Attachment C: NTPS content for the first two cycles and changes from 2011-12 SASS content

2015-16 Teacher Instrument 2017-18 Teacher Instrument 2015-16 Principal / School Instruments 2017-18 Principal / School Instruments

2016-17 Follow-up 

Instrument s Extant Data Topics Dropped Topics

Core Instruments Public principal:

-Count of student expulsions, 

suspensions, and bullying 

incidents

District:

-Grades offered 

-Enrollment by grade-level

-National School Lunch 

Program participation

-Teacher and principal

counts

-Adjustment of school 

attendance boundaries

-Magnet program in district

-High school graduation 

requirements

-Migrant education

-District AYP performance 

Public school:

-Student characteristics 

(migrant, sex, race)

-Magnet program in school 

-School offers advanced 

courses (talented or gifted / 

honors, AP, and IB courses)

-Info on special programs 

and services provided by the 

school 

-Charter school status, year 

became charter, and charter 

granting body

Public Teacher

-Non-teaching job-last school yr

-Years taught by school sector

-Reading course concentration

-NBPTS certification

-Taken Praxis or other basic skills 

or subject matter test

-Highly Qualified Teacher status

-Enrollment in tribe

Public Principal

-Positions held before principal

-Bachelor and master’s degree 

characteristics

-School programs to promote 

school climate, parent involvement, 

special instructional approaches

-School instructional time policies 

for 3

rd and 8th grades

-Total hours principal spends 

interacting with students

-School AYP status last year

District

-Days in school year for district

-Teacher count by race/ethnicity

-Count of short-term substitutes

-District has policy to encourage 

teacher attendance

-District has agreement with 

teachers’/principals’ association or 

union

-Days in normal contract year for 

teachers and principals

-Tenure system for principals 

-District library media coordinator

-Count of new teachers & principals

-District uses hiring incentives

-District has training program for 

aspiring administrators 

-Teacher dismissals

-Homeschool student monitoring

Public School

-HS graduates in 4-year colleges

-ELL instruction, ELL services for 

parents with limited-English skills

-Charter school support for 

homeschooled students

-Security measures

Core teacher topics: 

-Years of teaching experience (in general and at current school), number of schools taught in

-Main activity last school year

-Characteristics of current teaching (main assignment, grades, subjects, and students taught (# &IEP/ELL), 

class organization, hours spent per subject; new items on uses of technology in classroom)

-Education, training (including characteristics of student teaching experience: full-time commitment, 

opportunities to teach students from diverse backgrounds, increasing levels of responsibility, clearly 

communicated expectations, feedback received), and certification/ alternative route to certification

-Days covered by contract in current year

-Current base teaching salary, additional compensation during school year and summer

-Teachers’ union membership

-Tenure status

-Demographics

Core principal / School topics: 

-General school info (grades and enrollment (for confirmation), attendance, length of day & year, start time, 

KG-specific information, library media center, before/after school programs, charter school)

-Uses of technology in the school,

-Community service requirements for graduation

-Teacher counts and teacher demographics

-Years as principal and other administrative or teaching experiences 

-Principal’s Education, training, and certification

-Select school safety items ( based on key SASS items and SSOCS items)

-Student growth assessments and teacher evaluations ( will become part of module after 2015)

-Length of time plan to remain principal 

-Principal demographics, including current annual salary and meet-and-confer representation

Teacher Follow-up:

-Percentage of 

teachers who remained 

at the same school, 

moved to another 

school, or left the 

profession in the year 

following the SASS 

administration

-No content changes 

recommended 

Principal Follow-up:

Is principal still at 

school? 

Modules

First-year teacher module topics:

-Types of support provided to first-year teachers, 

including new items on mentor teacher supports and 

content and quality of teacher induction programs

-How well prepared in first year

-Main activity/ job prior to teaching

-Coursework during teacher preparation program

Teacher professional development module 

topics:

-Redesign of the existing 2011-12 PD items to 

provide more depth on current methods/ modes of 

teacher PD and other opportunities to learn, and its 

implications on teachers’ approaches to teaching

Principal staffing module topics:

-Counts of non-teacher staff by employment status, 

including data coaches, technology specialists, and 

security personnel

-Coaches and specialist

-Difficulty filling teaching vacancies

-Count of new teachers / first-year teachers

Principal professional development module 

topics:

-Redesign of the existing 2011-12 PD items to 

provide more depth on current methods and modes 

of principal PD and other opportunities to learn, and 

its implications on principals' approach to school 

leadership

Teacher working conditions module topics:

-Hours required to instruct and earn salary

-Hours spent on teaching/school activities

-Involvement in non-teaching activities (coaching 

etc.)

-Own money spent on school supplies 

Teacher evaluation module topics:

- NEW items to measure teachers’ knowledge and 

perceptions of teacher evaluations and its influence 

on their teaching

Principal working conditions & goals module 

topics:

-Educational goals for students

-Perceived influence on school policies/practices

-Hours spent on school activities

-Breakdown of time spent by tasks

-Days in contract year

Principal evaluation module topics: 

- NEW items to measure principals’ knowledge and 

perceptions of both teacher and principal 

evaluations and its influence on their practice may 

be based on NCEE title I/II items fielded in 2015 

NTPS

Teacher school climate/ satisfaction/ attitudes 

module topics:

-Perceived influence on school policies/practices 

-Satisfaction and attitudes on school climate 

indicators

-Extent teachers perceive various behaviors or 

factors are problems in the school

-Length of time plan to remain in teaching

-Threats to safety from students

School & class organization module topics:

-Programs/ policies that affect school composition 

(district choice programs, school admissions 

requirements, lottery-based admissions) 

-Methods school uses to organize classes

-School offers college and/or career readiness 

opportunities and/or academic summer programs

District compensation module topics (if schools 

can answer): 

-Characteristics of district salary schedule/ benefits/ 

incentives for teachers and principals 

-Training offered for staff to teach shortage fields

Hot Topic Instruments

Teacher hot topic: NONE Teacher hot topic: TBD Principal hot topic: NONE Principal hot topic: TBD

NOTES: Underlined topics indicate new content recommended for addition to SASS/NTPS. All of the SASS 2011-12 content except for the Library Media Center questions are accounted for in the table either as core, module, extant data, or dropped items across the four-year time period.