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Collaborative Assessment for Multilingual Learners and Teachers
Illustrations by Claribel Gonzalez
Foreword by Maria G. Dove
Using evidence-based, research-informed strategies, this guide presents collaborative assessment approaches AS, FOR, and OF learning to foster multilingual learners’ academic, linguistic, cultural, and social-emotional development.
- Grade Level: PreK-12
- ISBN: 9781071930861
- Published By: Corwin
- Year: 2024
- Page Count: 200
- Publication date: September 16, 2024
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Description
Collaborative assessment practices lead to strong partnerships
Join bestselling authors Margo Gottlieb and Andrea Honigsfeld on an engaging journey to showcase collaborative assessment within assets-driven instructional practices. Integrating instructional and assessment cycles, explore how multilingual learners can interact with each other and their teachers to form lasting partnerships. Using evidence-based, research-informed strategies, Gottlieb and Honigsfeld invite educators to form partnerships to fortify linguistically and culturally sustainable assessment within their classroom routines.
Throughout the learning journey, Collaborative Assessment for Multilingual Learners and Teachers offers:
- Practical tips and adaptable templates to reinforce assessment during instruction
- Vignettes that bring practical application of key concepts to life
- Protocols and tools for teachers and multilingual learners to engage in reflective conversations about their learning
- Recurring colorful icons that capture the travel theme and much more…
Collaborative assessment approaches AS, FOR, and OF learning encourage relationship building to foster multilingual learners’ academic, linguistic, cultural, and social-emotional development. This practical guide supports educators in implementing collaborative assessment and welcomes multilingual learners to be partners in the process.
Author(s)
Margo Gottlieb
Margo Gottlieb, Ph.D., is a staunch advocate for multilingual learners and their teachers. As co-founder and lead developer of WIDA at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2003, Margo has helped design and contributed to all the editions of WIDA’s English and Spanish language development standards frameworks and their derivative products. Being a bilingual teacher, facilitator, consultant, and mentor across K-20 settings, she has worked with universities, organizations, governments, states, school districts, networks, and schools in co-constructing linguistic and culturally sustainable curriculum and reconceptualizing classroom assessment policy and practice.
Margo’s passion has always been assessment in its many forms, starting with her dissertation, a K-12 multilingual test in Spanish, Lao, and English that integrated content and language. Since then, she was appointed to national and state advisory boards, served as a Fulbright Senior Scholar, and was honored by the TESOL International Association in 2016 for her significant contribution to the field. In her travels, Margo has enjoyed keynoting and presenting across the United States and in 25 countries. Having authored, co-authored, or co-edited over 100 publications, including 20 books and guides, Margo's 3rd edition of her best-selling book, Assessing Multilingual Learners: Bridges to Empowerment, is the latest addition to her Corwin compendium.
Andrea Honigsfeld
Andrea Honigsfeld, EdD, is Professor in the School of Education at Molloy University, Rockville Centre, New York. Before entering the field of teacher education, she was an English-as-a-foreign-language teacher in Hungary (Grades 5–8 and adult) and an English-as-a-second-language teacher in New York City (Grades K–3 and adult). She also taught Hungarian at New York University. She was the recipient of a doctoral fellowship at St. John’s University, New York, where she conducted research on individualized instruction and learning styles. She has published extensively on working with English language learners and providing individualized instruction based on learning style preferences. She received a Fulbright Award to lecture in Iceland in the fall of 2002. In the past twelve years, she has been presenting at conferences across the United States, Great Britain, Denmark, Sweden, the Philippines, and the United Arab Emirates.
