Cary Sneider is a Visiting Scholar at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, with a focus on research, curriculum development and teacher education in engineering education. Dr. Sneider served as Technology and Engineering Lead for A Framework for K–12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas (NRC 2012), and as lead for engineering on the writing team for Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS Lead States, 2013). He is currently a member of the National Assessment Governing Board, which sets policy for NAEP (also known as "The Nation's Report Card") in all subject areas. From 1997 to 2007 Dr. Sneider was Vice President for Programs at the Museum of Science in Boston, where he led development of a high school engineering curriculum, which is now published by It’s About Time. Dr. Sneider’s research interests have focused on helping students unravel their misconceptions in science and on new ways to link science centers and schools to promote student inquiry. He has taught science at the middle and high schools in Maine, California, Costa Rica, and Micronesia. Dr. Sneider earned a B.A. degree in Astronomy cum laude from Harvard College and a California Secondary Teaching Credential, MA, and PhD degrees from the University of California at Berkeley.