Project Graduation
Project Graduation provides remedial instruction and assessment opportunities for students at risk of not meeting the commonwealth’s diploma requirements. Project Graduation includes remedial academies during the school year and summer.
Related Modules & Tests
- Virginia Electronic Practice Assessment Tool (ePAT)
- Released Tests for the Virginia Standards of Learning Assessments
- English Reading / Writing Modules
- Project Graduation English: Reading Skills (PDF)
The reading modules provide lessons on reading comprehension strategies using both nonfiction and informational texts from Web-based resources. - Project Graduation English: Writing Skills (PDF)
The writing modules present strategies for developing strong essays and include examples of activities using Virginias three-domain rubric: composing; written expression; usage and mechanics.
- Project Graduation English: Reading Skills (PDF)
- Algebra I Materials – Aligned with the 2001 Mathematics Standards of Learning
- Lesson 1 – Expressions and Square Roots (Word)
- Lesson 2 – Exponents, Scientific Notation, Multiplying and Dividing Polynomials (Word)
- Lesson 3 – Adding, Subtracting and Multiplying Polynomials (Word)
- Lesson 4 – Factoring Polynomials, Solving Quadratics (Word)
- Lesson 5 – Solving Equations and Inequalities, Order of Operations, Properties (Word)
- Lesson 6 – Solving Literal Equations, Slope of Line (Word)
- Lesson 7 – Graphing Equations of Lines, Writing Equations of Lines (Word)
- Lesson 8 – Solving Systems of Equations (Word)
- Lesson 9 – Relations and Functions (Word)
- Lesson 10 – Matrices, Line of Best Fit, Measures of Central Tendency, Range, and Box-and-whisker Plots (Word)
- Acknowledgements (Word)
Academies
The General Assembly provides funding through Project Graduation for academies for high school students who need additional instruction in preparation for SOL tests in all content areas, including assessments required to earn verified credit toward the Modified Standard Diploma. Academies are conducted during the summer and during the school year, and include multiple opportunities for retesting.
- Project Graduation Summer Academy Grant - Superintendent's Memo, #091-12, April 6, 2012
Testing
- Substitute Tests for Earning Verified Credit (PDF)
Students may earn verified credits toward graduation by passing substitute assessments approved by the Board of Education. These assessments include AP tests, SAT II tests, IB tests and other examinations. - Guidelines for the Read-aloud/Audio Accommodation on the Standards of Learning (SOL) Reading Tests and the Virginia Grade Level Alternative (VGLA) for Reading
Superintendent's Memo – Informational #235, Oct. 27, 2006
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