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2004 NSF K-12 Math, Science, and Technology Curriculum Developers Conference

Steve Schneider, Ph.D.

Steve Schneider is the Program Director of WestEd's Mathematics, Science, and Technology Program and serves as the Principal Investigator (PI) of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Center for Assessment and Evaluation of Student Learning (CAESL), the California K-12 Mathematics Implementation Study, and is the Co-Director of the WestEd Eisenhower Regional Consortium. Dr. Schneider was also the Co-PI/Project Director for the development the AYA (High School) Science teacher assessment for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and a lead evaluator of numerous large-scale evaluation efforts for NSF and the U.S. Department of Education (ED). He has served as the evaluation chairperson for National Network of Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Consortia and Clearinghouse for the last six years and also represented the Network on the ED's Mathematics and Science Expert Panels.

Dr. Schneider has over 30 years of science, mathematics and technology education experience, including K-12 pre-service teacher education at Stanford University and University of California; high school science teaching in biology, physics, and oceanography; and planning and conducting teacher and administrator professional development. He has published numerous articles on science, mathematics and technology education, professional development, and teacher preparation. Conducted many research evaluation studies and developed performance measurement instruments.

He received a PhD from Stanford University in the design and evaluation of educational programs with an emphasis in science, mathematics, and technology education; a BA in biology from the University of California, Berkeley; and a California Life Teaching Credential from California State University, San Jose.

This project is supported by the National Science Foundation (Grant No. ESI-0352345). Any opinion, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.