2024 SOL Geometry

[Anonymous]

My DC typically gets >580 for all the past SOL math tests, so I am surprised to see that he barely passed advanced geometry this year. Is that normal? He is in Honor Geometry and doing very well (high A).

[Anonymous]

Same. DC typically gets 520-550 on SOLs and got a 480 on Geometry this year. I admit I was not too impressed by his math teacher or the teaching style - but maybe the test was also more rigorous this year.

[Anonymous]

I’m glad you mentioned this because DD has always passed advanced, aced the honors class and scored 499. I was curious to see if the score would change this summer when they norm it.

[Anonymous]

OP: Good to know that we are not the only one. I know one question might need to be adjusted. DC told me there are supposed to be three correct answers but we both agreed four statements are correct...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DC typically gets >580 for all the past SOL math tests, so I am surprised to see that he barely passed advanced geometry this year. Is that normal? He is in Honor Geometry and doing very well (high A).

Same for our 7th grader. Usually gets 600.

This time 568, missing one M question on "Use coordinate methods to identify a transformation." - in all fairness though it's completely possible to miss one question. He also didn't get a 100 average this year, achieving only 3158 out of 3183.5 possible points (= 99.20%) in SiS. 3158 hard earned points, though, when you consider that missing a single answer on a test usually is -6. We're still proud of him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DC typically gets >580 for all the past SOL math tests, so I am surprised to see that he barely passed advanced geometry this year. Is that normal? He is in Honor Geometry and doing very well (high A).

Same for our 7th grader. Usually gets 600.

This time 568, missing one M question on "Use coordinate methods to identify a transformation." - in all fairness though it's completely possible to miss one question. He also didn't get a 100 average this year, achieving only 3158 out of 3183.5 possible points (= 99.20%) in SiS. 3158 hard earned points, though, when you consider that missing a single answer on a test usually is -6. We're still proud of him.

Where did you get this detail?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DC typically gets >580 for all the past SOL math tests, so I am surprised to see that he barely passed advanced geometry this year. Is that normal? He is in Honor Geometry and doing very well (high A).

Same for our 7th grader. Usually gets 600.

This time 568, missing one M question on "Use coordinate methods to identify a transformation." - in all fairness though it's completely possible to miss one question. He also didn't get a 100 average this year, achieving only 3158 out of 3183.5 possible points (= 99.20%) in SiS. 3158 hard earned points, though, when you consider that missing a single answer on a test usually is -6. We're still proud of him.

Where did you get this detail?

From the "Student Detail by Question" PDF on the https://va-results.pearsonaccessnext.com website.
Your school will send you the access code at some point, I assume.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DC typically gets >580 for all the past SOL math tests, so I am surprised to see that he barely passed advanced geometry this year. Is that normal? He is in Honor Geometry and doing very well (high A).

Same for our 7th grader. Usually gets 600.

This time 568, missing one M question on "Use coordinate methods to identify a transformation." - in all fairness though it's completely possible to miss one question. He also didn't get a 100 average this year, achieving only 3158 out of 3183.5 possible points (= 99.20%) in SiS. 3158 hard earned points, though, when you consider that missing a single answer on a test usually is -6. We're still proud of him.

Where did you get this detail?

From the "Student Detail by Question" PDF on the https://va-results.pearsonaccessnext.com website.
Your school will send you the access code at some point, I assume.

Never seen this site or been granted access. What region are you in- don’t have to say school, but curious if just your school?

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Anonymous wrote:My DC typically gets >580 for all the past SOL math tests, so I am surprised to see that he barely passed advanced geometry this year. Is that normal? He is in Honor Geometry and doing very well (high A).

Same for our 7th grader. Usually gets 600.

This time 568, missing one M question on "Use coordinate methods to identify a transformation." - in all fairness though it's completely possible to miss one question. He also didn't get a 100 average this year, achieving only 3158 out of 3183.5 possible points (= 99.20%) in SiS. 3158 hard earned points, though, when you consider that missing a single answer on a test usually is -6. We're still proud of him.

Where did you get this detail?

From the "Student Detail by Question" PDF on the https://va-results.pearsonaccessnext.com website.
Your school will send you the access code at some point, I assume.

Never seen this site or been granted access. What region are you in- don’t have to say school, but curious if just your school?

DP. Same. I've never seen that website or received any sort of access code.

[Anonymous]

Why did you make your child take the geometry SOL when they presumably already had a verified credit in Algebra 1?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why did you make your child take the geometry SOL when they presumably already had a verified credit in Algebra 1?

DP, but if the Algebra I credit came from MS, the school will automatically schedule the student to take the Geometry SOL in 9th for Federal participation requirements. They make zero mention of the fact that you can refuse and it will have no impact on graduation or anything else unless you ask. Even then they’ll try to discourage you by saying there’s no formal opt-out process in VA, you have to refuse (so they basically make it sound as negative as they can to try and push you into taking the test).

[Anonymous]

Same for our 7th grader. Usually gets 600.

This time 568, missing one M question on "Use coordinate methods to identify a transformation." - in all fairness though it's completely possible to miss one question. He also didn't get a 100 average this year, achieving only 3158 out of 3183.5 possible points (= 99.20%) in SiS. 3158 hard earned points, though, when you consider that missing a single answer on a test usually is -6. We're still proud of him.


For 99.20% you don’t need the zero at the end. Just 99.2%. Or even better, round it to whole digits. I promise you, no context will be lost, everyone will still be super-impressed by 99%.

[Anonymous]

Math teacher here, although it’s been a few years since I taught geometry. In the past when I did, it was common for the geometry SOL scored to be lower than some students were used to scoring. So much of the Algebra and Algebra 2 SOLs can be solved on calculators. There are many tricks for checking answers for multiple choice problems and scores are very high. Geometry is different and content needs to be applied. It’s not as easy to substitute in or graph answers. Besides that, I don’t see much of a difference in a 480 or 520. They are both solid passing scores and pass advanced doesn’t mean anything in HS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DC typically gets >580 for all the past SOL math tests, so I am surprised to see that he barely passed advanced geometry this year. Is that normal? He is in Honor Geometry and doing very well (high A).

Same for our 7th grader. Usually gets 600.

This time 568, missing one M question on "Use coordinate methods to identify a transformation." - in all fairness though it's completely possible to miss one question. He also didn't get a 100 average this year, achieving only 3158 out of 3183.5 possible points (= 99.20%) in SiS. 3158 hard earned points, though, when you consider that missing a single answer on a test usually is -6. We're still proud of him.

Math teacher here again and revising my post. I don’t see any difference in a 450
or a 600. Both are solid passing scores. Pass advanced doesn’t matter in high school and we don’t care about 600 on an SOL. It’s a pass, just like a 400 is a pass. A check for a verified credit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m glad you mentioned this because DD has always passed advanced, aced the honors class and scored 499. I was curious to see if the score would change this summer when they norm it.

Is that a thing? So the score may not stay the score?

DS got a 480 and was shocked. He is working hard in the class, like he definitely has to study, but getting As.