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Texas Success Initiative Assessment (TSIA)

Judson ISD offers the Texas Success Initiative Assessment (TSIA) for free to our students and is administered on a computer.  Students must pass the TSIA or earn a TSI exemption demonstrating college readiness in order to participate in most high school dual credit courses or to enter a Texas public college or university and take college-level coursework.  For more information, please contact your high school college counselor.

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Passing Scores

Subject

Assessment

Version

Score Requirements for CCMR

 

TSIA1

Score ≥ 351 on Reading

 

 

 

 

 

English Language Arts and Reading (ELAR)

 

 

TSIA2

Score ≥ 945 on the ELAR College

Readiness Classification (CRC)

AND

Score ≥ 5 on the essay

OR

Score < 945 on the ELAR CRC

AND

Score ≥ 5 on the

diagnostic

AND

Score ≥ 5 on the essay

 

 

 

Combination

Score ≥ 945 on the ELAR CRC on the

TSIA2

AND

Score ≥ 5 on the TSIA1 essay

OR

 

Score < 945 on the ELAR CRC on the

TSIA2

 

AND

Score ≥ 5 on the diagnostic on the TSIA2

 

AND

 

Score ≥ 5 on the TSIA1 essay

 

 

 

Mathematics

TSIA1

Score ≥ 350 on Mathematics

 

 

 

TSIA2

Score ≥ 950 on the Mathematics

CRC

 

OR

Score < 950 on the Mathematics CRC

AND

Score = 6 on the diagnostic

 

 

TSIA Exemptions

A student shall be exempt from taking the TSIA if the student has:

  • scored a composite score of 23 with a minimum of 19 on the English test shall exempt both Reading and Writing sections of the TSIA;
  • scored a composite score of 23 with a minimum of 19 on the Math test shall exempt the Math section of the TSIA;
  • taken the SAT administered prior to March 2016 and earned a minimum score (verbal critical reading + math) SAT score of 1070, with a minimum score of 500 on both sections;
  • • taken the SAT administered March 2016 and later and earned scores on the evidence-Based Reading and Writing (EBRW) assessment of 480, and a minimum score of 530 in Mathematics (no combined score needed);
  • a TAKS scale score of at least 2200 on the math section and/or 2200 on the English Language Arts section with a writing subsection score of at least 3;
  • Veterans, active duty personnel, and a student who is serving as and, for at least 3 years preceding enrollment, has served as a member of a reserve component of the U.S. armed services;
  • Transfer from another institution having satisfactorily completed college-level coursework; or
  • Enrolled in a certificate program of one year or less (Level One certificates) at a public institution.