Assessment Resources
Resources for Assessment
- English SOL Crosswalk Between the 2017 and 2010 Standards
- 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
- Progression Charts identify the grade level at which specific skills are formally introduced in the 2017 English SOL for
- Communication (Word)
- Reading (Word)
- Writing (Word)
- Grammar (Word)
- Research (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.
2020-2021/2021-2022 Virginia Standards of Learning – English Tracking Logs
Virginia Standards of Learning Tracking Logs for grades Kindergarten through English 12 have been developed to assist teachers with determining which standards students have had sufficient exposure and experience with prior to the COVID-19 school interruption and to make decisions regarding when and how experience with new standards might occur moving forward. Each log includes space for teachers to check off the standards that had been addressed sufficiently during the 2020-2021 academic year and those which have not yet been addressed (by the end of the school year). In addition, the Tracking Logs contain potential ties to content in the next grade level in an effort to assist divisions should they choose to fold in the content not taught into the following school year grade or course.