She coauthored Differentiated Instruction for At-Risk Students (2009) and co-edited the five-volume Breaking the Mold of Education series (2010–2013), published by Rowman and Littlefield. She is also the co-author of Core Instructional Routines: Go-To Structures for Effective Literacy Teaching, K–5 and 6–12 (2014), published by Heinemann. With Maria Dove, she co-edited Coteaching and Other Collaborative Practices in the EFL/ESL Classroom: Rationale, Research, Reflections, and Recommendations (2012) and co-authored Collaboration and Co-Teaching: Strategies for English Learners (2010), Common Core for the Not-So-Common Learner, Grades K–5: English Language Arts Strategies (2013), Common Core for the Not-So-Common Learner, Grades 6–12: English Language Arts Strategies (2013), Beyond Core Expectations: A Schoolwide Framework for Serving the Not-So-Common Learner (2014), Collaboration and Co-Teaching: A Leader’s Guide (2015), Coteaching for English Learners: A Guide to Collaborative Planning, Instruction, Assessment, and Reflection (2018), Collaborating for English Learners: A Foundational Guide to Integrated Practices (2019), Co-Planning: 5 Essential Practices to Integrate Curriculum and Instruction for English Learners (2022). She is a contributing author of Breaking Down the Wall: Essential Shifts for English Learner Success (2020), From Equity Insights to Action (2021), and Digital-Age Teaching for English Learners (2022). Nine of her Corwin books are bestsellers.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Chapter 1: Setting Out on a Journey Through Collaborative Assessment
Chapter 2: Collaborative Instructional and Assessment Cycles
Chapter 3: Collaborative Assessment AS Learning
Chapter 4: Collaborative Assessment FOR Learning
Chapter 5: Collaborative Assessment OF Learning
Chapter 6: Collaborative Assessment Beyond the Classroom
Reviews
“‘I no longer feel that I need to know and do it all....that’s what colleagues are for... to share the responsibility for teaching our multilingual learners.’ This quote, from a seasoned educator, is at the heart of Margo Gottlieb’s and Andrea Honigsfeld’s new book. When it comes to student assessment, teacher candidates are taught to rely on standards and standardized testing, often at the cost of their own intuitive understanding of students and issues of equity, social justice, and cultural diversity – specifically multilingualism. Teachers need a new road map. The design of this book as a collaborative journey – complete with road signs, roadblocks, and yes, even pit-stops – is not only engaging, but mirrors teaching and learning as an interactive and on-going process. The belief that throughout this journey we must have multiple opportunities to meet-up with and collaborate with our colleagues, makes me eager to go on this journey along with my students.”
Alice Ginsberg“‘I no longer feel that I need to know and do it all....that’s what colleagues are for... to share the responsibility for teaching our multilingual learners.’ This quote, from a seasoned educator, is at the heart of Margo Gottlieb’s and Andrea Honigsfeld’s new book. When it comes to student assessment, teacher candidates are taught to rely on standards and standardized testing, often at the cost of their own intuitive understanding of students and issues of equity, social justice, and cultural diversity – specifically multilingualism. Teachers need a new road map. The design of this book as a collaborative journey – complete with road signs, roadblocks, and yes, even pit-stops – is not only engaging, but mirrors teaching and learning as an interactive and on-going process. The belief that throughout this journey we must have multiple opportunities to meet-up with and collaborate with our colleagues, makes me eager to go on this journey along with my students.”
Associate Director of Research at Rutgers University
“Gottlieb and Honigsfeld build upon assets-based approaches, family engagement, and student voice; these values are close to my heart as an educator, therefore I immediately felt invested in this book. The vignettes make it easier to understand how the collaborative assessment ideas in this book could be implemented in my own building. Finally, this book is fun!!! I love how it is written like a journey that is meant to be engaged with. This text will make an excellent book study for co-teaching teams or any team that wants to grow their collaborative assessment practices.”
Berth Harju“Gottlieb and Honigsfeld build upon assets-based approaches, family engagement, and student voice; these values are close to my heart as an educator, therefore I immediately felt invested in this book. The vignettes make it easier to understand how the collaborative assessment ideas in this book could be implemented in my own building. Finally, this book is fun!!! I love how it is written like a journey that is meant to be engaged with. This text will make an excellent book study for co-teaching teams or any team that wants to grow their collaborative assessment practices.”
