as well as the teaching profession more generally. It's important that decision-makers hear from educators themselves, and this is an opportunity for your voice to be heard, whether you've left the profession or are still a teacher.
For example, from the 2021–22 TFS we learned:
About 34.6 percent of teachers who left the profession between the 2020–21 and 2021–22 school years said that an increase in salary would be “very or extremely important” in influencing their decision to return to the position of a K–12 teacher.
As you know, many teachers work another job during the school year to earn additional income. About STAT1 percent of TYPE school teachers who left the profession, STAT2 percent of teachers who changed schools but stayed in the classroom, and STAT3 percent of teachers who stayed at the same school between the 2020–21 and 2021–22 school years worked a second job outside of the school system during the 2020–21 school year.
We need your help to continue to provide policymakers with relevant and reliable teacher data!
If you have already completed the survey, thank you, and please disregard this email. If you have not had the opportunity to complete the survey yet, we encourage you to participate.
Click here to complete the Teacher Follow-up Survey.
Log in using this user ID: <USER ID>
For more information about the NTPS and TFS, and to read reports from previous surveys, please visit our website at: https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps.
If you have any questions about the survey, please contact the U.S. Census Bureau at 1–888–595–1338 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday, or between 11:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Saturday and Sunday. You can also contact the U.S. Census Bureau via email at: [email protected].
Thank you in advance for your participation.
Sincerely,
U.S. Census Bureau, on behalf of the
U.S. Department of Education
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
1-888-595-1338 | [email protected] | https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps
(page 56) Third Teacher Email (with Incentive)
TFS-19E1(I)
Subject: The U.S Department of Education needs your opinion!
Body:
Dear <Teacher Name>,
Last month, we sent you an invitation to complete the Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS) online along with $10 to thank you for participating. The TFS is a follow-up study to the 2023–24 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS). We are interested in learning about any changes in your career since last school year. Data collected from this important survey help researchers and policymakers better understand what affects teacher retention and attrition, as well as the teaching profession more generally. It's important that decision-makers hear from educators themselves, and this is an opportunity for your voice to be heard, whether you've left the profession or are still a teacher.
For example, from the 2021–22 TFS we learned:
About 34.6 percent of teachers who left the profession between the 2020–21 and 2021–22 school years said that an increase in salary would be “very or extremely important” in influencing their decision to return to the position of a K–12 teacher.
As you know, many teachers work another job during the school year to earn additional income. About STAT1 percent of TYPE school teachers who left the profession, STAT2 percent of teachers who changed schools but stayed in the classroom, and STAT3 percent of teachers who stayed at the same school between the 2020–21 and 2021–22 school years worked a second job outside of the school system during the 2020–21 school year.
We need your help to continue to provide policymakers relevant and reliable teacher data!
If you have already completed the survey, thank you, and please disregard this email. If you have not had the opportunity to complete the survey yet, we encourage you to participate.
Click here to complete the Teacher Follow-up Survey.
Log in using this user ID: <USER ID>
For more information about the NTPS and TFS, and to read reports from previous surveys, please visit our website at: https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps.
If you have any questions about the survey, please contact the U.S. Census Bureau at 1–888–595–1338 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday, or between 11:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Saturday and Sunday. You can also contact the U.S. Census Bureau via email at: [email protected].
Thank you in advance for your participation.
Sincerely,
Teacher Follow-up Survey Team
U.S. Census Bureau, on behalf of the
U.S. Department of Education
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
1-888-595-1338 | [email protected] | https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps
(page 57) Third Teacher Email (Early Mover/Leaver Non-Responders)
TFS-19E2
Subject: The U.S Department of Education still needs your opinion!
Body:
Dear <Teacher Name>,
Last fall, we invited you to complete the Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS) and tell us about any changes in your career since the 2023–24 school year. The TFS is a follow-up study to the 2023–24 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS) and focuses on understanding how personal life and work experiences impact career-related decisions. Data collected from this important survey not only help researchers and policymakers better understand what affects teacher retention and attrition, but also the teaching profession more generally. It's important that decision-makers hear from educators themselves, and this is an opportunity for your voice to be heard, whether you've left the profession or are still a teacher.
