Assessing Multilingual Learners

Margo Gottlieb, Ph.D., has been a bilingual teacher, coordinator, facilitator, consultant, and mentor across K-20 settings. Having worked with universities, organizations, governments, states, school districts, networks, and schools, Margo has co-constructed linguistic and culturally sustainable curriculum and reconceptualized classroom assessment, policy, and practice. 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. She has been 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. An avid traveler, Margo has enjoyed keynoting and presenting across the United States, territories, and 25 countries. Having authored, co-authored, or co-edited over 100 publications, including 22 books, Margo′s 3rd edition of Assessing Multilingual Learners: Bridges to Empowerment (2024) and Collaborative Assessment for Multilingual Learners and Teachers: Pathways to Partnerships (with A. Honigsfeld, 2025) are the latest additions to her Corwin compendium.

Dedication
Foreword
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Shifting Assessment Mindsets
Chapter 1: Empowering Multilingual Learners and Teachers Through Assessment
Chapter 2: Issues in Assessment for Multilingual Learners
Chapter 3: Assessment as, for, and of Learning
Chapter 4: Multiliteracies, Multimodalities, and Multilingualism in Assessment
Chapter 5: Connecting Assessment to Curriculum and Instruction
Chapter 6: Dynamic Student Assessment Systems
Chapter 7: Student Evidence for Learning
Chapter 8: Assessment and Grading Practices
Postscript
Glossary
References