IN Assessment for learning teachers, together with students, become change agents as… 2-08-19 IABE Conference margogottlieb@gmail.com
Qualities of Assessment for Learning for Educators of Multilingual Learners 1. Integration of content and language targets for units of learning For example, ‘multilingual learners will analyze and chart their language use in at home, in their neighborhood, and at school; they will then report their findings in an autobiography to be shared among classmates’. MG Designing language targets and objectives 2-08-19 IABE Conference margogottlieb@gmail.com
2. Provision of timely, concrete, actionable feedback (e.g., ‘Perrito, you need to avoid making accidents in the house. Next time make sure to use the dog run before coming inside.’) 2-08-19 IABE Conference margogottlieb@gmail.com
Where we are going…. Our future acceptance of assessment as learning as the norm 2-08-19 IABE Conference margogottlieb@gmail.com
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Assessment as Learning Assessment of Learning AssA Assessment for Learning Assessment as Learning …. Gottlieb, 2016 2-08-19 IABE Conference margogottlieb@gmail.com
Think about it…. How can assessment support a broader definition of student success for our multilingual learners? How can assessment practices empower multilingual learners to own and advance their learning? 2-08-19 IABE Conference margogottlieb@gmail.com
What can we do to build on students’ assets during assessment to embrace and nurture students’ multilingual identities encourage multilingual learners’ use of their full linguistic repertoire and….. 2-08-19 IABE Conference margogottlieb@gmail.com
emPower our multilingual learners as Assessment leaders? 2-08-19 IABE Conference margogottlieb@gmail.com
In assessment As learning, Multilingual learners are always up front and center! 2-08-19 IABE Conference margogottlieb@gmail.com
In the future, more engaging, student-led activities will reflect assessment as learning. 2-08-19 IABE Conference margogottlieb@gmail.com
Choose a photo. Discuss how it exemplifies assessment as learning with a shoulder partner. B A C D 2-08-19 IABE Conference margogottlieb@gmail.com
In the future, students will have more input in decision-making as they: Interact with their classmates to reach consensus Engage in self- and peer-assessment 2-08-19 IABE Conference margogottlieb@gmail.com
The ability to self-assess is a powerful engine for learning. …Frey, Hattie, & Fisher, 2018 2-08-19 IABE Conference margogottlieb@gmail.com
Student choice and voice in decision-making In the future, we will embrace more Qualities of assessment as learning Student choice and voice in decision-making Active student engagement and interaction with others (in their preferred language) Students internally motivated and vested in learning Earl, 2013; Gottlieb, 2016 2-08-19 IABE Conference margogottlieb@gmail.com
In the future, more students will engage in Self-assessment 2-08-19 IABE Conference margogottlieb@gmail.com
In the future, multilingual learners will have more opportunities to build agency, SELF-REGULATION, and independent thinking. 2-08-19 IABE Conference margogottlieb@gmail.com
In the future, we will witness more assessment as learning where multilingual learners: Choose/ craft the projects they wish to pursue and how they plan to document their learning (through multimodalities) Collaborate and discuss with peers to reach consensus (in one or more of shared languages) Contribute to their learning log throughout a unit of learning (in their preferred language) 2-08-19 IABE Conference margogottlieb@gmail.com
We will Share dimensions of assessment and learning Supporting multilingual learners’ self-efficacy Promoting multilingual learners’ self-regulation Building metacogntion, and for multilingual learners, metalinguistic and metacultural awareness …Dann, 2014 2-08-19 IABE Conference margogottlieb@gmail.com
for MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS, metacognition occurs in multiple languages! Metacognition- students’ awareness of their own thinking and analysis of their thinking that leads to decision-making for MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS, metacognition occurs in multiple languages! 2-08-19 IABE Conference margogottlieb@gmail.com
Metalinguistic awareness- students’ understanding and manipulation of language for particular purposes for MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS, metalinguistic awareness occurs within and across languages. 2-08-19 IABE Conference margogottlieb@gmail.com
Translanguaging- The natural interaction between two (or more) languages in which multilingual learners communicate ideas, information and concepts orally or in text Translanguaging implies that languages are of equal status and contribute to maximize meaning making ……HORNBERGER & LINK, 2012 2-08-19 IABE Conference margogottlieb@gmail.com
INCREASING ASSESSMENT AS LEARNING FOR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS 2-08-19 IABE Conference margogottlieb@gmail.com
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What is ONE thing that YOU MIGHT DO TO CHANGE YOUR Let’s set the stage for our time capsule. PRACTICES? 2-08-19 IABE Conference margogottlieb@gmail.com
1. ASSESS THE WHOLE STUDENT - FOR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF THEIR SOCIAL/ EMOTIONAL, LANGUAGE AND ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT. Positive relationships, including a trusting relationship with a teacher, and positive emotions, including interest and excitement, open up the mind to learning. Negative emotions- fear of failure, anxiety, and self-doubt With the whole child in mind. 2-08-19 IABE Conference margogottlieb@gmail.com
2. Assess learning through language that is integrated with content and consider multilingual learners’ language choices in the process. 2-08-19 IABE Conference margogottlieb@gmail.com
3. Make assessment linguisticALLY and culturalLY sustainable 2-08-19 IABE Conference margogottlieb@gmail.com
NOT ONLY IN THE FUTURE BUT STARTING NOW! LET’S MAKE A PACT TO Empower OUR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS Through equitable Assessment Practices 2-08-19 IABE Conference margogottlieb@gmail.com
As Multilingual Learners shape our future and that of our nation!