Multilingual Learner Co-Teacher at Boise School District
“At NYS TESOL we believe all educators are educators of ELLs/Multilingual Learners. This book is an ideal tool for all teachers and administrators in many ways. High-quality systems, inclusive school culture, and the gradual release of responsibility are motifs throughout its pages. Furthermore, the asset-based ethos throughout this book can undoubtedly enhance school collaboration. As an educational leader and an ENL co-teacher, it is clear to me that this book will help to build new and improved veteran relationships between co-teachers and other educators. I say “Yes!” this book is everything I’d like to communicate to colleagues. It is put so eloquently and succinctly via a metaphorical journey with vignettes of various school collaborative experiences. Thank you, Margo and Andrea for putting this out for our schools... and truly, our society at large.”
Christine E. Seebach Ed.D.“At NYS TESOL we believe all educators are educators of ELLs/Multilingual Learners. This book is an ideal tool for all teachers and administrators in many ways. High-quality systems, inclusive school culture, and the gradual release of responsibility are motifs throughout its pages. Furthermore, the asset-based ethos throughout this book can undoubtedly enhance school collaboration. As an educational leader and an ENL co-teacher, it is clear to me that this book will help to build new and improved veteran relationships between co-teachers and other educators. I say “Yes!” this book is everything I’d like to communicate to colleagues. It is put so eloquently and succinctly via a metaphorical journey with vignettes of various school collaborative experiences. Thank you, Margo and Andrea for putting this out for our schools... and truly, our society at large.”
NYS TESOL, TESOL International, NYSCEA
“Embarking on the journey of collaborative assessment, readers of this book are the heroes being guided by the authors. A journey into collaborative instructional assessment cycles supports educators in learning to navigate the unfamiliar territory of interconnectedness and interdependence among multilingual learners, teachers, and families. Margo and Andrea inspire educators to launch a transformative quest. Along the way, they introduce readers to friends traveling the same journey, supporting educators through obstacles and options. Reaching the destination, teachers have had experiences with integrating language and content, balancing instruction and assessment, and collaborating in implementing student-centered approaches. What a ride!”
Tamara J. Coburn“Embarking on the journey of collaborative assessment, readers of this book are the heroes being guided by the authors. A journey into collaborative instructional assessment cycles supports educators in learning to navigate the unfamiliar territory of interconnectedness and interdependence among multilingual learners, teachers, and families. Margo and Andrea inspire educators to launch a transformative quest. Along the way, they introduce readers to friends traveling the same journey, supporting educators through obstacles and options. Reaching the destination, teachers have had experiences with integrating language and content, balancing instruction and assessment, and collaborating in implementing student-centered approaches. What a ride!”
Lead ESL Teacher at Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools
“This book looks GREAT! It is really needed in the field. I get so many questions from teachers of bilingual students about appropriate assessments, and this book lays it out clearly in an approachable, well-written volume. So much of the discourse around assessment focuses on (English-centered) accountability and reflects a monolingual perspective -- narrowly judging multilingual students’ capacities by only counting what they can demonstrate in English in a summative test. This volume centers around honoring multilingual learners’ unique skills and identities, and helping educators learn how to work together to give students access to their full linguistic repertoire to demonstrate what they know and can do throughout their learning experiences.”
Deb Palmer, Ph.D. (She/Ella),“This book looks GREAT! It is really needed in the field. I get so many questions from teachers of bilingual students about appropriate assessments, and this book lays it out clearly in an approachable, well-written volume. So much of the discourse around assessment focuses on (English-centered) accountability and reflects a monolingual perspective -- narrowly judging multilingual students’ capacities by only counting what they can demonstrate in English in a summative test. This volume centers around honoring multilingual learners’ unique skills and identities, and helping educators learn how to work together to give students access to their full linguistic repertoire to demonstrate what they know and can do throughout their learning experiences.”
Professor of Equity and Bilingualism/Biliteracy at University of Colorado Boulder
“Margo Gottlieb and Andrea Honigsfeld, renowned for their expertise in assessment and collaboration, show us how to support multilingual learners’ language, academic, and social-emotional development using state-of-the-art collaborative assessment practices. Whether you are new to teaching or a veteran educator, this book should be front and center for building student success.”
Debbie Zacarian“Margo Gottlieb and Andrea Honigsfeld, renowned for their expertise in assessment and collaboration, show us how to support multilingual learners’ language, academic, and social-emotional development using state-of-the-art collaborative assessment practices. Whether you are new to teaching or a veteran educator, this book should be front and center for building student success.”
