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OMB Control No: 1850-0598	ICR Reference No: 201201-1850-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201104-1850-004
Agency/Subagency: ED/IES	Agency Tracking No: 4755
Title: Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) Teacher Status Update 2012 for Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS:13)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 03/22/2012
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 01/24/2012
Terms of Clearance: Previous terms of clearance remain in effect -- these are: OMB appreciates that NCES appropriately wishes to conduct pretesting before agreeing to new or revised content for the SASS. At the same time, we expect that NCES will anticipate emerging data needs and build question development and testing into its schedule before the next request for OMB clearance. In particular, NCES should perform the testing it believes is necessary in order to change its current description of alternative paths to teacher certification as the current wording in SASS is perceived by some as insensitive. Second, NCES should be in contact with OMB and other major stakeholders well prior to the next OMB clearance request to see if there are high priority topics, especially related to school reform and teacher evaluation systems, that may warrant modifications or additions to SASS. Any outcomes of these consultations could then be addressed in testing prior to the next OMB clearance request.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2015	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2014
Responses	12,870	0	215,553
Time Burden (Hours)	2,145	0	91,226
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) is an in-depth, nationally-representative survey of first through twelfth grade public and private school teachers, principals, schools, library media centers, and school districts. Kindergarten teachers in schools with at least a first grade are also surveyed. For traditional public school districts, principals, schools, teachers and school libraries, the survey estimates are state-representative. For public charter schools, principals, teachers, and school libraries, the survey estimates are nationally-representative. For private school principals, schools, and teachers, the survey estimates are representative of private school types. There are two additional components within SASS's 4-year data collection cycle: the Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS) and the Principal Follow-up Survey (PFS), which are conducted a year after the SASS main collection. In preparation for TFS, in the year following SASS, schools that provided a teacher list form in SASS schools are sent a Teacher Follow-up Survey Teacher Status update form (TFS-1) requesting information regarding the occupational status of each interviewed teacher. These data are used to stratify the teachers for TFS sampling into groups of "stayers" (still teaching at the same school), "movers" (still teaching, but at a different school) or "leavers" (no longer teaching). The current school principal or someone else in the front office knowledgeable about the school's staff completes the TFS-1. This submission requests approval for collecting data on the current status of SASS teachers using the TFS-1 form.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 107 - 279 151(b) & 153(a) Name of Law: Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	76 FR 72400	11/23/2011
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	77 FR 3454	01/24/2012
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
SASS 2011-12 Full Scale District Contact and Questionnaire
SASS 2011-12 School Materials and Questionnaires

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	12,870	215,553	-202,683
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	2,145	91,226	-89,081
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: This clearance request shows an apparent decrease in the estimated number of respondents and burden hours, because the last approval was for SASS 2011 full scale data collections, while this request is only for schools to provide an update on the teaching status of the teachers surveyed as part of SASS.

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

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

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? 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? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Kashka Kubzdela 2025027411 kashka.kubzdela@ed.gov

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