For example, from the 2021–22 TFS we learned:
About 34.6 percent of teachers who left the profession between the 2020–21 and 2021–22 school years said that an increase in salary would be “very or extremely important” in influencing their decision to return to the position of a K–12 teacher.
As you know, many teachers work another job during the school year to earn additional income. About STAT1 percent of TYPE school teachers who left the profession and STAT2 percent of teachers who changed schools but stayed in the classroom between the 2020–21 and 2021–22 school years worked a second job outside of the school system during the 2020–21 school year.
We still need your response! Please help us continue to provide policymakers with relevant and reliable teacher data. This survey will only take about 20 minutes to complete.
Click here to complete the Teacher Follow-up Survey.
Log in using this user ID: <USER ID>
In the coming weeks, you will also receive a letter inviting your participation in the TFS along with $10 as a token of our appreciation for your time.
For more information about the NTPS and TFS, and to read reports from previous surveys, please visit our website at: https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps.
If you have any questions about the survey, please contact the U.S. Census Bureau at 1–888–595–1338 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday, or between 11:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Saturday and Sunday. You can also contact the U.S. Census Bureau via email at: [email protected].
Thank you in advance for your participation.
Sincerely,
Teacher Follow-up Survey Team
U.S. Census Bureau, on behalf of the
U.S. Department of Education
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
1-888-595-1338 | [email protected] | https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps
(Page 67) Sixth Teacher Email (Sampled Teacher Non-Responders)
Subject: Let the U.S. Department of Education know what you think: Take our survey today
Body:
Dear <Teacher Name>,
Over the past few months, we have sent you invitations to complete your Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS) online. In addition, we recently mailed you a paper version of the TFS. The TFS is a follow-up study to the 2023–24 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS). We need your help to continue to provide critical decision-makers with an accurate view of the teaching profession in schools across the country. Policymakers at the state, federal, and local levels use these data to set education policy and improve teacher working conditions. This is your chance to voice your opinion!
If you have recently completed the survey, thank you! If not, please complete the questionnaire we mailed to you and return it to us in the postage-paid envelope. Alternatively, you may complete your survey online using the following login information.
Click here to complete the Teacher Follow-up Survey.
Log in using this user ID: <USER ID>
Please be assured that your responses to the survey will not be shared with anyone at your school.
For more information about the NTPS and TFS, and to read reports from previous surveys, please visit our website at: https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps.
If you have any questions about the survey, please contact the U.S. Census Bureau at 1–888–595–1338 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday, or between 11:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Saturday and Sunday. You can also contact the U.S. Census Bureau via email at: [email protected].
Thank you for your contribution to this important survey.
Sincerely,
Teacher Follow-up Survey Team
U.S. Census Bureau, on behalf of the
U.S. Department of Education
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
1-888-595-1338 | [email protected] | https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps
(Page 68) Sixth Teacher Email (Sampled Teacher Non-Responders with Incentive Text)
TFS-22E1(I)
Subject: Let the U.S. Department of Education know what you think: Take our survey today
Body:
Dear <Teacher Name>,
Over the past few months, we have sent you invitations to complete your Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS) online. In addition, we recently mailed you a paper version of the TFS. The TFS is a follow-up study to the 2023–24 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS). We need your help to continue to provide critical decision-makers with an accurate view of the teaching profession in schools across the country. Policymakers at the state, federal, and local levels use these data to set education policy and improve teacher working conditions. This is your chance to voice your opinion!
If you have recently completed the survey, thank you! If not, please complete the questionnaire we mailed to you and return it to us in the postage-paid envelope. Alternatively, you may complete your survey online using the following login information.
Click here to complete the Teacher Follow-up Survey.
Log in using this user ID: <USER ID>
After you complete your survey, we will email you a $10 digital gift card as a token of our appreciation. The gift card will be sent to the email address that you provide at the end of the survey and can be redeemed at a retailer of your choice.
Please be assured that your responses to the survey will not be shared with anyone at your school.
For more information about the NTPS and TFS, and to read reports from previous surveys, please visit our website at: https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps.
If you have any questions about the survey, please contact the U.S. Census Bureau at 1–888–595–1338 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday, or between 11:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Saturday and Sunday. You can also contact the U.S. Census Bureau via email at: [email protected].
