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The pages for Standards of Learning & Testing are managed by several
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Testing & Standards
of Learning (SOL)

The Standards & SOL-based Instructional Resources

News & Announcements

Testing dates for 2012-2013 SOL and VMAST assessments now available. See Superintendent’s
Memo #089-12

The Standards of Learning (SOL) describe the commonwealth's
expectations for student learning and achievement in grades K-12 in English,
mathematics, science, history/social science, technology, the fine arts, foreign
language, health and physical education, and driver education.

Select a content area on the menu to the right to view the following
SOL-related resources:

The Standards of Learning (SOL) – expectations for
student learning and achievement.

The Curriculum frameworks for English, mathematics,
science and history/social science detail the specific knowledge and skills
students must possess to meet the standards for these subjects.

Enhanced scope and sequence guides provide sample lesson
plans and instructional resources to help teachers align their classroom
instruction with the standards.

Test blueprints detail specific standards covered by a
test, reporting categories of test items, number of test items, and general
information about how test questions are constructed.

Released tests and test items are representative of the
content and skills included in the SOL assessments and present the format of
the tests and questions. Select a subject from the menu on the right or see
all released
test resources.

TIP: Finding your way around the site – Use
the menu to the right to navigate to the sub-sections of this topic, find
related topics and access VDOE office and staff contact information.

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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