Beginning in Spring 1998, Virginia students participated in the Standards of Learning (SOL) assessments designed to test student knowledge of the content and skills specified in the state's standards. This document contains questions that approximately 80,000 students in grade 5 were required to answer as part of the SOL assessments. These questions are representative of the SOL tests and are provided to demonstrate the format of the test questions. Sample items are presented from the English tests for reading and writing, the mathematics test, the history and social science test, the science test, and the computer/technology test. A page with correct test answers is included. (SLD)