Appendix A - SOL Substitute Tests for Verified Credit

Students who take substitute tests for verified credit should not be required to also take the corresponding Standards of Learning (SOL) test.

English Substitute Tests

SOL Test

Substitute Test

Proficient

Advanced

End-of-Course (EOC) Writing

AP English Language and Composition+

2

3

International Baccalaureate® (IB) English Language A: Literature and Language (Standard Level)+

2

3

IB English Language A: Literature and Language (Higher Level)

2

3

IB English Language A: Literature (Standard Level)+

2

3

IB English Language A: Literature (Higher Level)+

2

3

Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) International Test (iBT) Writing Subscore+

17

24

Cambridge International Examinations: Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) First Language English

D

C

Cambridge International Examinations: English Language General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Subsidiary (AS Level)

E

D

ACT: English/Writing Combined Score

16

22

ACT: WordKeys: Writing ++

3

4

ACT: WorkKeys: Business Writing (ACT will discontinue this test on June 1, 2018. See Superintendent's

Memo No. 280-16, dated November 11, 2016 for details.)

3

4

AP English Literature and Composition+

2

3

SAT I Writing (Must have been administered prior to March 2016.)

400

500

SAT Writing and Literacy Test AND Essay Writing Test (administered beginning March 2016)

Writing and Literacy:

21

AND Essay Writing:

4

Writing and Literacy:

31

AND Essay Writing:

6

EOC Reading

AP English Literature and Composition+

2

3

IB English Language A: Literature and Language (Standard Level)+

2

3

IB English Language A: Literature and Language (Higher Level)+

2

3

IB English Language A: Literature (Standard Level)+

2

3

IB English Language A: Literature (Higher Level)+

2

3

Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) International Test (i BT) Reading Subset+

16

21

+Students may use this test to earn two verified credits in English. ++ Available as a substitute test for the EOC Writing test based on the 2002 SOL only.

English Substitute Tests (Continued)

SOL Test

Substitute Test

Proficient

Advanced

EOC Reading

Cambridge International Examinations: Literature in English (IGCSE)

E

C

Cambridge International Examinations: English Language GCE-Advanced Subsidiary (AS Level)

E

D

Cambridge International Examinations: Literature in English GCE Advanced (A Level)

E

D

ACT: Reading Subset

17

22

AP English Language and Composition+

2

3

ACT: WorkKeys Reading for Information +++

4

6

PSAT/NMSQT/PSAT10 Reading Test (administered beginning March 2016)

21

31

SAT Reading Test (administered beginning March 2016)

21

30

Mathematics Substitute Tests

Algebra I

CLEP College Algebra

30

40

IB Math Studies (Standard Level)++++

3

4

IB Mathematics (Standard Level)++++

3

4

IB Mathematics (Higher Level)++++

3

4

SAT I Mathematics Subtest (must have been administered prior to March 2016)

440

520

SAT II Math IC or SAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 1

500

570

SAT II Math IIC or SAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 2

590

660

PSAT/NMSQT/PSAT10 Math Test (administered beginning March 2016)

460

550

SAT Math Test (administered beginning March 2016)

440

520

AP Calculus++++

2

3

Cambridge International Examinations: IGCSE Mathematics

E

D

Cambridge International Examinations: IGCSE Additional Mathematics

E

D

Cambridge International Examinations: IGCSE Extended Mathematics

D

C

Cambridge International Examinations: Mathematics (A Level)

E

D

Cambridge International Examinations: Further Mathematics (A Level)

E

D

ACT: Mathematics Subtest

18

26

Algebra II

IB Math Studies (Standard Level)++++

3

4

IB Mathematics (Standard Level)++++

3

4

IB Mathematics (Higher Level)++++

3

4

+++Effective beginning with the 2015-2016 school year. ++++Students may use this test to earn two verified credits in Mathematics.

 

Mathematics Substitute Tests (Continued)

SOL Test

Substitute Test

Proficient

Advanced

Algebra II (cont)

SAT II Math IC or SAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 1

500

570

SAT II Math IIC or SAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 2

590

660

AP Calculus++++

2

3

Cambridge International Examinations: IGCSE Additional Mathematics

E

D

Cambridge International Examinations: Mathematics (A Level)

E

D

Cambridge International Examinations: Further Mathematics (A Level)

E

D

CLEP College Algebra

50

63

Geometry

Cambridge International Examinations: IGSCE Mathematics

E

C

Cambridge International Examinations: IGSCE Extended Mathematics

D

C

ACT: Mathematics Subtest

20

27

IB Math Studies (Standard Level)++++

3

4

IB Mathematics (Standard Level)++++

3

4

IB Mathematics (Higher Level)++++

3

4

SAT II Math IC or SAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 1

500

570

SAT II Math IIC or SAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 2

590

660

AP Calculus++++

2

3

Science Substitute Tests

Earth Science

Cambridge International Examinations: Environmental Science, GCE-AS Level

E

D

IB Environmental Systems and Society (Standard Level)

2

3

AP Environmental Science

2

3

Biology

AP Biology

2

3

SAT II Biology Ecological OR Molecular

350

450

CLEP General Biology

30

40

IB Biology (Standard Level)

2

3

IB Biology (Higher Level)

2

3

Cambridge International Examinations: Biology, GCE (A Level)

E

D

Cambridge International Examinations: Biology, GCE (AS Level)

E

D

++++ Students may use this test to earn two verified credits in Mathematics.

 

Science Substitute Tests (Continued)

SOL Test

Substitute Test

Proficient

Advanced

Chemistry

AP Chemistry

2

3

SAT II Chemistry

400

500

CLEP General Chemistry

33

43

B Chemistry (Standard Level)

2

3

IB Chemistry (Higher Level)

2

3

Cambridge International Examinations: Chemistry, GCE (A Level)

E

D

Cambridge International Examinations: Chemistry, GCE (AS Level)

E

D

History and Social Science Substitute Tests

VA & US History

AP US History

2

3

CLEP History of US I and II (total score for both tests)

60

80

SAT II American History

400

500

IB US History (Higher Level)

2

3

World History and Geography to 1500

SAT II World History

450

530

AP World History

2

3

World History and Geography from 1500-Present

SAT II World History

450

530

AP World History

2

3

AP European History

2

3

World Geography

IB History of Europe

2

3

AP Human Geography

2

3

Cambridge International Examinations: IGCSE Geography

F

D

Cambridge International Examinations: GCE (A Level)

E

D

Cambridge International Examinations: GCE (AS Level)

E

C

IB Geography Test

2

3