Assessment Resources

Resources for Assessment

• English SOL Crosswalk Between the 2024 and 2017 Standards
  •  K-12 Word  |  PDF
• Computer Adaptive Testing – Includes CAT informational videos and resources
• SOL Practice Items in TestNav 8 – Provide examples of the new content and increased rigor of the 2024 English SOL
• Progression Charts identify the grade level at which specific skills are formally introduced in the 2024 English SOL for
  • Foundations for Reading (K-5) (Word)
  • Reading and Vocabulary (K-12) (Word)
  • Reading Literary Text (K-12) (Word)
  • Reading Informational Text (K-12) (Word)
  • Foundations for Writing (K-5) (Word)
  • Writing (K-12) (Word)
  • Language Usage (K-12) (Word)
  • Communications & Multimodal Literacies (K-12) (Word)
  • Research (K-12) (Word)

Integrated Reading and Writing

Assessment materials, including practice items, are available for grade 5, grade 8, and EOC students on the SOL Practice Items page of the VDOE website.

• Instructional rubrics: These rubrics are designed to support classroom instruction for the 2017 English SOL. 
  • Grade 5 Writing (Word)
  • Grade 8 Writing (Word) - UPDATED
  • Common Rubric for High School Writing Samples (Word) 
• Scoring rubrics: These rubrics are aligned to the 2017 English SOL and will be used to score the written response for the new assessment item type.
  • Upper Elementary Scoring Rubrics (Word) - This is the same rubric used to score local alternative assessments in grade 5 writing.
  • Middle School Scoring Rubrics (Word) - This rubric is aligned to the 2017 English SOL. This rubric is different from the Grade 8 Writing Rubric used to score the Writing SOL tests that measure the 2010 English SOL.
  • High School Writing Rubrics (Word) - This is the same rubric used to score local performance assessments that are used to verify credits in writing.
• Checklist for Writers: The Checklist for Writers will be provided as an Exhibit in the online test delivery system on the item that presents a writing prompt, or an “invitation to write,” that is based on the accompanying nonfiction passage. 
  • Grade 5 Checklist for Writers (PDF)
  • Grade 8 Checklist for Writers (PDF)
  • EOC Checklist for Writers (PDF)
• Understand Scoring: This online application provides educators with information about scoring the Integrated Reading and Writing component of the Reading SOL assessments, including the rubrics and anchor papers that illustrate each score point on the Composing/Written Expression and Usage and Mechanics domains. The application is intended to assist teachers in preparing students for Virginia's writing assessments.
• Understand Scoring Presentation - This PowerPoint presentation may be used by school divisions to assist with local training for scoring using Virginia's writing rubrics.

Writing resources aligned to the 2010 Standards of Learning can be accessed at English SOL Writing Resources.