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Texas Success Initiative Assessment in Math 2.0

The new version of the Texas Success Initiative comes out in January. As far as the math goes, there is nothing new on the test. Students will still get a 20 question test, but if they don’t score high enough on that part, they get a second chance to pass it during the diagnostic portion.

If you want to know more about the test, the best place to go is to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. This site is full of information. The specific TSI part is hard to find, so click here and you’ll go right to it.

Why should high school English and math teachers be interested in this? Students must pass the TSIA to take college English and math classes. This includes dual credit math and English classes. The only way students do not have to take the TSIA is if they score high on the SAT or ACT before they are starting their college-level classes.

The math portion covers 4 main areas:

  • Quantitative Reasoning
  • Algebraic Reasoning
  • Geometric and Spatial Reasoning
  • Probabilistic and Statistical Reasoning

I’ve created 6 practice sheets that mimic the College Ready portion of the test which is the 20 question test. Each practice sheet has 20 questions. The first 6 cover quantitative reasoning, the next 7 cover algebraic reasoning, the next 3 over geometric and spatial reasoning and the last 4 cover probabilistic and statistical reasoning. If your students struggle on any part of them, then I have other TSI resources that will help them further.

Here’s a pic of one of the sheets:

If you are not a Texas teacher and just need some good overall reviews for your ACCUPLACER class or your junior or senior math classes, these practice sheets would come in handy!

Go check this resource out or if you are interested in getting all the TSI materials, then check out the bundle!

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TSI – ACCUPLACER Ready

I’ve put together a set of reviews both in PDF form and Digital Form for College Readiness Assessments. The reason for creating this resource is because I started teaching at an Early College High School about 5 years ago and I had no resources for my students to prepare them. I’m in Texas, so my students take the TSI. It is very similar to the ACCUPLACER. The purpose of the test is to see if students are ready to take a college math class or a college English class, but of course I’m focused on the math portion of the test. I found that students struggled on the test and needed more help. I decided to break it into 7 parts:

Packet 1 – Pre-Algebra Skills: (43 Problems)

Packet 2 – Equations, Inequalities and Linear Functions: (35 Problems)

Packet 3 – Quadratics: (45 Problems)

Packet 4 – Radicals, Roots and Exponents: (37 Problems)

Packet 5 – Geometry Skills: (45 Problems)

Packet 6 – More Geometry: (24 Problems)

Packet 7 – Probability and Statistics: (25 Problems)

All 7 Packets come in a bundle AND I’ve started creating a distance learning version in a Google Sheets format. I’m over halfway finished with this bundle. This bundle also includes some Google Forms quizzes that cover each of the packets. These quizzes come separately too so they can be purchased with the PDF versions as well.