It is essential for our students to be equipped with the ability to meet the educational standards set by the Virginia Department of Education. With the many assessments and readiness tests they face, ...

“I didn’t even try because I always fail.” Fail. This heartbreaking statement is from a student in a Williamsburg-James City County middle school who recently took their Virginia Standards of Learning ...

House Republicans want to cut the number of Standards of Learning tests and improve the remaining assessments as part of a broader education agenda unveiled Tuesday. They seek more “blended learning” ...

ROANOKE, Va. – Educators are finding a lot to be happy about with the latest Virginia SOL or Standards of Learning exam scores. The test scores are up, and the rate of absenteeism is down, according ...

NORFOLK, Va. - Standards of Learning (SOL) test results generally went up year-to-year in Virginia, but remain below pre-pandemic levels, according to the Virginia Dept. of Education. In a release, ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The University of Virginia is taking a closer look at the state’s standards of learning (SOL) testing gaps, and what they show. Researchers studied the data of school divisions ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - The Virginia Department of Education is implementing changes to the Standards of Learning (SOL) exams. The annual tests in the spring gauge students’ learning over the year.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – Scores from the 2022-23 Standards of Learning tests, or SOLs, were largely unchanged from last school year but are still below Virginia’s pre-pandemic pass rates. Virginia’s ...