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Date:         Wed, 8 Apr 1992 21:28:00 CDT
From:         P30JWP1@NIU.BITNET
Subject:      Data Tape: '88-89 Followup Schools/Staff Survey (126 lines)

The following is provided by the Office of Educational Research
and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education.  Please feel
welcome to distribute.

                  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
         OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND IMPROVEMENT
            NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS

                DATA TAPE AVAILABLE FOR 1988-89
                     TEACHER FOLLOWUP SURVEY

The U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education
Statistics announces the availability of the data tape for the
1988-89 Teacher Followup Survey component of the 1987-88 Schools
and Staffing Survey (SASS). The data tape contains survey
responses for a national sample of 6,763 responding public and
private school teachers (4,540 current teachers and 2,223 former
teachers).

Effective response rates of 84.1 percent (public) and 75.9
percent (private) were achieved from an original sample size of
the regional and national levels, using the Northeast, North
Central, South, and West census regions. Replicate weights are
available on the file for variance estimation. State codes have
been suppressed, and items involving age and salary have been
converted to categories to prevent disclosure of the identity of
individual teachers.

The Teacher Followup Survey collected information on the
teacher's employment and teaching status, educational activities
and future plans, and opinions on school climate and job
perceptions. The tape also includes information collected on the
1987-88 Schools and Staffing Survey Teacher Questionnaire, which
includes the teacher's educational and professional background
teaching assignments, certification, years of experience, salary,
and demographic characteristics.

Previous releases of SASS data include:

1987-88 School Teacher Demand and Shortage Questionnaires
1987-88 School Administrator Questionnaires
1987-88 School Questionnaires
1987-88 School Teacher Questionnaires

The combined public and private Teacher Followup dataset is
available for $175; each additional dataset is $75. All five
combined public and private school datasets (Teacher,
Administrator, School, Teacher Demand and Shortage, or Teacher
Followup) may be purchased for $400. Each of the five datasets
contains both public and private sector data for that component.

Payment may be in the form of a check or money order (payable to
the U.S. Department of Education), or charged to VISA or
MasterCard. To order, please complete the order form on the back
of this announcement and send it with your payment to:

     Office of Educational Research and Improvement
     Data Systems Branch
     555 New Jersey Avenue NW
     Washington, DC 20208-5275

percent and 79.1 percent for public and private school teachers,
respectively; the Followup Survey had response rates of 97.3
percent (public) and 96.0 percent (private).  The effective
response rate is the product of these two response rates.


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File Name                           Year              Cost
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SASS.COMB.TCHR.A88-89                               $ 175


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