Founder of Zacarian and Associates, LLC
“Using “journey” as a metaphor, Margo and Andrea pool their extensive knowledge and experience to both zero in on and expand the day-to-day rhythms of collaborative assessment for multilingual learners. These urgently needed assessment practices, collected into their book, and illustrated via vignettes; engender curiosity, collaborative conversations, and enquiring attitudes in teachers, students, and their families. This contrasts with the overreliance on one-and-done, high-stakes tests for accountability that often deflate and discourage, placing us all - especially multilingual students - into a deficit-oriented mindset rather than into a joyful journey of learning and growing together.”
Debra Cole, PhD“Using “journey” as a metaphor, Margo and Andrea pool their extensive knowledge and experience to both zero in on and expand the day-to-day rhythms of collaborative assessment for multilingual learners. These urgently needed assessment practices, collected into their book, and illustrated via vignettes; engender curiosity, collaborative conversations, and enquiring attitudes in teachers, students, and their families. This contrasts with the overreliance on one-and-done, high-stakes tests for accountability that often deflate and discourage, placing us all - especially multilingual students - into a deficit-oriented mindset rather than into a joyful journey of learning and growing together.”
Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Missouri, St. Louis
“Collaborative Assessment for Multilingual Learners and Teachers is a must-have treasure for those who take on challenging and sometimes lonely journeys of trying to unpack data and connecting numbers to practical ways of supporting multilingual learners in daily instruction. This book is based on research-based practices and is designed as a fun but goal-oriented travel companion that is sure to stop and smell the roses along the way. Filled with colorful graphics that make reading easy and content comprehensible, this book is created with multilingual learners’ success in mind. The collaborative assessment guide was created with the collaboration of the two phenomenal authors at its best!”
Dr. Inna Slisher“Collaborative Assessment for Multilingual Learners and Teachers is a must-have treasure for those who take on challenging and sometimes lonely journeys of trying to unpack data and connecting numbers to practical ways of supporting multilingual learners in daily instruction. This book is based on research-based practices and is designed as a fun but goal-oriented travel companion that is sure to stop and smell the roses along the way. Filled with colorful graphics that make reading easy and content comprehensible, this book is created with multilingual learners’ success in mind. The collaborative assessment guide was created with the collaboration of the two phenomenal authors at its best!”
English Language Learners Supervisor at Knox County Schools
"Margo and Andrea have delivered again! In a time when many schools are unsure of assessment practices for multilingual learners, this book empowers educators to collaborate, share expertise, and co-create assessment policies that truly serve all students. It is an essential resource for educators committed to creating equitable educational experiences and championing the strengths of diverse student populations."
Rob Greenhaw"Margo and Andrea have delivered again! In a time when many schools are unsure of assessment practices for multilingual learners, this book empowers educators to collaborate, share expertise, and co-create assessment policies that truly serve all students. It is an essential resource for educators committed to creating equitable educational experiences and championing the strengths of diverse student populations."
Missouri Migrant and English Language Learning (MELL) Instructional Consultant at EducationPlus in St. Louis, MO.
“This book provides a framework for collaborative, equitable, and culturally and linguistically responsive assessment practices, helping educators to empower multilingual learners and create pathways for their success. Grounded in research-informed ideas that highlight the power of collaboration, this practical guide gives educators a roadmap for supporting school-wide changes in assessing multilingual learners. Honigsfeld and Gottlieb offer a wonderful example of the power of leveraging two areas of expertise (collaboration and assessment, respectively) in their first co-authored book. This practical guide can serve as an entry point for educators who seek to enhance assessment practices for content learning, language development, and literacy skills within an instructional cycle through collaboration. Never has there been a such a need for collaborative works such as this one; Collaborative Assessment for Multilingual Learners and Teachers: Pathways to Partnerships will help educators of multilingual learners apply evidence-based strategies to their teaching practice, and as a result, promote and support equitable assessment practices for this ever-growing population of students.”
