QUICK REFERENCE TSI TEST PASSING SCORES (after 8/26/13)
HOW
ATTEMPTED
TSIA (new TSI)
TESTING
COMPONENTS
TITLES
PASSING
SCORE
MILESTONE
LEVEL
363
4
5
351
350
23
19
21
WRITE
(after 8/26/13)
WRITE
WS
PLAN by ACT
TSI waiver while in high school
Must reassess TSI after graduation
READ
MATH
COMP
ENGL
MATH
(WRITING and
WRITING ESSAY)
OR WRITING ESSAY ALONE
READ
MATH
COMPOSITE and
ENGLISH and/or
MATH
PSAT by CollegeBoard
TSI waiver while in high school
Must reassess TSI after graduation
COMP
READ
MATH
COMPOSITE and
CRITICAL READING and/or
MATH
107
50
55
WAIVER
PLAN / PSAT
TAKS (Grade 11)
no more than 5 years old
TSI Exemption
ACT
no more than 5 years old
TSI Exemption
STAAR End of Course (EOC)
TSI Exemption
ELART
WS
MATH
COMP
ENGL
MATH
READ
WRITE
MATH
(ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
and WRITING ESSAY) Both
MATH
COMPOSITE and
ENGLISH and/or
MATH
ENGLISH III Level 2
ENGLISH III Level 2
ALGEBRA II Level 2
2200
3
2200
23
19
19
2000+
2000+
4000+
EXEMPT
TAK11
STAAR End of Course (EOC)
TSI waiver while in high school
Must reassess TSI after graduation
READ
WRITE
MATH
ENGLISH II Combined Read/Write
4000+
WAIVER
STAAR
ALGEBRA I Level 2
4000+
SAT I (before 3/2016)
no more than 5 years old
TSI Exemption
COMP
READ
MATH
COMPOSITE and
CRITICAL READING and/or
MATH
1070
500
500
SAT I (after 3/2016)
no more than 5 years old
TSI Exemption
ERWS
MSS
No composite score required
EVIDENCED-BASED READING & WRITING
MATH
480
530
U.S. Military Duty
EXEMPTION
Transfers from US Accredited Institutions or
C OR BETTER COURSES on "College-Ready" List
acceptable foreign evaluations
Divisions of Instruction and Student Services,, 6/1/2016
READ
MATH
WAIVER
PLAN / PSAT
EXEMPT
ACT
EXEMPT
STAAR
EXEMPT
SAT
EXEMPT
SAT
EXEMPTION
EXEMPTION
EXEMPT - MILITARY
READ, MATH, WRITING
May need to test in any
missing TSI component
Reading/Math/Writing
Based Course