Elizabeth D. Steiner

@ED_Steiner on Twitter

Policy Researcher; Affiliate Faculty, Pardee RAND Graduate School

Pittsburgh Office

Education

M.S.P.P.M. in public policy administration and analysis, Carnegie Mellon University; B.A. in psychology, Vassar College

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Overview

Elizabeth D. Steiner (she/her) is a policy researcher at the RAND Corporation with expertise in education policy, policy analysis, program evaluation, and qualitative methods and analysis. She is also a member of the Pardee RAND Graduate School faculty. Steiner's research is focused on ways to improve public education in the United States for teachers and students, reduce racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps, and improve equity of educational and life outcomes.

Her work also addresses implementation of public policy—how systems of rules and incentives intended to encourage behavior toward a desired outcome function in practice, and how policies could be improved to promote desired outcomes. These interests intersect in her work at RAND, which is focused on studying implementation of education reforms and policies. Current research topics include K–12 teacher and principal well-being, working conditions, and the diversity of the educator workforce; personalized and competency-based learning; social and emotional learning; teacher and school leader professional development; and educator evaluation systems.

Steiner holds an M.S.P.P.M. in public policy and management from the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University.

Research Focus

Previous Positions

Policy Analyst

Recent Projects

State of the American Teacher Survey
State of the American Principal Survey
Study of the implementation and outcomes of innovative personalized learning school models
Study of Opportunity by Design innovative high schools
Study of school leader training programs

Selected Publications

Elizabeth D. Steiner and Ashley Woo, Job-Related Stress Threatens the Teacher Supply, RAND (RR-A1108-1), 2021

Ashley Woo and Elizabeth D. Steiner, The Well-Being of Secondary School Principals One Year into the COVID-19 Pandemic, RAND (RR-A827-6), 2022

Laura J. Faherty, Benjamin K Master, Elizabeth D. Steiner, Julia H. Kaufman, Zach Predmore, Laura Stelitano, Jennifer T. Leschitz, Brian Phillips, Heather L. Schwartz, Rebecca Wolfe, COVID-19 Testing in K–12 Schools: Insights from Early Adopters., RAND (RR-A1103-1), 2021

Elizabeth D. Steiner, Laura Stelitano, Andy Bogart, Sophie Meyers., The Promise of Summer as a Time for Teacher Professional Learning: Findings from a National Survey and Implications from the BellXcel Program. , RAND (RR-A196-1), 2021

Elizabeth D. Steiner, Laura S. Hamilton, John F Pane, Jonathan Schweig, Larua Stelitano, Joseph D. Pane, Sophie Meyers., Building and Sustaining Innovative High Schools: Findings from the Opportunity by Design Study. , RAND (RR-A322-3), 2020

Laura S. Hamilton, Christopher J. Doss, Elizabeth D. Steiner, Teacher and Principal Perspectives on Social and Emotional Learning in America’s Schools: Findings from the American Educator Panels, RAND (RR-2991), 2019

Julia H. Kaufman, Elizabeth D. Steiner, Matthew D. Baird, Raising the Bar for K–12 Academics Early Signals on How Louisiana’s Education Policy Strategies Are Working for Schools, Teachers, and Students, RAND (RR-2303/2), 2019

John F. Pane, Elizabeth D. Steiner, Matthew D. Baird, Laura S. Hamilton, Joseph D. Pane, Informing Progress: Insights on Personalized Learning Implementation and Effects, (RR-2042), 2017