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THE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTS A NUMBER OF DATA COLLECTIONS WITHIN THE NCES LEGISLATIVE MANDATE TO REPORT ON THE CONDITION OF EDUCATION - WITHIN THIS SUPPORT TASK, THESE DATA COLLECTIONS ARE: THE SCHOOLS AND STAFFING SURVEY (SASS), THE TEACHER FOLLOW-UP SURVEY (TFS), THE PRINCIPAL FOLLOW-UP SURVEY (PFS), AND THE BEGINNING TEACHER LONGITUDINAL STUDY (BTLS. SASS IS COLLECTED EVERY 4 YEARS, WITH 2011-12 BEING THE CURRENT COLLECTION; THE TFS IS COLLECTED THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, IN 2012-13, THE PFS ALSO IS COLLECTED IN 2012-13. BTLS IS CONDUCTED ONCE EVERY YEAR AND IS IN ITS FIFTH WAVE OF DATA COLLECTION IN 2012. THE TFS AND THE PFS ARE ONE-YEAR FOLLOW-UPS OF RESPONDENTS TO THE SASS TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL SURVEYS, RESPECTIVELY. SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THESE SURVEYS CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES: HTTP://NCES.ED.GOV/SURVEYS/SASS FOR SASS, TFS, AND PFS; AND HTTP://NCES.ED.GOV/SURVEYS/BTLS FOR BTLS. THE FIELDING OF THE DATA COLLECTIONS IS HANDLED THROUGH INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS WITH TWO DIFFERENT UNITS AT THE CENSUS BUREAU. IN ADDITION TO PLANNING AND RELEASING DATA FILES FROM THE SURVEYS, THE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO CALLED UPON TO PROVIDE SPECIAL ANALYSES AS REQUESTED BY POLICY MAKERS, TO PRODUCE REPORTS USING THE DATA, TO DO TRAINING IN HOW TO ANALYZE THE SURVEY DATA, AND TO BE THE ED EXPERTS ON NEW AND EMERGING TOPICS RELATED TO TEACHER QUALITY, PRINCIPALS AS INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS, SCHOOL CLIMATE, SCHOOL STAFFING, TEACHER WORKING CONDITIONS, SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICIES, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, AND TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL ATTRITION AND MOBILITY.