TSI (Texas Success Initiative) Assessment
College-Readiness

The TSI2 Assessment (TSIA2) is part of the Texas Success Initiative program designed to help a college or university determine if students are ready for college-level course work in the general areas of reading, writing, and mathematics. This program also will help determine what type of course or intervention will best meet each student's needs to help each become better prepared for college-level course work if not ready. Incoming college students in Texas are required to take the TSI2 Assessment — unless already exempt — to determine  readiness for college-level work. 

Students must complete a Pre-Assessment Activity before they can take the TSI. Students can take the TSI at LCM in the spring. LCM charges $5 for the math test and $10 for the English test. Ms. Brown in the Counselors Office coordinates the TSI Testing for the high school. Students MUST present a photo ID when they report to the testing room.

Students can also take the TSI at the LSCO Testing Center. Students will need to call and make an appointment and pay $10 for the math test and $15 for the English test prior to testing.

• Video (YouTube) – TSI Assessment 2.0 Explained (Everything You Need to Know) 
• Video (YouTube) – The Importance of the TSI Assessment

TSIA2 Resources link includes

• A FREE TSI Web-based Study App
• Student Information Brochure
• Sample TSI English Questions
• Sample TSI Math Questions
• Sample TSI Essay Test Guide with Sample Essays

Review Exercises / Practice TSI Tests:

• TSI2 Practice in Accuplacer (create your own account)
• Student Portal - Click on “Information for Students.” From the Student Portal you can:
  • Access tutorials for the highlighter, calculators, keyboard, and mouse so you can prepare for the test
  • Access and share your scores with institutions
• TSI2 Practice Tests (get login/password from Librarian or Ms. Brown in Counselors’ Office). Click on STAAR & TSI Prep → TSI Placement Test Preparation. You can create an account inside Learning Express to save your work.
• Free TSI2 Practice Tests (Updated for 2021)
• TSI2 Math Practice
• Online TSI Math Test Prep (not TSI2 when last checked – but has good math practice)

COLLEGE-READINESS SCORES
Scores on the TSI2 Assessment determine if a student is ready to take college-level courses. If college ready, a student may enroll in any related entry-level college course without having to take developmental courses or interventions. Test scores are good for five years. Students who have not passed both Reading and Writing prior to January 2021 will have to take the new English test.

Scores will be available immediately upon completion of the testing session. Students not reaching the college-ready scores above will have access to customized on-line learning.  A Learning Locator Code is generated at the conclusion of assessment that can be used to access TSIA2 Learning Resources. You may retake any or all sections of the TSI Assessment.

Students can now find your scores and share them with institutions through the Student Portal. Many colleges will provide forms/websites for students to complete to give the college permission to access the student’s TSI scores from the database. As this information becomes known, the links will appear below:

• Blinn College – TSI Test Score Submission Form
• Lamar University – TSI taken at other Testing location – Click Share Scores and login.
• Sam Houston State College – TSI Score Request
• Texas A&M University – Score Retrievel Request Form
• Texas State University – Choose OPTION 1 near the bottom – submit TSIA2 scores by completing the Submit Scores form 
• Tyler Junior College – Texas TSI Score Search
• University of Texas – Austin – TSI Scores taken at other location