61. Standards Of Learning test.jpg (34519 bytes) The standards of learning ((sols)) are mandated by the Virginia State Board of Education to assure that all students in Virginia public http://www.martinsville.k12.va.us/dh/standards_of_learning.htm

Home Letter from Principal Standards of Learning History ... Resources Standards of Learning The Standards of Learning (SOLs) are mandated by the Virginia State Board of Education to assure that all students in Virginia public schools will receive comparable instruction in the four core subject areas of English, math, social studies, and science. The SOLs were written to build skills on prior knowledge, therefore each grade level has specific objectives that must be taught. Statewide revisions of the SOLs are ongoing. Druid Hills staff have devised many resource units and activities to enhance the teaching of the SOLs from kindergarten through second grade. There is a website for the Virginia SOL's located at www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/superintendent/sols/home.html you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader to download and read many of these pages. Did you know that there is also a website where you can select up to three different practice SOL test subjects. Choose from 10, 15 or 20 questions. This webpage is available at http: education/jlab.org/solquiz/

62. Martinsville High School - Math Department The tests for Fall Semester are scheduled for December 11, 2003. Department of Education for you to visit if you would like to see the standards of learning. http://www.martinsville.k12.va.us/mhs/departments/math/solpage.htm

351 Commonwealth Blvd. Martinsville, VA 24112 (276) 632 – 9755 Fax : (276) 632 –1516 Dr. Thomas P. Fitzgibbons, Principal Standards of Learning The tests for Fall Semester are scheduled for December 11, 2003. Here is a link to the Virginia Department of Education for you to visit if you would like to see the Standards of Learning for Algebra I, II, Geometry, Trigonometry, and Math Analysis. Courses Teachers Daily Schedules SOLs ... MCPS Home

63. Do SOL Tests Really Test Learning? items to measure from one to four years of learning? The fifth grade science SOL test this year will have fifty items for the 67 standards, including the http://www.fairtest.org/arn/Debate over Virginia SOL's.html

By Mickey VanDerwerker There is a debate in Virginia over whether the SOLs and the high stakes tests are good enough for our schools and our students. The state is trying to dismiss the criticisms of those who question what is being imposed on our children. Is it good enough to use fifty items to measure from one to four years of learning? The fifth grade science SOL test this year will have fifty items for the 67 Standards, including the bullets, in fourth and fifth grade science. If a child passes, does it really mean he knows all 67 Standards? The Department of Education acknowledges that the tests do not cover all the standards, and test experts say the tests do not really assess "proficiency" in them. Are the tests, then, good enough for us to over-rely on the results to "verify" student achievement? Is it good enough to use questions like "what is a cartouche?" to measure a student's learning of "the contributions of ancient Egypt and China which have had an impact on world history, with emphasis on written language, laws

64. We Really Learned Without Standardized Tests; Can You Believe It? see, off the top of my head He s got several standards of learning tests coming up Aptitude tests (OK, I did them, too), monthly benchmark tests (to make http://www.freelancestar.com/News/FLS/2004/042004/04292004/1310196

65. The Tartan Online - Strict Standards Of Learning Now, Virginia high school students have to pass the standards of learning test in order to graduate. The (sols) (as they are often called) started being given http://www.thetartan.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/04/30/4092bf31d2915

Search Jun 12, 2004 Front Page News The Scene Sports ... Archives Insights Insights 'Hemp for Victory' Bus service reform I just want to be hated, is that so wrong? If you haven't learned it yet, now you will ... Letters to the Editor Strict standards of learning By Jessica Moore April 30, 2004 It is that time of year again. It is almost summer time, and that means students at all levels are studying for exams. For seniors in high school, freedom is weeks away. Maybe they already know what they are going to do after graduation (coming to RU, perhaps?) or maybe not. All that is left for them to do is pass those final exams and walk down the stage to grasp that diploma. At least, that's what last year's class did. This year's class has more to pass than just normal finals in order to get to college. Now, Virginia high school students have to pass the Standards of Learning test in order to graduate. The SOLs (as they are often called) started being given the 1995-96 year, but at the time, they were not required for students to pass. But now, lawmakers, concerned over the failing standards of students at all grade levels, have made the SOLs a prerequisite to leave high school. The tests are first given to third graders. The process is then repeated in the fifth grade, eighth grade and eleventh grade. If students do not pass them in the eleventh grade, they must get at least six verified credits (meaning pass the SOL test in a course) in the 12th grade, or they do not graduate.

