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TSI EXEMPTIONS
A student
may
be exempt from the requirement to take a test approved for TSI
purposes, as outlined in TAC Title 19, part 1, chapter 4, subchapter C, if the student
meets
one
of the following qualifying standards on the ACT, SAT, TAKS or STAAR
EOC tests with
scores that are no more than five years old
:
●
ACT:
Composite score of 23 with a minimum score of 19 on both English
and math is required for full exemption;
●
SAT administered prior to March 2016*:
Combined critical reading
(formerly “verbal”) and mathematics score of 1070 with a minimum score
of 500 on both
critical reading
and mathematics is required for full
exemption;
●
SAT administered on or after March 5, 2016*:
Minimum score of 480
on the Evidenced-Based and Writing (EBRW) is required for exemption on
both reading and writing sections and minimum score of 530 on the
mathematics test is required for exemption on the mathematics sections.
There is no combined score to exempt students from all 3 sections of the
TSI.
●
TAKS:
A math score of 2200 or higher and a score of 2200 or higher on
ELA with a writing sub-score of 3;
●
STAAR end-of-course (EOC)
: Level 2 (4000) on the English III EOC and
level 2 (4000) on the Algebra II EOC.
*combining scores from the SAT administered prior to March 2016 and the
SAT administered on or after March 5, 2016 is not allowable
Students who meet one of the following testing criteria can be partially exempt from
the TSI requirements using the following qualifying standards on the ACT, SAT,
TAKS, or STAAR EOC tests with
scores that are no more than five years old
:
ACT Reading & Writing:
Composite score of 23 or higher with a score of 19 or
higher on the English subtest. Student must take the math section of a test approved
for TSI purposes.
ACT Math:
Composite score of 23 or higher with a score of 19 or higher on the math
subtest. Student must take the reading and writing sections of a test approved for
TSI purposes.
*SAT Reading & Writing administered prior to March 2016:
Composite score of
1070 or higher with a score of 500 or higher on the critical reading subtest. Student
must take the math section of a test approved for TSI purposes.
*SAT Reading & Writing administered on or after March 5, 2016:
Minimum
score of 480 on the Evidenced-Based and Writing (EBRW) is required for exemption
on both reading and writing sections
*SAT Math administered prior to March 2016:
A composite score of 1070 or
higher, with a score of 500 or higher on the math subtest. Student must take the
reading and writing sections of a test approved for TSI purposes.
*SAT Math administered on or after March 5, 2016:
minimum score of 530 on
the mathematics test is required for exemption on the mathematics sections.
