Introducing Assessment in Action Webinar Series in Partnership With TESOL
By Hannah Haynes
TESOL International Association and WIDA are launching a collaborative webinar series designed to support educators, researchers and leaders who serve multilingual learners. This new three-part webinar series — “Assessment in Action: Supporting Multilingual Learners Through Data and Practice” — will explore how research-backed assessment practices can generate meaningful insights that strengthen instruction and improve outcomes from multilingual learners.
This series is an exciting new chapter in a long-standing relationship between TESOL and WIDA. It reflects the shared commitment to providing high-quality professional learning and ensuring the success and well-being of multilingual learners. You can register today on TESOL’s website
About the Webinar Series
“Assessment in Action” brings together experts from WIDA and TESOL to examine how assessment data can be used thoughtfully and effectively. Each session highlights practical strategies, classroom examples and research-informed insights that participants can apply immediately in their own contexts.
The three parts of the webinar series address the following themes:
Data That Drives: Using Assessment Insights to Inform Instruction
Tuesday, April 14, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. ET
This session, presented by WIDA professional learning facilitator Alisa Rhoads and ELD teacher Erica Solorio, explores how you can interpret and apply assessment data to shape instruction that meets multilingual learners where they are and helps them grow. You’ll engage in breakout sessions to share tools and approaches from your own contexts.
Teaching With Possibility: A Classroom View of WIDA’s Standards Resources
Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. ET
This session is presented by ELD teacher Katie Miller, WIDA standards resource developer Jessica Canul Diaz and WIDA researcher Lynn Shafer Willner. You’ll take a closer look at WIDA standards-based resources and discover classroom-ready strategies that support language development and content learning.
Lessons From Student-Centered Research With Young Multilingual Learners and Their Educators
Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. ET
This session is presented by three WIDA researchers, Mark Chapman, Ahyoung Alicia Kim and Jason Kemp. It highlights findings from research conducted with K-12 multilingual learners and their teachers. You’ll learn about student and educator contributions to projects that focused on enhancing K-12 score reports and developing a new assessment for kindergarten multilingual learners.
Register Today
All webinars will be recorded, and anyone who registers will receive access to the recordings once they’re available.
Registration is hosted on TESOL’s website. These are paid webinars, but we have a special rate for educators in the WIDA Consortium. Use the code WIDA30 when registering to get the special rate of $30 for the entire series.
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