Gretchen Oliver“This book provides a framework for collaborative, equitable, and culturally and linguistically responsive assessment practices, helping educators to empower multilingual learners and create pathways for their success. Grounded in research-informed ideas that highlight the power of collaboration, this practical guide gives educators a roadmap for supporting school-wide changes in assessing multilingual learners. Honigsfeld and Gottlieb offer a wonderful example of the power of leveraging two areas of expertise (collaboration and assessment, respectively) in their first co-authored book. This practical guide can serve as an entry point for educators who seek to enhance assessment practices for content learning, language development, and literacy skills within an instructional cycle through collaboration. Never has there been a such a need for collaborative works such as this one; Collaborative Assessment for Multilingual Learners and Teachers: Pathways to Partnerships will help educators of multilingual learners apply evidence-based strategies to their teaching practice, and as a result, promote and support equitable assessment practices for this ever-growing population of students.”
Assistant Professor & Co-Director of TESOL Programs, Siena College
“As we strive towards a new and necessary season of education where multilingualism is the treasured norm, this book will guide our collective passion to collaboratively and effectively serve our brilliant students and families who have been historically marginalized by ineffective assessment systems. Beginning in early childhood and lasting through high school graduation, we can and must do better, together, and this resource will enlighten the journey”
Kari Keith“As we strive towards a new and necessary season of education where multilingualism is the treasured norm, this book will guide our collective passion to collaboratively and effectively serve our brilliant students and families who have been historically marginalized by ineffective assessment systems. Beginning in early childhood and lasting through high school graduation, we can and must do better, together, and this resource will enlighten the journey”
Director of Multilingual Programs, at Community Consolidated School District 15
“This book offers practical and thoughtful resources to guide pre and in-service K-12 teachers in planning and implementing collaborative assessments as, for, and of learning. Given the strong emphasis on assessment in the current educational climate, and how daunting assessment can feel for teachers, this is a much needed resource advocating for a culturally sustaining approach to the assessment of multilingual learners!”
Dr. Kathleen McGovern“This book offers practical and thoughtful resources to guide pre and in-service K-12 teachers in planning and implementing collaborative assessments as, for, and of learning. Given the strong emphasis on assessment in the current educational climate, and how daunting assessment can feel for teachers, this is a much needed resource advocating for a culturally sustaining approach to the assessment of multilingual learners!”
Assistant Professor of TESOL at The University of Southern Maine
“Setting up an equitable playing field isn’t always easy for teachers, so Drs. Gottlieb and Honigsfeld provide clear and explicit answers to issues related to best practices in assessing multilingual learners. As we put adaptable classroom-ready templates and tools into practice, we can rest easy knowing that we are not only effectively addressing the assessment needs of our students, but we are also nurturing their overall academic and social-emotional needs. Their work is systemic, flexible, and inspirational because it provides multiple pathways for a collaborative assessment journey.”
Katie Leven“Setting up an equitable playing field isn’t always easy for teachers, so Drs. Gottlieb and Honigsfeld provide clear and explicit answers to issues related to best practices in assessing multilingual learners. As we put adaptable classroom-ready templates and tools into practice, we can rest easy knowing that we are not only effectively addressing the assessment needs of our students, but we are also nurturing their overall academic and social-emotional needs. Their work is systemic, flexible, and inspirational because it provides multiple pathways for a collaborative assessment journey.”
podcaster at The Intentional TESOL Podcast
“Educators who need a comprehensive and practical resource on collaborative assessment will find this book to be invaluable, especially for their multilingual learners. Drawing from classroom examples, scholarship, and evidence-based teaching, Gottlieb and Honigsfeld guide readers on a “journey” through collaborative assessment, illuminating key issues, challenges, and opportunities. This book is a must-read for teachers and other educators who are committed to supporting multilingual learners in K-12 settings.”
Ilka Kostka, PhD“Educators who need a comprehensive and practical resource on collaborative assessment will find this book to be invaluable, especially for their multilingual learners. Drawing from classroom examples, scholarship, and evidence-based teaching, Gottlieb and Honigsfeld guide readers on a “journey” through collaborative assessment, illuminating key issues, challenges, and opportunities. This book is a must-read for teachers and other educators who are committed to supporting multilingual learners in K-12 settings.”
