J South, SOLs is the accronym for the Virginia educational objectives entitled the Standards of Learning. They have been around for some 10-15 years, and are now a required curriculum of study for all Virginia students since the imposition of the SOL tests at the end of courses of study about 5 +/- years ago. The tests were coming in when I was retiring, so I'm not sure of the exact years. I used the SOLs to write IEPs most of the years that I was a special ed teacher from 1981 until 1995. You can see the SOLs at http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Superintendent/Sols/home.shtml Anne Anne Pemberton [log in to unmask] http://www.erols.com/apembert http://www.educationalsynthesis.org