Richard S. Brown Assistant Professor Ph.D., UCLA

Richard S. Brown is an Assistant Professor in the USC Rossier School of Education. Prior to joining USC, he served as an Assistant Professor of Education and Director of the Center for Research in Educational Assessment and Measurement in the Department of Education, University of California, Irvine. Dr. Brown teaches courses in educational measurement and research methodology.

Dr. Brown has a M.B.A. from the University of California, Irvine (1989) and Ph.D. in Advanced Quantitative Methods from the University of California, Los Angeles (1999). Previously, Dr. Brown worked as Senior Researcher at the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) at UCLA. Part of his responsibilities at CRESST were to provide technical expertise on two large-scale public school assessment initiatives, specifically in the areas of test development, measurement, and performance standard setting. He also conducted research on developing an indicator system for California public schools and exploring graphical representations of data to evaluate school performance.

In addition, Dr. Brown frequently works with the California Department of Education, serving as a member of several technical advisory committees. In this capacity, Dr. Brown engages in collegial discussions and provides feedback and advice to the CDE on technical issues, particularly in the areas of testing and assessment in the California public school system.

E-mail: richarsb@usc.edu