English
Standards of Learning Documents for English
- The Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework comprise the English language arts content that teachers in Virginia are expected to teach and students are expected to learn.
- Test blueprints provide information on how SOL assessments are constructed.
- The Enhanced Scope and Sequence (ESS) Sample Lesson Plans align instruction with the standards and cover the essential understandings, knowledge and skills found in the curriculum framework.
- SOL Practice Items (based on the 2010 English SOL) provide examples of state assessment items.
Course | Standards of Learning |
Curriculum Framework |
Standards of Learning (SOL) Test Blueprints |
Resources for Instruction & Assessment |
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All English | Word |
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Local Performance Assessments to Verify Credits in Writing
- Guidelines for the Use of Local Performance Assessments to Verify Credits in Writing-This is a Word document.
- Verified Credit Plan: End-of-Course Writing-This is a Word document. - Fillable form, effective August, 2021
- Common Rubric for High School Writing Samples-This is a Word document. - aligns with the 2017 English Standards of Learning
- High School Writing Rubric-This is a Word document. - aligns with the 2017 English Standards of Learning
- Sample Writing Tasks that could be used for the Body of Evidence to Verify Credits in Writing-This is a Word document.
- Understand Scoring
- Performance Level Descriptors 2017-This is a Word document.
- Virginia Board of Education Guidelines for the Use of Local Performance Assessments to Verify Credits in Writing: Implementation Support-This is a Word document. Effective Fall, 2019- guidance for administering and scoring the local performance assessments used to verify credits in writing
- Implementation Support for 2018–2019 in the Use of Local Performance Assessments to Verify Credits in Writing-This is a Word document. - guidance for administering and scoring the local performance assessments used to verify credits in writing
- Procedures for Determining if Verified Credit is Awarded (effective fall 2020)-This is a Word document.
- Evaluating Collections of Evidence to Award Verified Credit in Writing
Standards of Learning |
Test Blueprints |
Resources for Instruction & Assessment |
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Standards (PDF) |
Curriculum Framework (Word) |
Standards of Learning (SOL) Tests | Virginia Modified Achievement Standards Test (VMAST) |
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Reading | Writing | VMAST Reading | |||
All English | K-12 Word | PDF |
NA | NA | NA | 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 2010 English SOL Using Statewide SOL Test Results to Guide Instruction – Examples of challenging SOL content based on statewide results Online Writing Resources – teaching strategies and lesson plans, video links, SOL progression charts, graphic organizers, and resource links.
English Standards of Learning Crosswalk Between the 2010 and 2002 Standards (PDF) – provides detail on additions, deletions and changes included in the 2002 English SOL. |
Kindergarten | K-Grade 5 Word | PDF |
Grade 3* | Grade 5 | NA | |
Grade 1 | |||||
Grade 2 | |||||
Grade 3 | |||||
Grade 4 | Grade 4* | NA | |||
Grade 5 | Grade 5** | NA | |||
Grade 6 | Grades 6-8 Word | PDF |
Grade 6*** | Grade 8 | NA | |
Grade 7 | Grade 7*** | NA | |||
Grade 8 | Grade 8*** | NA | |||
Grade 9 | Grades 9-12 Word | PDF |
End of Course (EOC) | End of Course (EOC) | NA | |
Grade 10 | |||||
Grade 11 | |||||
Grade 12 | NA | NA | NA | ||
Standards of Learning Tests for the 2020-2021 School Year
* Document revised July 2016
** Document revised January 2017
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Document revised July 2017
Virginia's College & Career Ready English Performance Expectations
English Performance Expectations define the level of achievement students must reach to be academically prepared for success in entry-level credit-bearing college courses. The expectations were developed through the College & Career Readiness Initiative – a process that involved faculty from Virginia's two- and four-year colleges and universities, members of the business community and high school educators.
- College & Career Ready Performance Expectations (PDF)
- English Capstone Course Information
- Correlation of Virginia’s English Performance Expectations with Virginia’s 2010 English Standards of Learning (PDF)
Virginia's 2010 English Standards of Learning and the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts
- Comparison of Virginia’s 2010 English Standards of Learning with the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts (PDF)
- More about the Standards of Learning and the Common Core State Standards
English Standards of Learning Resources
- The National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition (NCELA)
collects, coordinates and conveys a broad range of research and resources in support of an inclusive approach to high quality education for English language learners (ELLs).
English SOL: 2002
- English Standards of Learning and related resources for the SOL adopted in 2002.
Previous Version SOL: 1995
- All English (Word) | (PDF)
- Kindergarten (Word) | (PDF)
- Grade 1 (Word) | (PDF)
- Grade 2 (Word) | (PDF)
- Grade 3 (Word) | (PDF)
- Grade 4 (Word) | (PDF)
- Grade 5 (Word) | (PDF)
- Grade 6 (Word) | (PDF)
- Grade 7 (Word) | (PDF)
- Grade 8 (Word) | (PDF)
- 9-12 English (Word) | (PDF)
Previous Version Blueprints: 1995
- Grade 3 (Reading and Writing)
- Grade 5: Reading/Literature and Research
- Grade 5: Writing
- Grade 8: Reading/Literature and Research
- Grade 8: Writing
- EOC: Reading/Literature and Research (Grade 9-12)
- EOC: Writing (Grade 9-12)