Thank you for your contribution to this important survey.
Sincerely,
Teacher Follow-up Survey Team
U.S. Census Bureau, on behalf of the
U.S. Department of Education
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
1-888-595-1338 | [email protected] | https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps
(page 70) Seventh Teacher Email (TFS Personalized Email to Sampled Teacher Non-Responders and Early Mover/Leaver Non-Responders)
TFS-23E
Subject: We need your help to understand what’s changed: Please consider participating in the Teacher Follow-up Survey!
Body:
Dear <Teacher Name>,
We urgently need your help to understand what has happened to current and former teachers in the last year.
Your Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS) responses will help us better understand how school policies and practices, as well as personal life and work experiences, influence teachers’ decisions to remain in or leave the profession. As you may be aware, decision-makers are anxiously trying to understand and address increasing teacher shortages and vacancies across the nation. But in order to do so, they need nationally representative attrition data from the Department of Education to truly capture the experiences of current and former teachers.
The TFS provides this information and helps highlight the challenges teachers face, as well as why they choose to leave the profession. By responding to this short survey, you can help ensure that we have the data needed to address this issue and inform amelioration strategies. Add your voice to the room where decisions are made!
This survey will only take about 20 minutes to complete. To respond online, please visit the link below and enter your User ID:
Click here to complete the Teacher Follow-up Survey.
Log in using this user ID: <USER ID>
To learn more about the NTPS and TFS, and to read reports from previous surveys, please visit our website at: https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps.
If you have any questions or would like to complete the survey with a representative, please contact us at 1–888–595–1338 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday, or between 11:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Saturday and Sunday. You can also contact me directly at [email protected].
Sincerely,
Julia
Merlin
Study
Director, Teacher Follow-up Survey and Principal Follow-up
Survey
National Center for Education Statistics
(page 71) Seventh Teacher Email (TFS Personalized Email to Sampled Teacher Non-Responders with Incentive Text)
TFS-23E(I)
Subject: We need your help to understand what’s changed: Please consider participating in the Teacher Follow-up Survey!
Body:
Dear <Teacher Name>,
We urgently need your help to understand what has happened to current and former teachers in the last year.
Your Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS) responses will help us better understand how school policies and practices, as well as personal life and work experiences, influence teachers’ decisions to remain in or leave the profession. As you may be aware, decision-makers are anxiously trying to understand and address increasing teacher shortages and vacancies across the nation. But in order to do so, they need nationally representative attrition data from the Department of Education to truly capture the experiences of current and former teachers.
The TFS provides this information and helps highlight the challenges teachers face, as well as why they choose to leave the profession. By responding to this short survey, you can help ensure that we have the data needed to address this issue and inform amelioration strategies. Add your voice to the room where decisions are made!
This survey will only take about 20 minutes to complete. To respond online, please visit the link below and enter your User ID:
Click here to complete the Teacher Follow-up Survey.
Log in using this user ID: <USER ID>
After you complete your survey, we will email you a $10 digital gift card as a token of our appreciation. The gift card will be sent to the email address that you provide at the end of the survey and can be redeemed at a retailer of your choice.
To learn more about the NTPS and TFS, and to read reports from previous surveys, please visit our website at: https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps.
If you have any questions or would like to complete the survey with a representative, please contact us at 1–888–595–1338 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday, or between 11:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Saturday and Sunday. You can also contact me directly at [email protected].
Sincerely,
Julia
Merlin
Study
Director, Teacher Follow-up Survey and Principal Follow-up
Survey
National Center for Education Statistics
(Page 74) Fifth Teacher Letter (TFS-2 or TFS-3 with Incentive Text)
TFS-21L(D1) (Includes Teacher Letter FAQs)
<Date>
Dear <Teacher Name>,
Don’t miss your opportunity to inform national policy on teachers and the teaching profession!
The Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS) needs your response to portray an accurate picture of today’s teachers. The TFS is a follow-up study to the 2023–24 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS) and provides policymakers and practitioners with valuable data about current teachers’ experience, job satisfaction, and working conditions, and about former teachers’ current employment and reasons for leaving the teaching profession.