Teaching Professor, of Northeastern University
“Drs. Gottlieb and Honigsfeld, Margo and Andrea, brilliantly crafted this book to guide educators regarding collaborative assessment practices--with student agency at the center. Now, more than ever, our field must move beyond the widespread, inequitable decisions made based on high-stakes test data that, by design, repeatedly fall short in capturing MLs’ true capabilities. Margo and Andrea offer real-world pathways to adopt collaborative, evidence-based assessment practices that showcase the countless dimensions of linguistic and cultural splendor MLs bring to our schools and communities.”
Dr. Joan Lachance“Drs. Gottlieb and Honigsfeld, Margo and Andrea, brilliantly crafted this book to guide educators regarding collaborative assessment practices--with student agency at the center. Now, more than ever, our field must move beyond the widespread, inequitable decisions made based on high-stakes test data that, by design, repeatedly fall short in capturing MLs’ true capabilities. Margo and Andrea offer real-world pathways to adopt collaborative, evidence-based assessment practices that showcase the countless dimensions of linguistic and cultural splendor MLs bring to our schools and communities.”
Associate Professor at UNC Charlotte
“Bringing together Margo Gottlieb’s equitable assessment practices and Andrea Honigsfeld’ s effective collaborative strategies, this book takes the reader on a stimulating learning journey to develop a practice of collaborative assessment. This valuable text is a must read for educators in schools implementing collaborative teaching models. It is also an excellent book for those interested in exploring new pathways toward multilingual learners’ academic success. To transform your practice, get an extra copy for your partner.”
Lori M. Edmonds“Bringing together Margo Gottlieb’s equitable assessment practices and Andrea Honigsfeld’ s effective collaborative strategies, this book takes the reader on a stimulating learning journey to develop a practice of collaborative assessment. This valuable text is a must read for educators in schools implementing collaborative teaching models. It is also an excellent book for those interested in exploring new pathways toward multilingual learners’ academic success. To transform your practice, get an extra copy for your partner.”
Assistant Professor of ESL Education at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
“Margo and Andrea's book, "Collaborative Assessment for Multilingual Learners and Teachers: Pathways to Partnerships," is a timely and valuable resource. It tackles two crucial issues for K-12 language specialists:
- Fostering seamless collaboration between content and language teachers to facilitate effective content-based language learning.
- Elevating the role of assessment to provide actionable data for immediate, short-term, and long-term instructional decisions.
“One of the book's unique strengths lies in its emphasis on leveraging the combined knowledge of educators, students, and families. This collaborative approach, presented through an engaging "Journey" theme, equips teachers with practical strategies to seamlessly integrate assessment into daily routines. This minimizes disruption while maximizing learning opportunities. The book's clear and accessible presentation makes it easy for educators to grasp the concepts and readily apply them in their classrooms.”
Lynn Shafer Willner“Margo and Andrea's book, "Collaborative Assessment for Multilingual Learners and Teachers: Pathways to Partnerships," is a timely and valuable resource. It tackles two crucial issues for K-12 language specialists:
- Fostering seamless collaboration between content and language teachers to facilitate effective content-based language learning.
- Elevating the role of assessment to provide actionable data for immediate, short-term, and long-term instructional decisions.
“One of the book's unique strengths lies in its emphasis on leveraging the combined knowledge of educators, students, and families. This collaborative approach, presented through an engaging "Journey" theme, equips teachers with practical strategies to seamlessly integrate assessment into daily routines. This minimizes disruption while maximizing learning opportunities. The book's clear and accessible presentation makes it easy for educators to grasp the concepts and readily apply them in their classrooms.”
Standards and Accessibility Researcher/Digitalization Specialist at WIDA at the University of Wisconsin, Madison
“This powerful duo cleverly links assessment with collaborative practices for a more equitable and assets-based approach. The creative artistic signals used along the way will help the reader tread and ponder over critical points of the framework. That will help facilitate reflection and implementation. A wonderful book on multilingual learner assessment!”
Margarita Calderón“This powerful duo cleverly links assessment with collaborative practices for a more equitable and assets-based approach. The creative artistic signals used along the way will help the reader tread and ponder over critical points of the framework. That will help facilitate reflection and implementation. A wonderful book on multilingual learner assessment!”
