Crosswalk of Teach Survey Items

Appendix 10: Crosswalk of Teacher Survey Items

Crosswalk of Teacher Survey Items

Survey Item		Research Question1	Purpose2	Source
Respondent Background and Demographic Information
Contact information			A	A
Education level
	Highest educational achievement	RQ1	D,C	D
	Science-related major of teacher in college or beyond	RQ1	D,C	A
Gender, race/ethnicity		RQ1	D,C	E
Participation in SoI PD during 2011 or 2012		RQ 1	C	A
NASA Resources and Content Area
Frequency of accessing and using NASA resources
	How often do you plan to use NASA resources in coming school year	RQ3	D	A
	How often you view NASA resources for potential use in classroom instruction	RQ3	O	A
	How often you use NASA resources in classroom instruction	RQ3	O	A
	NASA resources used	RQ3	O	A
Level of comfort teaching NASA content areas		RQ3	O	A
Teaching experience
Main occupation (K-12 teacher or other)		RQ1	D,C	B
Current teaching certification status		RQ1	D,C	C
Content area of certification		RQ1	D,C	B
Number of years as a K-12 teacher		RQ1	D,C	F
Number of years teaching STEM related topics		RQ1	D,C	F
Grade level(s) taught during most recent academic year		RQ1	D,C	F
Subject(s) taught during most recent academic year		RQ1	D,C	F

1Research Questions Answered by Teacher Survey
	RQ1: Who participates in SoI?
	RQ3: Does comfort in teaching NASA topics and access/use of NASA resources change between baseline and summer follow-up surveys? If so, are these changes larger among teachers at some awardee sites than others? If a change is detected, does comfort in teaching NASA topics and access/use of NASA content and resources change between the summer follow-up survey and the school year follow-up surveys? If so, are these changes larger among teachers at some awardee sites than others?
2Purpose of Item
	A: indicates that the variable from this item is used for administrative purposes (e.g., longitudinal tracking, pre and post survey data linking)
	D: indicates that the variable from this item is used in descriptive analysis
	O: indicates that the variable from this item is used as an outcome
	C: indicates that the variable from this item is used as a control variable
3Source of Item
	A: Program specific item developed for the national evaluation of SoI
	B: Item drawn from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), 2008-2009 Teacher Follow-up Survey Questionnaire
	C: Item drawn from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study 2003 (TIMSS)
	D: Item drawn from the NCES Teacher Compensation Survey, 2009-2010 Questionnaire
	E: Item drawn from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Provisional Guidance on the Implementation of the 1997 Standards for Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity, 2000
	F: Item drawn from the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Students (IES) National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2), Teacher Survey