If you have recently completed the survey, thank you! If you have not yet completed the TFS, please respond in ONE of two ways:
Respond online at https://respond.census.gov/tfs using this user ID: <USER ID>
OR
Complete the enclosed questionnaire and mail it back using the enclosed postage-paid envelope. If the enclosed questionnaire does not apply to you, please notify the U.S. Census Bureau by telephone or email.
After you complete your survey, we will email you a $10 digital gift card as a token of our appreciation. The gift card will be sent to the email address that you provide at the end of the survey and can be redeemed at a retailer of your choice.
If you have any questions, need assistance, or would like to complete the survey with a representative, please contact the U.S. Census Bureau at 1–888–595–1338 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday, or between 11:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Saturday and Sunday. You can also contact the U.S. Census Bureau via email at: [email protected].
For additional information about the TFS, please see the reverse side of this letter or visit: https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps.
Thank you in advance for your participation in this important survey.
Sincerely,
Chris Chapman
Associate Commissioner
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
U.S. Department of Education
(page 75) Fifth Teacher Letter (TFS-2 and TFS-3 with Incentive Text)
TFS-21L(D2) (Includes Teacher Letter FAQs)
<Date>
Dear <Teacher Name>,
Don’t miss your opportunity to inform national policy on teachers and the teaching profession!
The Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS) needs your response to portray an accurate picture of today’s teachers. The TFS is a follow-up study to the 2023–24 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS) and provides policymakers and practitioners with valuable data about current teachers’ experience, job satisfaction, and working conditions, and about former teachers’ current employment and reasons for leaving the teaching profession.
If you have recently completed the survey, thank you! If you have not yet completed the TFS, please respond in ONE of two ways:
Respond online at https://respond.census.gov/tfs using this user ID: <USER ID>
OR
Complete a paper questionnaire and return it in the postage-paid return envelope.
Two questionnaires have been enclosed, please complete ONLY the questionnaire that best matches your current teaching status:
The Questionnaire for Former Teachers (TFS-2) is GREEN and intended for persons who left teaching within the year after the 2023–24 NTPS.
The Questionnaire for Current Teachers (TFS-3) is PINK and intended for teachers who continue to teach, either in the same school as in the previous year or in a different school.
After you complete your survey, we will email you a $10 digital gift card as a token of our appreciation. The gift card will be sent to the email address that you provide at the end of the survey and can be redeemed at a retailer of your choice.
If you have any questions, need assistance, or would like to complete the survey with a representative, please contact the U.S. Census Bureau at 1–888–595–1338 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday, or between 11:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Saturday and Sunday. You can also contact the U.S. Census Bureau via email at: [email protected].
For additional information about the TFS, please see the reverse side of this letter or visit: https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps.
Thank you in advance for your participation in this important survey.
Sincerely,
Chris Chapman
Associate Commissioner
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
U.S. Department of Education
(page 79) Eighth Teacher Email (All Non-Responders)
Subject: Teacher Follow-up Survey: We need you!
Body:
Dear <Teacher Name>,
We appreciate your contributions to the field of education and your past participation in the National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS).
Whether you are still teaching or not, your continued participation in the Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS) will help to improve the teaching profession. Policymakers at all levels of the government rely on this information to make informed decisions about education policy and practice. It will only take a small amount of your time to complete and will help make sure that decision-makers in education learn from your experiences and perspective!
If you have already completed the survey, thank you for your assistance, and please disregard this email. If you have not completed it yet, we encourage you to participate in ONE of two ways:
Complete the survey using our secure website and the login information provided below:
Click here to complete the Teacher Follow-up Survey.
Log in using this User ID: <USER ID>
OR
Complete the paper questionnaire that was mailed to you and send it back in the postage-paid envelope.
For more information about the NTPS and TFS, and to read reports from previous surveys, please visit our website at: https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps.
If you have any questions about the survey or would like to complete the survey with a representative, please contact us, toll-free, at 1–888–595–1338 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday, or between 11:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Saturday and Sunday. You can also contact us via email at: [email protected].
Thank you in advance for your participation.
Sincerely,
Teacher Follow-up Survey Team
U.S. Census Bureau, on behalf of the
U.S. Department of Education
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
1-888-595-1338 | [email protected] | https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps
NCES is authorized to conduct this survey by the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA 2002, 20 U.S.C. §9543). All of the information you provide 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). Reports of the findings from the survey will not identify participating districts, schools, or staff. Individual responses will be combined with those from other participants to produce summary statistics and reports.
