ERIC Number: EJ1461221
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Mar
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-1056-7941
EISSN: EISSN-1949-3533
Available Date: 2024-12-19
Translanguaging Formative Assessment Tools for Bilingual Teachers of Multilingual Students
Claudia Rodriguez-Mojica1; Allison Briceño2; Sara Rutherford-Quach3; Kathleen Jablon Stoehr4
TESOL Journal, v16 n1 e914 2025
In this article, the authors describe how their NPD project aims to support bilingual classroom teachers' understanding and implementation of translanguaging as theory and practice. They share two practical tools they developed to help teachers approach formative assessment through a translanguaging lens. The first tool is a classroom conversation observation tool that equips teachers to capture what focal students can do in conversations about grade level content in Spanish, English, and via translanguaging. Tool 1 is aligned with the Common Core Speaking and Listening standards and includes a blank template teachers can use to align the tool with relevant standards across content areas and grade levels. The second tool is designed to help teachers (1) get to know a student as a holistic individual, (2) use that information to identify high-interest books for the student, and (3) employ culturally and linguistically responsive adaptations, such as translanguaging, to formatively assess the student's reading. Both tools are intended to guide instruction via informal formative assessment: Identifying students' strengths and needs helps distinguish aspects of language and literacy necessary for future instruction.
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Formative Evaluation, Bilingual Teachers, Multilingualism, Bilingual Education, Teaching Methods, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Spanish, English, Relevance (Education), Reading Comprehension
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Language: English
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Department of Education Funded: Yes
Author Affiliations: 1School of Education, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA; 2Department of Teacher Education, San José State University, San Jose, California, USA; 3Center for Education Research & Innovation, SRI Education, Menlo Park, California, USA; 4Department of Education, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, USA