66. VEA : Search Results : Article Detail has at its core the highly touted, but widely criticized, standards of learning tests. The SOL tests are based on two fundamental beliefs that are highly http://www.veaweteach.org/search_results_detail.asp?ContentID=194

67. Number 2 Pencil: One Teacher's Response To The SOLs standards of learning were introduced The intense pressure to raise test scores eventually squeezed the life out of school, both for my kids and for me http://www.kimberlyswygert.com/archives/001910.html

Number 2 Pencil Kimberly's take on testing and education reform Main February 23, 2004 One teacher's response to the SOLs A Virginia teacher blames the SOLs (Standards of Learning) exams for his decision to leave the public school system Standards of Learning were introduced to make education better. But in my experience, they had the opposite effect. The intense pressure to raise test scores eventually squeezed the life out of school, both for my kids and for me... The idea behind the SOLs is simple: Lay out what kids should know, test them on it and then hold the schools accountable for their scores...Beginning this June, students who do not pass the high school tests won't graduate; beginning in 2007, schools that do not have a 70 percent passing rate on the exams will risk losing state accreditation. From the start, the get-tough tests rubbed me the wrong way. Implicit in the notion of "accountability" are the assumptions that: (a) education is a product, the input and output of which can be standardized and measured; and (b) it's high time for teachers and schools to quit slacking and get to work. It's very hard for me to imagine what education is if there's no observable change in the student. Just because a test is standardized doesn't mean that something other than reading and math can be measured with it. And some teachers have been spending an awful lot of time slacking, though they call it "child-centered education" while others call it "the soft bigotry of low expectations."

68. ECED 510 Resource File their instruction and financial resources on the curriculum framework of the standards of learning ((sols)). The high stakes of the barrier testing has forced http://coe.jmu.edu/martindm/ECED 510 Web Resource File/1 main page eced_510.htm

ECED 510 Resources Thematic Support Resources Native Americans Horses Verdi Water Processes ... Habitats Arts and Creativity Resources Music Songs Movement Drama ... Return to Doris' Home Page The Creative Arts in Early Childhood Education This website includes submissions from students in ECED 510, "The Creative Arts in Early Childhood Education," on how to incorporate creativity and the arts into the K-3 classroom. This site is updated each spring and summer, so come back often! Excerpts from “Don’t Forget the Arts” Lisa Whitescarver, 2002. Schools with strong arts programs regularly incur the benefits of increased student motivation to learn, better attendance among students and teachers, increased graduation rates, improved multicultural understanding, revitalized faculty, greater student engagement, growth in use of higher-order thinking and problem solving skills (Larson, 1997). Researchers at the National Center for the Gifted and Talented at the University of Connecticut found that students involved in the arts were motivated to learn for the learning experience itself, not just for test results or other performance outcomes (Smith, 2001). " Since 1997, in Virginia, the ability to show mastery of designated concepts has become more important than good grades on a progress report. The entire accreditation of a school and the future graduation of a student rest on the passing scores on the Standards of Learning tests. In many states across the country, similar standards and high stakes testing procedures have been in imposed on teachers and students.

69. Standards Of Learning Test Results: 2001 - 2003 SUBSCRIBE. ADVERTISER INDEX. INDEX. standards of learning test results 2001 2003 VIRGINIA standards OF learning ((sols)). What the accreditation status means. http://www.dailypress.com/dp-solstart.htmlstory

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70. Appomattox County Public Schools The standards of learning (SOL) test blueprints One, they serve as a guide to test developers as they write test questions and construct the SOL tests. http://www.appomattox.k12.va.us/acps/acps_secondarypage_template.aspx?pn=Curricu

71. State And International Assessment by administering the standards of learning (SOL) test in that covers all of the standards’ content areas Virginia SOL tests affect the classroom by providing http://education.cortland.edu/teach/papers/vaassessment.html

State and International Assessment Assessment is the driving force behind every aspect of teaching today. There is an increasing focus on grades, as well as a growing concern for US performance, in schools compared to others abroad. As a result, standards of learning have not only been developed for each state, but are now being strictly enforced as well. This has caused much controversy over the effectiveness and legitimacy of the standards and over their consequences. By examining various educational resources, in addition to speaking with teachers and administrators, contrasting views become clearer. Speaking with various educators from the greater Charlottesville area paints a less than perfect picture of SOL assessment. "SOLs truly drive the curriculum. Now, teachers teach to the standards. They even go as far as teaching the students test taking skills," says a local administrator. This view is shared by all those interviewed. Educators assert that the SOLs are not age-appropriate and that they monopolize instruction as well. Knowledge and skills necessary in the real world take a back seat to preparing students for the end of the year assessment. When asked whether the science SOLs are traditional or innovative, one classroom teacher’s response was "SOLs are neither traditional nor innovative. They think they’re innovative, but they are a return to rote memorization. They test facts rather than concepts."

