College Readiness for Texas Public University or College

This page is applicable to seniors needing the TSIA2 for Texas Public 4-year University and 2-year College.

Link to Denton ISD TSIA-2 Page

What is it? The TSIA2 measures college-level readiness in ELAR and Math. It is a placement test that determines whether a student is ready for college-level courses or developmental instruction is needed to strengthen academic skills to ensure success in college-level courses. Not all Texas college students have to take the TSIA2 test.

TSIA2 Structure

ELAR - 30 multiple choice questions

• • Reading-focused

    • Comprehension

    • Analysis of literary, informational, and argumentative text, including paired passages

  • Writing-focused

    • Measures skills in revision and editing sentences, paragraphs, and early drafts of an essay

    • ESSAY

      • 300 to 600 words- random selected prompt

      • No access to a dictionary or other outside resources

      • Allowed scratch paper

College Readiness Standards for ELAR:

CRC 945-990 Essay 5-8

Or

CRC 910-944 AND Diagnostic Level 5-6; Essay 5-8

Students can pass CRC (Multiple Choice section) and not pass essay or vice versa. Students would only need to retest the section they did not pass.

Math- 20 multiple choice questions; embedded calculator.

• Quantitative reasoning

• Algebraic reasoning

• Geometric and spatial reasoning

• Probabilistic and statistical reasoning

College Readiness Standards for Math:

CRC 950-990

Or

CRC 910-949 AND Diagnostic Level 6

Need your scores?

• If you are requesting TSI scores from Braswell High school:

1. Visit the Accuplacer Student Portal to retrieve your TSIA2 scores and send your scores to another institution.

• Step by step instructions

OR

2. Visit your Institution TSIA2 website to see if they utilize a Cross Institution Score Release Form. Contact their testing department if you have questions.

If you are unable to view your scores above, please fill out the form below.

Denton ISD TSIA2 Score Release

How to prepare?

• Take a free practice test and/or download the official TSIA2 study app https://accuplacer.collegeboard.org/students/prepare-for-accuplacer/tsia-texas-success-initiative-assessment

• Sample Questions: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gKZl1SGuRMC42rWAnqAckQbNIvBxwYB-/view?usp=sharing

• Students may access their TSIA2 results through their TSIA2 portal at: https://studentportal.accuplacer.org/#/studentisr