(page 80) Eighth Teacher Email (All Non-Responders with Incentive Text)
TFS-24E(I)
Subject: Teacher Follow-up Survey: We need you!
Body:
Dear <Teacher Name>,
We appreciate your contributions to the field of education and your past participation in the National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS).
Whether you are still teaching or not, your continued participation in the Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS) will help to improve the teaching profession. Policymakers at all levels of the government rely on this information to make informed decisions about education policy and practice. It will only take a small amount of your time to complete and will help make sure that decision-makers in education learn from your experiences and perspective!
If you have already completed the survey, thank you for your assistance, and please disregard this email. If you have not completed it yet, we encourage you to participate in ONE of two ways:
Complete the survey using our secure website and the login information provided below:
Click here to complete the Teacher Follow-up Survey.
Log in using this User ID: <USER ID>
OR
Complete the paper questionnaire that was mailed to you and send it back in the postage-paid envelope.
After you complete your survey, we will email you a $10 digital gift card as a token of our appreciation. The gift card will be sent to the email address that you provide at the end of the survey and can be redeemed at a retailer of your choice.
For more information about the NTPS and TFS, and to read reports from previous surveys, please visit our website at: https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps.
If you have any questions about the survey or would like to complete the survey with a representative, please contact us, toll-free, at 1–888–595–1338 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday, or between 11:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Saturday and Sunday. You can also contact us via email at: [email protected].
Thank you in advance for your participation.
Sincerely,
Teacher Follow-up Survey Team
U.S. Census Bureau, on behalf of the
U.S. Department of Education
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
1-888-595-1338 | [email protected] | https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps
(page 81) Ninth Teacher Email (All Non-Responders)
TFS-25E
Subject: Please participate in this important education survey
Body:
Dear <Teacher Name>,
Time is running out to complete the Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS). The TFS is a follow-up study to the 2023–24 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS). Your participation is important and will help ensure that policymakers and researchers have the data needed to better understand teachers and the teaching profession. Help us provide meaningful results from this survey and voice your opinion today.
If you have already completed the survey, thank you for your assistance, and please disregard this email. If you have not completed the survey, there are two ways you can participate:
The survey will be available until <DATE>. Complete the survey using our secure website and the login information provided below:
Click here to complete the Teacher Follow-up Survey.
Log in using this User ID: <USER ID>
OR
If you would prefer to complete a paper questionnaire, please complete and return the questionnaire you recently received by <DATE>.
For more information about the NTPS and TFS, and to read reports from previous surveys, please visit our website at: https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps.
If you need assistance, our telephone representatives are available through 06/30/2025 at 1–888–595–1338 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday, or between 11:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Saturday and Sunday. After that date, you may continue to contact us by email at: [email protected].
Thank you very much for your prompt response!
Sincerely,
Teacher Follow-up Survey Team
U.S. Census Bureau, on behalf of the
U.S. Department of Education
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
1-888-595-1338 | [email protected] | https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps
(Page 82) Ninth Teacher Email (All Non-Responders with Incentive Text)
TFS-25E(I)
Subject: Please participate in this important education survey
Body:
Dear <Teacher Name>,
Time is running out to complete the Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS). The TFS is a follow-up study to the 2023–24 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS). Your participation is important and will help ensure that policymakers and researchers have the data needed to better understand teachers and the teaching profession. Help us provide meaningful results from this survey and voice your opinion today.
If you have already completed the survey, thank you for your assistance, and please disregard this email. If you have not completed the survey, there are two ways you can participate:
The survey will be available until <DATE>. Complete the survey using our secure website and the login information provided below:
Click here to complete the Teacher Follow-up Survey.
Log in using this User ID: <USER ID>
OR
If you would prefer to complete a paper questionnaire, please complete and return the questionnaire you recently received by <DATE>.
After you complete your survey, we will email you a $10 digital gift card as a token of our appreciation. The gift card will be sent to the email address that you provide at the end of the survey and can be redeemed at a retailer of your choice.
For more information about the NTPS and TFS, and to read reports from previous surveys, please visit our website at: https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps.
