Parent & Caregiver Resources for Virginia Assessments

Family Supports

Visit the Family Supports web page, part of the Road to Readiness School Performance and Support Framework Resource Hub, for resources to help parents support their child’s learning from home in math, reading, and science.

Standards of Learning (SOL) Test Parent Report and Video

These two resources provide parents information about their child’s achievement on SOL tests.

SOL Tests: Student Detail by Question Video Overview (YouTube video)

This short video provides an overview of the information included in each section of the Student Detail by Question reports. Student Detail by Question reports include a brief description of each test question on an SOL test and whether the question was answered correctly or incorrectly. This report provides the most specific information available for an SOL test. Student Detail by Question reports may be obtained directly from your child's school.

Parent Reports for SOL Tests

Newly designed Parent Reports for spring 2026 (view a sample report) are available through your child's school. The Parent Report gives additional information about your child's performance on the Standards of Learning (SOL) tests. Parent Reports include the Student Detail by Question Report on the back of the page to provide how your child performed on each question and each question's level of difficulty.

You can ask your child's school for the Parent Report for each SOL test your child completes. You can use these reports, teacher input, classroom work, and report cards for a better picture of your child's progress and achievement.

What Parents Need to Know About Literacy can help parents learn more about the Virginia Literacy Act (VLA). (Spanish version: What Parents Need to Know About Literacy)

Parent Teacher Planning Tool (English and Spanish versions available) can help facilitate conversations with your child's teacher.

Please visit the Parent Resources page of the VDOE website for more information and resources designed to help parents advocate for and support their child's education.

Questions to Ask Your Child’s Teacher About Reading Whether your child is a book worm or needs more support, reading is essential to keep them on track. Here are questions to ask your child’s teacher as well as tips and resources to help you learn more.

Questions to Ask Your Child’s  Teacher About Math Math skills are essential for life– including daily tasks, problem-solving, creativity, career options and more. Here are questions to ask your child’s teacher as well as tips and resources to support math at home.

Resources to Support Students

Engaged parents and caregivers are a critical part of a child’s successful learning experiences. Reading with students and talking about what is being read is important to the development of strong readers. Talking about and doing math within the family is a great way to engage students and encourage success. Some of the many online resources available for reading, mathematics, science, and history and social science are provided to help parents and caregivers support their children and continue their learning at home.

Interpreting the Student Detail by Question Report

The most detailed, individualized score report available for a Virginia assessment your child has completed is called the Student Detail by Question Report, or SDBQ Report. You can ask your child's school for these reports.

Two resources are available to assist with understanding these reports:

• The SOL Tests: Student Detail by Question Video Overview (YouTube video) gives an overview of the Student Detail by Question reports for SOL tests. Student Detail by Question reports describe each test question on an SOL test and tell if the question was answered correctly or incorrectly. You can ask your child's school for the Student Detail by Question report.
• The Overview of the SDBQ Report (PDF) is available to help understand and use the Student Detail by Question Report. 

Computer Adaptive Testing

A computer adaptive test, or CAT, is an assessment that is customized for every student. How a student responds to questions determines the difficulty of the next question. Correct responses lead to more difficult test questions, while incorrect responses result in the selection of less difficult items for the student.

Watch the videos to learn how computer adaptive testing provides students with a customized assessment experience.