May end-of-course assessments taken in other states be substituted for SOL tests in the awarding of verified credits?
The Board of Education accepts content-based high school end-of-course tests administered as a part of another state’s accountability system for the purpose of awarding verified credit to students who transfer to Virginia public schools. When students transfer to a Virginia public school from a state that requires such high school end-of-course tests, the local school division may automatically accept the student’s passing score on the test and the corresponding course for the purposes of awarding verified credit. When students transfer to a Virginia public school from a state that requires a comprehensive subject area examination as a prerequisite for graduation from high school, VDOE – at the request of the division superintendent — will review the examination to determine its suitability for use to award verified credit. In order for a test to be deemed suitable for use, the test must be approved as part of another state’s accountability system and approved through the federal stand
