Brian M. Stecher

Brian M. Stecher is an adjunct senior 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. He specializes in educational testing and assessment, accountability policies, and large-scale educational reform. 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. Stecher received his PhD in education from the University of California, Los Angeles.

updated 2025