72. Testing each level and subject area. . Wanda Bailey. LCPS director of testing. standards of learning test-taking tips. To help your child do http://www.lcps.k12.va.us/sols.html

LOUISA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Home Welcome Directory Schools ... Contact Testing 2003 -2004 Revised SOL Testing Schedule Test-taking tips SOL Scores Standards of Learning information In the fall of 1995, the Virginia Department of Education established new Standards of Learning in the core academic subjects of English, math, science and social studies. In the spring, students are tested in the following grades and subjects: Grade 3 English, math, science and social studies Grade 5 English (including a direct writing assessment) math, science and social studies Grade 8 English (including a direct writing assessment) math, science and social studies High School End-of-Course Algebra I, Algebra II, English 11 (including a direct writing assessment), World History and Geography to 1500 AD, World History and Geography from 1500 AD, United States and Virginia History, Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry Return to top "We continue to focus on our goal of achievement for all students at each level and subject area."

73. Alexandria City Public Schools: SOL Passing Scores Attached is a table listing the decisions of the Virginia Board of Education regarding the passing scores for the standards of learning (SOL) tests. http://www.acps.k12.va.us/solsupr.php

a-z index contact us feedback schools ... search ACPS Quick Links: A-Z Index ACPS-TV Attendance Zones Budgets Bus Routes Calendars Career Education Contact Us Employment Food Services Links to Other Sites News Releases School Board Schools SOLs Sports (TCW) Summer Learning Superintendent Telephone Directory Volunteering LINKS FOR: TOP PICKS: home sols Virginia Standards of Learning Assessments Passing Scores Established by the Board of Education 10/30/98 23:05 804 225 2053 DOE ALEXANDRIA 00l/003 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION P.O. BOX 2120 RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23218-2120 SUPTS. MEMO. NO. 159 October 30, 1998 INFORMATIONAL TO: Division Superintendent FROM: Paul D. Stapleton Superintendent of Public instruction SUBJECT: Virginia Standards of Learning Assessments Passing Scores Established by the Board of Education Attached is a table listing the decisions of the Virginia Board of Education regarding the passing scores for the Standards of Learning (SOL) tests. This is a critical list of decisions in that it sets the standards for passing each of the tests as well as the point at which students attain advanced" status on the test. The first inclination Of us all is to immediately apply these "cut scores" to the spring 1998 raw score information. It would be imprudent to do this at this point in a global manner. Please remember that there were two forms of each SOL test administered in the Spring of 1998. The Board of Education established the passing scores on the predominant form (standard setting form). The Department of Education will now engage in equating the second form to the Board's established standard. Since different test forms may he slightly easier or slightly harder than the standard setting form it is possible that the passing score on the second form of the test will vary slightly from that of the standard setting form.

74. TimesDispatch.com | Va. Students Improve Performance On SOLs their mastery of the standards of learning last school provisionally accredited/meets state standards 64 schools an 80 percent pass rate on the history test. http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicA

75. FETConnections - Winter 2000 The Strands indicate what standards of learning ((sols)) and additional to be sure the students will be prepared for the rigorous testing that Virginia has in http://www.fetc.org/fetcon/1101/badolato.htm

Project ECOLE - Virginia Computer Institute and Manassas Park City Schools, Jennifer K. Badolato Project ECOLE is an Electronic Community Of Learning and Education. It is Manassas Park City School System's curriculum in an automated format created by Virginia Computer Institute. Together, we have constructed a web page format for our curriculum and have linked the curriculum to the National Standards and the Virginia Standards of Learning. We have three different webs: a Kindergarten through fifth grade web, a sixth through eighth grade web, and a ninth through twelfth grade web. This project is unique in that it is the only automated curriculum in Virginia. An impressive tool in the project is the 1,500 teacher-created activities designed to teach the National Standards which are linked to the Virginia Standards of Learning. The activities are done in a lesson plan format complete with topic, description, a materials list, directions, scoring rubric, extended activities and resource list. If there are any necessary worksheets, they have been scanned in and are accessible through Adobe Acrobat. Project Partners Explore the Weather The Project Partners component allows the teachers in our school system to work collaboratively on a topic with teachers from other school systems. Through e-groups, the teachers and students can communicate over the Internet and simultaneously explore a topic. This is a very exciting component of Project ECOLE and expands the scope of learning for students and teachers all over the world.

