Integrated Reading & Writing Component- Spring 2024

Beginning in spring 2024, the Grade 5, Grade 8, and End-of-Course (EOC) Reading Standards of Learning (SOL) tests now have 2 parts to the test: a new, integrated Reading and Writing (IRW) component and the traditional multiple-choice component. Students are required to complete both test components, which must be taken over two different school days and in two different test windows:

  • IRW test window: April 15-May 10, 2024

  • Multiple-choice test window: May 6-31, 2024

Schools will select specific test administration dates within each test window and communicate administration information to parents.

New, IRW Test format:

  • Students will be presented with one nonfiction passage (or possibly a pair of passages at grade 8 and EOC) based on history or science content and then answer 5-6 multiple-choice/technology-enhanced items. This component is not computer adaptive.

  • Students will also receive a writing prompt.  The nonfiction passage provides context for students to use when responding to the prompt, or it may serve as a springboard for students who choose to incorporate personal experiences in their responses.

  • Students compose their response in the online test (TestNav).

  • The online test must be completed in one day.

Score Reports:

  • The IRW component score report will provide:
    the standards on which the student was assessed and whether their response was correct

  • rubric scores for the writing portion that address:

    • Composing and Written Expression

    • Usage and Mechanics

  • the student’s short-paper response.

  • The Reading SOL multiple-choice component report will provide:
    the standards on which the student was assessed and whether their response was correct 

  • (Sample is for Math, but the format of the report is the same for Reading).

Resources for Parents and Students:

For school-specific administration questions, please contact the School Testing Coordinator at your student's school.

For division-level administration questions, please contact the Office of Assessment Services (540) 751-2590 or Email LCPS Testing.