My son is bilingual (but not considered limited in English proficiency). He speaks two languages, one at home and one at school. He was tested for gifted education with the RIAS and scored just below the cutoff for gifted education. He told me he knew some of the answers in his home language and not in English and didn't respond to those. The school doesn't want to discuss anything but the test score to determine eligibility. They gave him the DAS-II, and he then scored in the average range. I cannot seem to make sense of this discrepance between the RIAS score and the DAS score. I also cannot seem to make sense of the school's closing the door on discussing the issue of the effect of bilingualism on a test's validity. Anyone out there who can help me make sense of these two issues?
