Welcome to the IQ Site

A free resource, hosted by WHRO, for teachers and students as they prepare for the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) exams and for other academic assessment. I hope you find the activities contained herein useful.

New Activities

The Virginia Department of Education released Reading test items for grades 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7; and Science test items for grade 5 on March 31, 2012. I have completed all of them and they are now posted.

New in 2012, in addition to the many Virginia Department of Education released items, are some new activities from the New York State Education Department released tests, and the California Department of Education's California Standards Tests released items.

Virginia Department of Education Released Items Activities

1. Grade 5 Science - 2011 Released Items
2. Grade 3 Reading - 2011 Released Items
3. Grade 5 Writing Prompts
4. Grade 8 Writing Prompts
5. End of Course Writing Prompts

New York State Education Department (NYSED) Released Test Activities

1. Algebra 2/Trigonometry
2. Physics
3. U.S. History
4. World Geography
5. World History

California Standards Tests (CSTs) Released Items Activities

1. Grade 2 Language Arts
2. Grade 8 Language Arts- Random 25 of 114
3. Grade 8 Language Arts - All 114 items
4. Grade 11 U.S. History
5. Physics
6. U.S. History
7. World History

Spanish

My colleague, Jessica Epps, created hundreds of Spanishactivities and has graciously offered them all for inclusion in this site.

Please check back from time to time to see what's new.