If you need assistance, our telephone representatives are available through 06/30/2025 at 1–888–595–1338 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday, or between 11:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Saturday and Sunday. After that date, you may continue to contact us by email at: [email protected].
Thank you very much for your prompt response!
Sincerely,
Teacher Follow-up Survey Team
U.S. Census Bureau, on behalf of the
U.S. Department of Education
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
1-888-595-1338 | [email protected] | https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps
(page 83) Tenth Teacher Email (All Non-Responders)
TFS-26E
Subject: We need your help: Please participate in the Teacher Follow-up Survey!
Body:
Dear <Teacher Name>,
We still need your response to the Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS), a follow-up study to the 2023–24 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS). Your participation in this survey is important to help policymakers and practitioners better understand the challenges facing educators today! Whether you are currently teaching at the same school, have left your school from last year, or have exited the profession entirely, policymakers at all levels will benefit from learning how your experiences informed your decision so they can make better decisions on behalf of educators.
If you have already completed the survey, thank you and please disregard this email. If you have not completed the survey, please participate in ONE of two ways:
Complete the survey online using our secure website and the login information provided below by <DATE>:
Click here to complete the Teacher Follow-up Survey.
Log in using this User ID: <USER ID>
OR
Complete and return the paper questionnaire you recently received by <DATE>.
For more information about the NTPS and TFS, and to read reports from previous surveys, please visit our website at: https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps.
If you need assistance, our telephone representatives are available through 06/30/2025 at 1–888–595–1338 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday, or between 11:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Saturday and Sunday. After that date, you may continue to contact us by email at: [email protected].
Thank you very much for your prompt response!
Sincerely,
Teacher Follow-up Survey Team
U.S. Census Bureau, on behalf of the
U.S. Department of Education
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
1-888-595-1338 | [email protected] | https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps
(Page 84) Tenth Teacher Email (All Non-Responders with Incentive Text)
TFS-26E(I)
Subject: We need your help: Please participate in the Teacher Follow-up Survey!
Body:
Dear <Teacher Name>,
We still need your response to the Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS), a follow-up study to the 2023–24 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS). Your participation in this survey is important to help policymakers and practitioners better understand the challenges facing educators today! Whether you are currently teaching at the same school, have left your school from last year, or have exited the profession entirely, policymakers at all levels will benefit from learning how your experiences informed your decision so they can make better decisions on behalf of educators.
If you have already completed the survey, thank you and please disregard this email. If you have not completed the survey, please participate in ONE of two ways:
Complete the survey online using our secure website and the login information provided below by <DATE>:
Click here to complete the Teacher Follow-up Survey.
Log in using this User ID: <USER ID>
OR
Complete and return the paper questionnaire you recently received by <DATE>.
After you complete your survey, we will email you a $10 digital gift card as a token of our appreciation. The gift card will be sent to the email address that you provide at the end of the survey and can be redeemed at a retailer of your choice.
For more information about the NTPS and TFS, and to read reports from previous surveys, please visit our website at: https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps.
If you need assistance, our telephone representatives are available through 06/30/2025 at 1–888–595–1338 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday, or between 11:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Saturday and Sunday. After that date, you may continue to contact us by email at: [email protected].
Thank you very much for your prompt response!
Sincerely,
Teacher Follow-up Survey Team
U.S. Census Bureau, on behalf of the
U.S. Department of Education
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
1-888-595-1338 | [email protected] | https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps
(Page 89) Contingency Additional
Incentive Letter (TFS-2 or TFS-3)
TFS-30L(D1)
<Date>
Dear <Teacher Name>,
We have been contacting you throughout the school year to request your response to the Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS). The TFS is a follow-up study to the 2023–24 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS). By completing this survey, you will help ensure that policymakers and researchers have the data needed to better understand teachers and the teaching profession, why some teachers choose to stay in the classroom, and why others leave the profession.
Please respond using ONE of the following options:
Respond online at https://respond.census.gov/tfs using this user ID: <USER ID>
OR
Complete the enclosed questionnaire and mail it back using the enclosed postage-paid envelope. If the enclosed questionnaire does not apply to you, please notify the U.S. Census Bureau by telephone or email.