76. Joannejacobs.com: (Low) Standards Of Learning Virginia's (Low) standards of learning Virginia s standards of learning test is too t pass a state graduation exam, Welsh writes about C students who ace their (sols). http://www.joannejacobs.com/mtarchives/013093.html

Main June 16, 2003 (Low) Standards of Learning Virginia's (Low) Standards of Learning Virginia's Standards of Learning test is too easy , writes Patrick Welsh, a high school English teacher, in the Washington Post. Balancing stories of B students who can't pass a state graduation exam, Welsh writes about C students who ace their SOLs. Kids who can crank out a basic five-paragraph essay are told they exhibit "advanced proficiency." When the school proudly announced last month that 87 percent of our current 11th graders had passed the writing portion of the SOLs, I winced, thinking that next year I will have even more seniors in my English classes who think the little effort they put into writing and the drivel that results is top-notch work. Welsh wants to dump the test and put the money into teaching bottom-of-the-barrel students who can't pass even a dumbed-down exam. But who will push for that when there's no accountability? He makes a better case for raising the "proficiency" and "advanced proficiency" standards to keep the better students in touch with reality. Posted by joannej at June 16, 2003 12:07 PM

77. Technos: Quarterly For Education And Technology: Using Technology To Implement S standards of learning ((sols)). While not precisely drawnand in many cases ambiguous(sols) provide a rudimentary start, as well as a baseline for testing and http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0HKV/4_9/68951439/p2/article.jhtml?term=

78. VA Gov Defends Standards Of Learning (NBS#419) James Gilmore III stood before a crowd of officials from highachieving public schools yesterday to defend the state s standards of learning (SOL) tests. http://notes.nassmc.org/NBSfile00.nsf/0/39e3e209fbab6b02852569bd007d0c5b?OpenDoc

79. Assessment & Standards Of Learning Resources Haas, Matthew Steven. The Influence of Teaching Methods on Student Achievement on Virginia s End of Course standards of learning Test for Algebra. 2002. http://www.lib.vt.edu/subjects/educ/abraham.html

EDCI 5784Dr. Jane Abraham Research in Assessing Student Learning Library ResourcesEducational Standards and SOL's Alexander, Debbie. Status of Education Reform in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools: Teachers' Perspectives . Washington, D.C., U. S. G.P.O., 1999. Call Number: Docs ED1.328/5:R25/2. URL: http://nces.ed.gov/pubs99/1999045.pdf August, Diane and Lana D. Muraskin. Strengthening the Standards: Recommendations for OERI Peer Review . National Educational Research Priorities Policy and Board, 1999. Call Number: ED1.302: ST2/5/SUM Chalker, Donald M. World Class Schools: New Standards for Education. Lancaster Pa., Technomic Pub. Co., 1994. Call Number: LB3060.83 C43 1994 Carr, Judy F., with Tim Flynn, Marge Petit, and Susan Rigney. How to Use Standards in the Classroom . Alexandria, VA, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1996. G.P.O., 1999. Call Number: Docs ED1.328/5:R25/2.

80. Test Usage Information Links Position Paper on the standards of learning prepared by go to the left side of the page to Jump to year and click on 92, then find Testing in American http://home.rica.net/airedale/test_usage_information_links.htm

SOL -Standards of Learning PAVURSOL SOL Reform Test Usage Information Links: January, 2003 "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." -Albert Einstein "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." -Mahatma Gandhi "I don't ever want you to forget that there are millions of God's children who will not, and cannot get a good education, and I don't want you feeling that you are better than they are. For you will never be what you ought to be until they are all that they ought to be." -Martin Luther King Jr. "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." H. L. Mencken. Please contact me regarding any corrections and/or additions needed for this page. Lowell L. Fulk

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