The TSI Assessment (TSIA) is part of the Texas Success Initiative program designed to help your college or university determine if you are ready for college-level course work in the areas of reading, writing, and mathematics. If you are an incoming college student in Texas, you are required to take the TSI Assessment - unless you are already exempt to determine your readiness for college-level work. Based on how you perform, you may either be enrolled in a college-level course and/or be placed in the appropriate developmental course or intervention to improve your skills and prepare you for success in college- level courses.

Texas Success Initiative Exemptions

The following tests can be used to exempt you from one or more parts of the TSI Assessment:

SAT (administered prior to March 2016):

• A minimum combined critical reading and mathematics score of 1070 with a minimum score of 500 on the mathematics test for a TSI exemption in math;
• A minimum combined critical reading and mathematics score of 1070 with a minimum score of 500 on the critical reading test for a TSI exemption in both reading and writing

SAT (administered on or after March 5, 2016):

• A minimum score of 530 on the Mathematics test for a TSI exemption in math (no combined score required);
• A minimum score of 480 on the Evidenced-Based Reading & Writing (EBRW) for a TSI exemption in both reading and writing (no combined score required)

Mixing or combining scores from the SAT administered prior to March 2016 and the SAT administered on or after March 5, 2016 is not allowable. 
Students must attend college within five (5) years from the date of the SAT test in order to use the scores for an exemption.

ACT
A student must first achieve a minimum composite score of 23 with:

• At least 19 on math for an exemption in math
  and/or
• At least 19 on English for an exemption in reading and writing

Students must attend college within five (5) years from the date of the test in order to use the scores for an exemption.

 If you need to take the TSI, contact the College or University you plan to attend to schedule. We are also offering the TSI on campus. Sign up is on the main page of this website when open.