Professor Emerita at Johns Hopkins University
“How can collaborative teaching for multilingual learners happen without collaborative planning? It cannot. And how can collaborative planning and teaching happen without authentic, embedded, and equally collaborative assessment? It should not. Gottlieb and Honigsfeld definitely fill a logistical gap with this book, providing accessible, practitioner-friendly ideas for ways in which educators of multilingual learners can – and do - collaborate with their colleagues and their students to make assessment what it can be and should be. This book’s journey towards collaborative assessment is one that positions planning, teaching, and assessing all as parts of the same collaborative endeavor, one that is done for and with multilingual students rather than to them. But it also asks all educators to truly see and value multilingual students for who they are and what they bring as assets to schools and communities everywhere.”
Miriam Ehtesham-Cating“How can collaborative teaching for multilingual learners happen without collaborative planning? It cannot. And how can collaborative planning and teaching happen without authentic, embedded, and equally collaborative assessment? It should not. Gottlieb and Honigsfeld definitely fill a logistical gap with this book, providing accessible, practitioner-friendly ideas for ways in which educators of multilingual learners can – and do - collaborate with their colleagues and their students to make assessment what it can be and should be. This book’s journey towards collaborative assessment is one that positions planning, teaching, and assessing all as parts of the same collaborative endeavor, one that is done for and with multilingual students rather than to them. But it also asks all educators to truly see and value multilingual students for who they are and what they bring as assets to schools and communities everywhere.”
Director of Programs for Multilingual Learners at Burlington School District, Burlington VT
“As our district of over 1000 multilingual learners invests ina strengthened, inclusive EL Program Model focusing on co-teaching and integrated ELD, equitable assessment practices for multilingual learners has become a priority topic. This timely, relevant and easy-to-read text by Gottlieb and Honigsfeld is a must-read for educators at all levels who aim to enhance their assessment practices through an assets-based approach! From practical tips to adaptable templates, educators will be equipped with powerful tools to use right away. The authors weave vignettes from various educators around the United States and beyond throughout the text bringing the research and theory to life! We have seen the incredible impact of collaborative practices in various instructional settings, and we are anxious to roll up our sleeves to strengthen our collaborative assessment practices based on the combined expertise of Gottlieb and Honigsfeld!”
Pamela Schwallier, PhD.“As our district of over 1000 multilingual learners invests ina strengthened, inclusive EL Program Model focusing on co-teaching and integrated ELD, equitable assessment practices for multilingual learners has become a priority topic. This timely, relevant and easy-to-read text by Gottlieb and Honigsfeld is a must-read for educators at all levels who aim to enhance their assessment practices through an assets-based approach! From practical tips to adaptable templates, educators will be equipped with powerful tools to use right away. The authors weave vignettes from various educators around the United States and beyond throughout the text bringing the research and theory to life! We have seen the incredible impact of collaborative practices in various instructional settings, and we are anxious to roll up our sleeves to strengthen our collaborative assessment practices based on the combined expertise of Gottlieb and Honigsfeld!”
Director of El and Bilingual Programs at West Ottawa Public Schools
“Margo Gottlieb and Andrea Honigsfeld have written a must-read K-12 practical guide for those of us who want to support multilingual learners’ academic, linguistic, cultural, and social-emotional development through asset-based collaborative instruction and assessment. Read this book and join the extraordinary learning full of evidence-based strategies, ready-to-use tips, adaptable templates, and authentic examples. I can’t wait to recommend this book to educators of multilingual learners in my network.”
Minh Hue Nguyen“Margo Gottlieb and Andrea Honigsfeld have written a must-read K-12 practical guide for those of us who want to support multilingual learners’ academic, linguistic, cultural, and social-emotional development through asset-based collaborative instruction and assessment. Read this book and join the extraordinary learning full of evidence-based strategies, ready-to-use tips, adaptable templates, and authentic examples. I can’t wait to recommend this book to educators of multilingual learners in my network.”
