The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) requires students in grades 3-12 to take the Standards of Learning (SOL) assessments each year. Certain tests are required by all students each year, and others are required only at specific grade levels.
Standards of Learning Assessments (SOLs) Students in grades three and four will take Growth Assessments for the first time at the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year. These assessments are required by the state of Virginia and are intended to show growth from the beginning to the end of the school year.
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400-600A score of 400-600 is "passing" on a SOL test and qualifies a student for verified credit. Students who score between 350-399 on a SOL test automatically have an opportunity for an expedited retake during the same testing window. Expedited retakes are optional.
The commonwealth's SOL testing in 2019-2020 was cancelled, which means the 2021 SOL tests were the first state assessments administered in two years.Aug 26, 2021
Virginia law does not provide for students to 'opt out' of the SOL tests. But it does allow parents to refuse participation in SOL testing for their children.
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The bearded principal said that the past SOL conversion chart was “rather generous.” Regarding students achieving a 400 on the SOL, Roethel noted, “So, what we're saying is that the minimum that you need to pass an SOL in the current chart…which, if you think about the minimum in this case, would be 70 percent…Jan 8, 2015
A 600 means the student missed either zero, one or two questions, depending on the test. On the elementary science tests last year, students needed to be perfect. On the history tests, they could miss one or two.Jun 3, 2007
Student performance is graded on a scale of 0-600 with 400 representing the minimum level of acceptable proficiency and 500 representing advanced proficiency.