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VA Math Standards (SOL)

Grade Levels Elementary (K-5) Middle (6-8) High (9-12)    
Subjects Mathematics Science Social Studies ELA Other
Question Types Multiple-Choice Interactive Short Answer Free Response Passage-based
Features Paired Questions Ordered by Difficulty Spanish Translation    
Number of questions: 25,515
Originally published by: EducAide Software, the maker of Problem-Attic
Database organization: Grades, SOLs
Requires subscription: Yes

Samples

Elementary Samples
(Two-column Test)
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Middle School Samples
(Two-column Test)
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High School Samples
(Two-column Test)
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Design Highlights

  • All questions are hand-written by highly qualified teachers and curriculum specialists. (They are not algorithm-generated or “crowd-sourced”.) In addition, they are carefully aligned, edited and reviewed by EducAide Software, the maker of Problem-Attic, which has 20 years of experience developing questions for state standards.
  • The database is intended for both instruction and assessment. Alignment to the standards is as tight as possible while still allowing some flexibility for teaching, not just testing. While questions function very well for measuring student progress, in accordance with the standards, some questions are included for challenge, extra credit, and extending ideas.
  • Questions are aligned to only one standard. There is no duplication. For questions that can conceivably go with multiple standards, we went for the best fit. We also tried to keep similar questions together, so that it's not necessary to jump through multiple standards to find variations.
  • All questions are paired for easy pre- and post-testing, makeup tests, etc. You will not notice this on the sample documents, but if you visit the Play Area, it will be apparent that two questions in-a-row are always similar. This provides a nice balance between repetition and variety and also helps with test security, as the two questions, which are close in difficulty and style, can be assigned to different students and graded the same way.
  • Problem-Attic has an option called “parallel forms” that takes advantage of the paired questions. You can very quickly create pre- and post-tests, makeup tests, forms A and B, etc. More details are here.
  • The questions are rich with graphics and interesting scenarios, including real-world data. With the editor, you can use all of this as stimulus for new questions. The process is facilitated with a button in the editor labeled “Duplicate”. Also, Problem-Attic is smart enough not to repeat certain figures or text which is marked as an “intro”, if it appears in successive questions.

Notes

All the questions are original and included in a school subscription. Elementary grade questions are aligned to the 2009 Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) Middle and High school questions are aligned to the 2016 SOL.

The Virginia Board of Education describes the SOL as, “a framework for instructional programs designed to raise the academic achievement of all students in Virginia and prepare them for college and careers. ... The standards set clear, concise, and measurable academic expectations for students.” For more information, please visit 2009 Mathematics SOL and 2016 SOL.