TSIA2 Information

ABOUT THE TEST

The TSIA2 is made up of 3 different sections:

• ELAR Multiple Choice: 30 questions covering reading comprehension, literary analysis, and revising/editing. A diagnostic assessment is possible with additional questions if mastery is not shown on the first set of 30.

• Essay: A prompt is given for students to write a 350-600 word essay. The essay will be scored based on organization and structure, purpose and focus, development and support, sentence variety and style, mechanical conversations, and critical thinking.

• Math Multiple Choice: 20 questions covering quantitative reasoning, algebraic reasoning, geometric and spatial reasoning, and probabilistic and statistical reasoning. A diagnostic assessment is possible with an additional 48 questions if matery is not shown on the first set of 20.

  • **Physical calculators are not permitted but a digital calculator will be provided within the test on certain questions.

COLLEGE READINESS SCORES

ELAR: 945+ OR 910-944 and a diagnostic level of 5-6

Essay: 5-8

Math: 950+ OR 910-949 and a diagnostic level of 6

*You must earn college readiness in all three categories

**An SAT Verbal Score of 480+ exempts students from needing the ELAR & Essay portions of TSI, and an SAT Math Score of 530+ exempts students from needing the Math portion of TSI.

TSIA RESOURCES

• TSIA 2.0 Student Information Brochure

• How to Interpret Your Score

• ELAR Sample Questions

• Mathematics Sample Questions

• Essay Test Guide with Sample Essays

• Register for Accuplacer Practice Tests