Collaborative Assessment for Multilingual Learners and Teachers
Pathways to Partnerships
Illustrations by Claribel Gonzalez, Foreword by Maria G. Dove
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.
“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.”
“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.”
“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!”
“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”
“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!”
