The TSI Assessment (TSIA) is part of the Texas Success Initiative enacted by the Texas State Legislature and designed to determine a student’s readiness for college-level coursework in the general areas of reading, writing, and mathematics.

In order for students to register to take dual enrollment courses at Harlingen Collegiate High, they must be compliant in all tested areas!

All students must be compliant in ALL tested areas by December of their Sophomore year at Harlingen Collegiate High.

Tested Areas:

ELAR: (English Language Arts and Reading) This is a multiple-choice section with an essay.

• Literary Analysis measures your skill in identifying and analyzing ideas in and elements of literary texts.

• Main Idea and Supporting Details measures your skill in identifying the main idea of a passage and in comprehending explicit textual information in a passage.

• Inferences in a Text or Texts measures your skill in synthesizing ideas by making a connection or comparison between two passages and in making an appropriate inference about single passages.

• Author's Use of Language measures your skill in identifying an author's purpose, tone, organization or rhetorical strategies, and use of evidence in determining the meaning of words in context.

MATH: This is a multiple-choice section. 

• Elementary Algebra and Functions measures your knowledge of linear equations, inequalities, and systems; algebraic expressions and equations; and word problems and applications.

• Intermediate Algebra and Functions measures your knowledge of quadratic and other polynomial expressions, equations, and functions; expressions, equations, and functions involving powers, roots, and radicals; and rational and exponential expressions, equations, and functions.

• Geometry and Measurement measures your knowledge of plane geometry; transformations and symmetry; and linear, area, and three-dimensional measurements.

• Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability measures your knowledge of interpreting categorical and quantitative data, statistical measures, and probabilistic reasoning.

Available test dates can also be viewed and selected during the registration process.

At this time there is no charge for TSI testing! 

ELAR: 

CRC 945-990 AND Essay 5-8

                        OR

CRC 910-944 AND NRS Level 5-6 AND Essay 5-8

MATH:

CRC 950-990

         OR

CRC 910-949 AND NRS Level 6

Key:

             CRC is the multiple-choice section

             NRS is the diagnostic section

Students can use this link request an emailed copy of their TSI Score reports.

***Please keep in mind the Student ID number is NOT the HCISD Student ID. The Accuplacer Student ID is a Unique ID number given to students by the District. If you do not now your Unique ID number you can call the campus or email Mrs. Alexis Pemelton.

ELAR

Teacher: Mrs. Sanchez                         Teacher: Mr. Euresti

                  ***See teacher for tutorials specific to TSI Support

MATH

Teacher: Mr. Salinas                                  Teacher: Mr. Penaflor

               ***See teacher for tutorials specific to TSI Support

TSIA Practice Exams

TSIA Study Resources based off Learning Locator Codes