Brian M. Stecher

Brian Stecher
Brian M. Stecher
Adjunct Social Scientist,
RAND Corporation

Brian Stecher is an adjunct social scientist at the RAND Corporation and a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. His research focuses on measuring educational quality and evaluating education reforms, with a particular emphasis on assessment and accountability systems. Stecher has directed national and state evaluations of No Child Left Behind, mathematics and science systemic reforms, and class size reduction. His work has informed policy at the state and national levels and he has served on expert panels relating to standards, assessments, and accountability for the National Academies. He has published widely in professional journals and is currently a member of the editorial board of Educational Assessment. He received his PhD in eduction from the University of California, Los Angeles.

updated 2012

Publications by Brian M. Stecher
How Districts Responded to Flexibility in Tier 3 Categorical Funds in 2010–2011
California's system of school finance is highly regulated and prescriptive. A large share of state funding is allocated through categorical programs, that is, programs whose funding is contingent upon districts using the money in a particular way or…
How 10 Districts Responded to Fiscal Flexibility, 2009–2010
In a new report, “Deregulating School Aid in California: How 10 Districts Responded to Fiscal Flexibility, 2009–2010,” Bruce Fuller, Julie Marsh, Brian Stecher and Tom Timar detail how leaders in 10 California school districts are responding to the…