Virginia Department of Education

Ms. Shelley Loving-Ryder, Assistant Superintendent
Jaquetta Conway, Division Secretary

Student Assessment:

• Department of Education Testing Calendar
• Standards of Learning (SOL) Tests
• Virginia SOL Web-based Assessments
• SOL Administration Manuals
• Student Data Extract Record Layouts
• Student Data Upload Documents
• Post-ATP Record Change Request Form
• Virginia Substitute Evaluation Program (VSEP)
• Virginia Grade Level Alternative (VGLA)
• Virginia SELP Test Administration Resources
• Virginia Alternate Assessment Program (VAAP)
• Virginia Alternative and Alternate Assessments Administrator's Manual
• National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
• Test Results

School Improvement

Click here to view or print the 2005-2006 calendar (in PDF format)

Click here to view or print the 2006-2007 calendar (in PDF format)

Click here to view or print the 2007-2008 calendar (in PDF format)

Click here to view or print the 2008-2009 calendar (in PDF format)

Alignment Analysis of the Standards of Learning (SOL) with the SOL Tests and the VGLA

Comparability Studies of the Virginia Computer-Delivered Tests

Review of Selected Technical Characteristics of the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) Assessments (PDF format)

Virginia SOL Program Spring 1998 Administration Technical Manual (PDF format)

Virginia SOL Assessment Technical Report: 1998-1999 Administration Cycle (PDF format)

Virginia SOL Assessment Technical Report: 2001-2002 Administration Cycle (PDF format)

Virginia SOL Assessment Technical Report: 2002-2003 Administration Cycle (PDF format)

Virginia SOL Assessment Technical Report: 2003-2004 Administration Cycle (PDF format)

Released Tests

SOL Cut Scores

Modified Standard Diploma Cut Scores

SOL Test Blueprints

SOL Test Manipulatives

SOL Calculator Use

Assessment Committee Application Processing System (ACAPS)

Testing Irregularities Web Application System (TIWAS)

Assessment Record Review and Change Request Web Application System (ARRCRWAS)

Limited English Proficient Students:  Guidelines for Participation in the Virginia State Assessment Program

Procedures for Participation of Students with Disabilities in Virginia's Accountability System

Crosswalk of Alternate and Alternative Assessments
(Revisions Underway)

Read Aloud Guidelines

Substitute Tests for Verified Credit

Standard Error of Measurement (SEM)

Spring 2008 Web-based Test Directions

Examiner's Manual - Grades 3, 4, and 5

Examiner's Manual - Grades 6, 7, and 8

Examiner's Manual - Content Specific History

Examiner's Manual - End-of-Course

Fall 2007 Web-based Test Directions

Examiner's Manual - Grades 6, 7, and 8

Examiner's Manual - Content Specific History

Examiner's Manual - End-of-Course

Summer 2007 Web-based Test Directions

Examiner's Manual - Grade 8 Literacy and Numeracy/End-of-Course

Spring 2008 Student Data Upload File Requirements

Spring 2008 Student Data Upload File Template

2007-2008 VAAP VGLA VSEP Student Data Upload File Requirements

2007-2008 VAAP VGLA VSEP Student Data Upload File Template

Fall 2007 Student Data Upload File Requirements

Fall 2007 Student Data Upload File Template

2007-2008 SOL Resource Manual

Spring 2008 SOL Test Administrations - Optional Forms

Fall 2007 SOL Test Administrations - Optional Forms

Authorization to Proceed (ATP)

Authorization to Proceed (ATP) VAAP VGLA VSEP

Authorization to Proceed (ATP):  Frequently Asked Questions

Authorization to Proceed (ATP):  Pre-ATP and Post-ATP Reports

Spring 2008 Non-Writing Manuals

 

Examiner's Manual - Grade 3

Examiner's Manual - Grade 4

Examiner's Manual - Grade 5

Examiner's Manual - Grades 6, 7, and 8

Examiner's Manual - Content Specific History

Examiner's Manual - End-of-Course English:  Reading

Examiner's Manual - End-of-Course History

Examiner's Manual - End-of-Course Mathematics
Examiner's Manual - End-of-Course Science

Test Implementation Manual

 

Spring 2008 Writing Manuals

Examiner's Manual - Grades 5, 8, and End-of-Course

Test Implementation Manual

 

Fall 2007 Non-Writing Manuals

 

Examiner's Manual - Grades 6, 7, and 8

Examiner's Manual - Content Specific History

Examiner's Manual - End-of-Course English:  Reading

Examiner's Manual - End-of-Course History

Examiner's Manual - End-of-Course Mathematics
Examiner's Manual - End-of-Course Science

Test Implementation Manual

 

Fall 2007 Writing Manuals

Examiner's Manual - Grade 8 and End-of-Course

Test Implementation Manual

 

Summer 2007 Non-Writing Manuals

 

Examiner's Manual - Grade 8 Literacy and Numeracy

Examiner's Manual - End-of-Course English:  Reading

Examiner's Manual - End-of-Course History

Examiner's Manual - End-of-Course Mathematics
Examiner's Manual - End-of-Course Science

Test Implementation Manual

 

Summer 2007 Writing Manuals

Examiner's Manual - End-of-Course

Test Implementation Manual