Assessment Resources

Locally Awarded Verified Credits in History and Social Science

• Guidelines for Locally Awarded Verified Credits (Word) - These guidelines describe the criteria and requirements for using state-developed performance tasks scored locally using state-developed rubrics, in conjunction with other local assessments, for awarding locally awarded verified credits in history and social science.
• Implementation Support for School Divisions Using State-Developed Performance Tasks to Verify Credits in History and Social Science (Word) - This document, used in conjunction with the Guidelines for Locally Awarded Verified Credits, further clarifies details regarding the requirements and considerations for school divisions using state-developed performance tasks to verify credits in history and social science.
• Locally Awarded Verified Credit Plan for History and Social Science (Word) - Use this fillable form to plan for local implementation and to document how requirements in the Guidelines for Locally Awarded Verified Credit will be met by the school division.
• HSS State Developed Common Rubric-Upper Secondary (2020) (Word) - This rubric is to be used as written when scoring responses to state-developed performance tasks in Virginia and U.S. History.
• HSS State Developed Common Rubric-Early Secondary (2020) (Word) - This rubric is to be used as written when scoring responses to state-developed performance tasks in World Geography, World History to 1500 A.D. (World History I), and World History: 1500 A.D. to the Present (World History II).
• Unpacking the Guidelines for Locally Awarded Verified Credits (PPT) - These slides were presented during the webinar held on October 28, 2021 and provide detailed information on the Guidelines for Locally Awarded Verified Credits.
• Unpacking the Guidelines for Locally Awarded Verified Credits - This is the recorded webinar from October 28, 2021.
• Developing Locally Awarded Verified Credit Plans for History and Social Science (PPT) – These slides from the November 9, 2021, webinar describe the process for developing the Locally Awarded Verified Credit (LAVC) Plan for History and Social Science. The LAVC Plan for History and Social Science is required for school divisions using state-developed performance tasks, in conjunction with local assessments, to confer LAVC. Note that this option is only available for Virginia and United States History during the 2021-2022 school year.
• Developing Locally Awarded Verified Credit Plans for History and Social Science – This is the recorded webinar from November 9, 2021.
• Leading Local Scoring for State-Developed Performance Tasks (PPT) – These slides from the November 18, 2021, webinar describe the process to be followed when planning and leading local scoring for students’ responses to state-developed performance tasks. Information includes Anchor Responses and Anchor Response Annotations to be used when training scorers to apply the HSS State Developed Common Rubric-Upper Secondary.
• Leading Local Scoring for State-Developed Performance Tasks- This is the recorded webinar from November 18, 2021.
• Unpacking the Inquiry Design Model (PPT) - This presentation from the webinar on October 4, 2021, provides detailed information about the Inquiry Design Model that will be used for state-developed performance tasks in history and social science.
• Unpacking the Inquiry Design Model- This is the recorded webinar from October 4, 2021.

History and Social Science State Developed Common Rubrics 

• HSS State Developed Common Rubric-Early Elementary (2020) (Word)
• HSS State Developed Common Rubric-Upper Elementary (2020) (Word)
• HSS State Developed Common Rubric-Middle School (2020) (Word)
• HSS State Developed Common Rubric-Early Secondary (2020) (Word)
• HSS State Developed Common Rubric-Upper Secondary (2020) (Word)