After you complete your survey, we will email you a $10 digital gift card as a token of our appreciation. The gift card will be sent to the email address that you provide at the end of the survey and can be redeemed at a retailer of your choice.
If you have any questions about the survey, please contact the U.S. Census Bureau at 1–888–595–1338 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday, or between 11:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Saturday and Sunday. You can also contact the U.S. Census Bureau via email at: [email protected].
Thank you for your contribution to this important survey.
Sincerely,
Chris Chapman
Associate Commissioner
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
U.S. Department of Education
(Page 90) Contingency
Additional Incentive Letter (TFS-2
and TFS-3)
TFS-30L(D2)
<Date>
Dear <Teacher Name>,
We have been contacting you throughout the school year to request your response to the Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS). The TFS is a follow-up study to the 2023–24 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS). By completing this survey, you will help ensure that policymakers and researchers have the data needed to better understand teachers and the teaching profession, why some teachers choose to stay in the classroom, and why others leave the profession.
Please respond using ONE of the following options:
Respond online at https://respond.census.gov/tfs using this user ID: <USER ID>
OR
Complete a paper questionnaire and return it in the postage-paid return envelope.
Two questionnaires have been enclosed, please complete ONLY the questionnaire that best matches your current teaching status:
The Questionnaire for Former Teachers (TFS-2) is GREEN and intended for persons who left teaching within the year after the 2023–24 NTPS.
The Questionnaire for Current Teachers (TFS-3) is PINK and intended for teachers who continue to teach, either in the same school as in the previous year or in a different school.
After you complete your survey, we will email you a $10 digital gift card as a token of our appreciation. The gift card will be sent to the email address that you provide at the end of the survey and can be redeemed at a retailer of your choice.
If you have any questions about the survey, please contact the U.S. Census Bureau at 1–888–595–1338 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday, or between 11:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Saturday and Sunday. You can also contact the U.S. Census Bureau via email at: [email protected].
Thank you for your contribution to this important survey.
Sincerely,
Chris Chapman
Associate Commissioner
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
U.S. Department of Education
(pages 91-92) Digital Incentive Delivery Email
TFS-27E
Subject: Thank You from the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Census Bureau
Body:
Dear <Teacher Name>,
Thank you for completing the Teacher Follow-up Survey! Below is a $10 digital gift card as a token of our appreciation for your response to this important study. This digital gift card can be redeemed at a retailer of your choice.
$10
Your Choice
[Access Gift Card Here (TOKEN – hyperlinked)]
Available until [EXP_DATE]
[FAQs (URL – hyperlinked (https://censuschp-g0cnbefrdxgegacf.centralus-01.azurewebsites.net/faq/))]
If you have any questions about the survey, please contact the U.S. Census Bureau at 1–888–595–1338 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday, or between 11:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Saturday and Sunday. You can also contact the U.S. Census Bureau via email at: [email protected].
Thanks, again, for your participation.
Sincerely,
Teacher Follow-up Survey Team
U.S. Census Bureau, on behalf of the
U.S. Department of Education
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
1-888-595-1338 | [email protected] | https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps
Thank You Email
TFS-28E
Subject: Thank you for your participation
Body:
Dear <Teacher Name>,
We appreciate your contributions to the field of education and your participation in the Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS). We would like to thank you for making this survey a success!
We will be releasing findings from the 2023–24 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS) later this year. Findings from the 2024–25 TFS will be released next year. These findings, as well as reports based on previous administrations of the NTPS and TFS, will be posted to the NCES website at http://www.nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps upon release. You can also subscribe to our email alerts at https://ies.ed.gov/newsflash/ to be kept up to date on data releases from the NTPS, TFS, and other educational surveys.
If you have any questions about the survey, please contact the U.S. Census Bureau at 1–888–595–1338 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday, or between 11:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Saturday and Sunday. You can also contact the U.S. Census Bureau via email at: [email protected].
Thanks, again, for your participation.
Sincerely,
Teacher Follow-up Survey Team
U.S. Census Bureau, on behalf of the
U.S. Department of Education
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
1-888-595-1338 | [email protected] | https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps
Changes to Appendix B
(page 71) Added mock-up of the TFS web instrument contact information request page
Beginning April 14, 2025, the following text will be displayed on the contact information screen for both current and former teachers.
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