[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 41 (Thursday, February 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14816-14817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04159]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2024-SCC-0033]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; National Teacher and Principal Survey of 2023-2024 (NTPS 2023-
24) Data Collection

AGENCY: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Department of 
Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 
the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved 
information collection request (ICR).

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
April 1, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed 
information collection requests should be submitted within 30 days of 
publication of this notice. Click on this link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain to access the site. Find this information collection request 
(ICR) by selecting ``Department of Education'' under ``Currently Under 
Review,'' then check the ``Only Show ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox. 
Reginfo.gov provides two links to view documents related to this 
information collection request. Information collection forms and 
instructions may be found by clicking on the ``View Information 
Collection (IC) List'' link. Supporting statements and other supporting 
documentation may be found by clicking on the ``View Supporting 
Statement and Other Documents'' link.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, 202-245-6347.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is especially interested in 
public comment addressing the following issues: (1) is this collection 
necessary to the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this 
information be processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the 
estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 
(5) how might the Department minimize the burden of this collection on 
the respondents, including through the use of information technology. 
Please note that written comments received in response to this notice 
will be considered public records.
    Title of Collection: National Teacher and Principal Survey of 2023-
2024 (NTPS 2023-24) Data Collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0598.
    Type of Review: A revision of a currently approved ICR.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 108,478.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 52,757.
    Abstract: The National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), 
conducted every three years by the National Center for Education 
Statistics (NCES), is a system of related questionnaires that provides 
descriptive data on the context of elementary and secondary education. 
Redesigned from the Schools and Staffing Survey (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. NTPS is an in-depth, nationally 
representative survey of first through twelfth grade public and private 
school teachers, principals, and schools. Kindergarten teachers in 
schools with at least a first grade are also surveyed. NTPS utilizes 
core content and a series of rotating modules to allow timely 
collection of important education trends as well as trend analysis. 
Topics covered include characteristics of teachers, principals, 
schools, teacher training opportunities, retention, retirement, hiring, 
and shortages.
    The NTPS serves as the base year for two follow-up collections: The 
Principal Follow-up Survey (PFS) contacts principals who responded to 
the previous year's NTPS collection to determine whether, one year 
later, they are working as a principal at the same school as the 
previous year (``stayers''), have moved to a different school 
(``movers''), or have left the profession (``leavers''). The Teacher 
Follow-up Survey (TFS) contacts a sample of

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teachers who responded to the previous year's NTPS collection in order 
to determine whether they are stayers, movers, or leavers, as well as 
additional questions about their career paths and employment 
experiences. (TFS and PFS are cleared as part of a separate package 
under OMB #1850-0617. The package for TFS/PFS 2024-25 will be cleared 
in 2024.)
    For the 2021-22 and earlier TFS collections, our primary source of 
information on whether a teacher was a stayer, mover, or leaver (before 
we sampled and directly contacted those teachers) came from the school 
at which they worked during the previous year. However, not all schools 
report that information and, among those that do, they may not know the 
job status of the prior year's teachers. In order to determine whether 
that information can be collected more accurate and efficiently, we 
plan to ask NTPS teachers, at the end of the 2023-24 school year, 
whether they believe they will return to the same school in the 2024-25 
school year. If their responses align with the information we later 
collect from schools and/or teachers who complete the TFS, we may be 
able to use this information to sample teachers for future 
administrations of the TFS.
    For NTPS teachers who complete the NTPS Teacher Questionnaire web 
survey, on or after April 15, 2024, we will ask this question as the 
final item in the survey. For NTPS teachers who complete the survey 
before April 15, 2024 or who complete a paper questionnaire, we will 
send them an email invitation asking them to answer this additional 
question and, if needed, update their contact information. Teachers 
will only be asked this question once, but we have provided sample 
questions that reflect the two different ways in which the question may 
be asked. We estimate that this question will add 1 additional minute 
of burden for teachers from whom it is part of NTPS Teacher 
Questionnaire web survey, and 3 minutes for teachers who answer this 
item through a standalone web survey.
    As part of this change, we have updated the estimated burden for 
teachers to complete the NTPS with the addition of this question in 
Part A. We have added the text of this question, shown here and in 
Appendix B, and the accompanying email for teachers who are sent a 
separate email invitation here and in Appendix A.

    Dated: February 23, 2024.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and 
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, 
Evaluation and Policy Development.
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