Dr, Senior Lecturer in TESOL/EAL, School of Curriculum, Teaching and Inclusive Education, and Faculty of Education, at Monash University, Australia
“Margo Gottlieb and Andrea Honigsfeld are the perfect combination when it comes to collaborative assessment for multilingual learners. In a linguistically and culturally diverse district, with over 100 languages spoken, this book will be invaluable to ensure we are taking strategic steps to assess our students with an asset-based approach. Honigsfeld’s extensive study of collaborative practices for multilingual learners combined with Gottlieb’s years of work with assessment and evaluation merge beautifully in the creation of meaningful and actionable ways to collaboratively assess student learning. Throughout the book, vignettes at the elementary, middle, and high school levels offer context for the content of their research. This book draws from the most current literature and provides multiple practical examples to guide us in making collaborative assessment practices a reality for our multilingual learners.”
Rita Pohlad“Margo Gottlieb and Andrea Honigsfeld are the perfect combination when it comes to collaborative assessment for multilingual learners. In a linguistically and culturally diverse district, with over 100 languages spoken, this book will be invaluable to ensure we are taking strategic steps to assess our students with an asset-based approach. Honigsfeld’s extensive study of collaborative practices for multilingual learners combined with Gottlieb’s years of work with assessment and evaluation merge beautifully in the creation of meaningful and actionable ways to collaboratively assess student learning. Throughout the book, vignettes at the elementary, middle, and high school levels offer context for the content of their research. This book draws from the most current literature and provides multiple practical examples to guide us in making collaborative assessment practices a reality for our multilingual learners.”
Multilingual Learner (ML) Instructional Coach at Kentwood Public Schools
“We are all the most effective and creative when we collaborate with others. In Margo Gottlieb and Andrea Honigsfeld’s new book, they demonstrate how collaboration and assessment go hand in hand to empower multilingual learners on a path to success. This practical addition to the field takes us on a journey that centers the readers’ experience, providing evidence-based strategies and adaptable templates that promote collaborative assessment. Readers from all roles and levels of experience will easily engage with and apply this learning to their contexts. I highly recommend this book!”
Diane Staehr Fenner“We are all the most effective and creative when we collaborate with others. In Margo Gottlieb and Andrea Honigsfeld’s new book, they demonstrate how collaboration and assessment go hand in hand to empower multilingual learners on a path to success. This practical addition to the field takes us on a journey that centers the readers’ experience, providing evidence-based strategies and adaptable templates that promote collaborative assessment. Readers from all roles and levels of experience will easily engage with and apply this learning to their contexts. I highly recommend this book!”
President of SupportEd and Author
“This is an exciting book. I can’t wait to share it with both EL and classroom teachers. It supports our work in professional learning communities and will help us continue to build strong co-teaching relationships”
Tamara Eklof-Parks“This is an exciting book. I can’t wait to share it with both EL and classroom teachers. It supports our work in professional learning communities and will help us continue to build strong co-teaching relationships”
Multilingual Program Coordinator at Essex Westford School District
“Wow! I love this book so much; it is so needed! Many of the school districts that I work with have seen an increase in their multilingual learners and are eager to know how to best understand, assess, instruct and support these students. This book provides all of that and more! It walks you through the collaborative process, shares incredible vignettes from classrooms and actual teachers, and provides you with powerful tools for better assessing, understanding, and supporting all your multilingual learners. Thank you, Margo and Andrea for creating this outstanding book and tool for all of us!”
Tami Hicks“Wow! I love this book so much; it is so needed! Many of the school districts that I work with have seen an increase in their multilingual learners and are eager to know how to best understand, assess, instruct and support these students. This book provides all of that and more! It walks you through the collaborative process, shares incredible vignettes from classrooms and actual teachers, and provides you with powerful tools for better assessing, understanding, and supporting all your multilingual learners. Thank you, Margo and Andrea for creating this outstanding book and tool for all of us!”
Director of WVEC Title III Consortium and Multilingual Learning at Wabash Valley Education Center
Review Copies
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Related Professional Learning
Related WebinarsRelated Resources
- Access to companion resources is available with the purchase of this book.
- Let’s Collaborate in Assessing Multilingual Learners! [Blog]
- Seven Norms of Collaborative Assessment [Book Excerpt]