Welcome to the Teacher Follow-up Survey 2008–09 information page!
The purpose of this survey is to obtain information about the career paths of new teachers, including current teachers’ experiences and satisfaction, and about former teachers’ current employment and reasons for leaving the teaching profession.
This survey is authorized by Title I, Part E, Sections 151(b) and 153(a) of Public Law 107-279, the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002. The U.S. Census Bureau is conducting this survey for The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of the U.S. Department of Education.
Policymakers and educational leaders rely on data from this survey to inform their decisions concerning K-12 schools. This survey provides important insight into the career paths of beginning teachers and your participation will contribute to the success of this data collection. Because it is a sample survey, your responses represent the responses of many. Higher response rates give us confidence that the findings are accurate.
Your responses are protected from disclosure by federal statute (P.L. 107-279, Title I, Part E, Sec. 183). All responses that relate to or describe identifiable characteristics of individuals may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose, except as provided for in the Patriot Act (P.L. 107-056, Section 508).
The information you provide will be combined with the information provided by others in statistical reports. No individually-identifiable data will be included in the statistical reports.
Here are figures from the last Teacher Follow-up in 2004–05.
