Exploring the potential of alternative assessment designs for multilingual children in primary education. Ghent University
The proposed research evaluates whether monolingual testing practice can provide a complete picture of multilingual (ML) pupils’ abilities in content-related areas (e.g. science). In traditional tests, these pupils receive the test items and respond to them in the school language only. The hypothesis to be tested is whether monolingual testing practice crucially overlooks some of the pupils’ competencies, whereas ML testing may result in more ...