Students enrolled in public middle schools in Virginia are required to take certain Standards of Learning (SOL) tests.  According to the Virginia Department of Education’s website (www.doe.virginia.gov ), these standards “represent a broad consensus of what parents, classroom teachers, school administrators, academics, and business and community leaders believe schools should teach and students should learn.”

The following SOL assessments are given at LDMS:

Scores between 400 and 499 are considered passing.  Scores between 500 and 600 are considered advanced.  Scores below 400 are considered not passing.  Sixth and seventh grade LDMS students who do not pass a reading and/or math SOL will be required to remediate, either in summer school or during the school year through Academic Lab class.

Algebra and World History are high school credited courses.  Passing either or both of these two SOL tests means that a student would enter the high school with either one or two verified units of credit.  A verified credit simply means a student passed the end of course SOL test.  Students need six or nine verified credits to graduate from high school in Virginia, depending on the diploma type.

If you have any questions regarding SOL tests at LDMS, please call Sarah Blackburn at 540-463-2000.