What is the TSI Assessment?

The TSI is part of the Texas Success Initiative program designed to help your college or university determine if you are ready for college-level coursework in the areas of reading, writing, and mathematics. If you are an incoming college student in Texas, you are required to take the TSI Assessment, unless exempt, to determine your readiness for college-level work. Students need to demonstrate they are college-ready by the time they graduate and TSI is one way to achieve that. Based on how you perform, you may either be enrolled in a college-level course and/or be placed in the appropriate developmental course or intervention to improve your skills and prepare you for success in college-level courses. 

What are the exemptions to the TSI?

SAT Exemptions

SAT administered in March 2016 and later: Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (EBRW) minimum score of 480, Mathematics minimum score of 530 (no combined score needed). 

ACT Exemptions 

*Prior to February 15, 2023 

English Score >19 AND Composite Score >23

Math Score >19 AND Composite Score >23

After to February 15, 2023

English Composite Score >40

Math Score >22

How to submit TSI Scores

Accuplacer instructions for submitting test scores to TXST: https://accuplacer.collegeboard.org/accuplacer/pdf/how-access-test-scores-from-student-portal.pdf

Students who are planning to attend TXST may submit their TSI scores here: https://www.txstate.edu/tsip/submit-scores.html

The direct link to the page where the student can search for their own scores: https://studentportal.accuplacer.org/#/studentisr