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Testing & Standards of Learning (SOL)
- SOLs & Resource Documents
- Standards of Learning (SOL),
  Curriculum Framework, Scope & Sequence, Blueprints, Released Tests
- SOL & Common Core Standards
- Virginia Assessment Program
- Participation & Inclusion
- SOL Test Administration & Development
- SOL Scoring
- Alternative & Alternate Assessments
- Substitute Tests for Verified Credit
- Assessment & Achievement Data
- Other Tests
- Virginia ACCESS for ELLs
- NAEP
- Assessment & Accountability Support
- Assessment Committees
- School Improvement & Reform
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Testing & Standards of Learning (SOL)

News & Announcements

January 20, 2012 – K-8 Mathematics SOL Enhanced Scope & Sequence Sample Lesson Plans now available on VDOE website – searchable by keyword and SOL.

Professional Development

February 3, 2012, is the registration deadline for training in four locations on accommodations for LEP students. See Superintendent's Memo #317-11.

Virginia supports teaching and learning through statewide system of support and accountability for the commonwealth’s public schools and school divisions.

The commonwealth sets rigorous academic standards, known as the Standards of Learning (SOL), and measures achievement through annual SOL tests and alternative and alternate assessments. The system provides schools, school divisions and the Virginia Department of Education with critical data to inform the development and implementation of effective instructional strategies and best practices.

SOL assessments measure student achievement in English, mathematics, science and history/social science. Students are assessed in English and mathematics in grades 3-8 and at the conclusion of certain high school-level courses. SOL tests in science and history are administered in grades 3, 5 and 8 and at the end of high school-level courses in these subjects. Some students may take tests at other grade levels based on the school’s curriculum.

Virginia Standards of Learning & Common Core Standards

VDOE and the Board of Education are using the commonwealth’s established process for adopting and revising academic standards to incorporate content from the Common Core State Standards into the Standards of Learning (SOL). In doing so, the board and department are ensuring that expectations for teaching and learning in Virginia schools are comparable to those of the voluntary national standards.

More about the Virginia Standards of Learning & Common Core State Standards

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Explore...Online Testing

Virginia students now take nearly two million Standards of Learning (SOL) tests online annually and by 2013, online will be the primary delivery mode for all SOL assessments. Online testing also allows Virginia’s assessment program to provide innovative test items that challenge students to demonstrate what they’ve learned. More about Online Testing.

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