The TSIA2 is a program designed to help UHD determine if you are ready for college-level course work in the general areas of reading, writing and mathematics. This assessment will also help determine what type of courses or intervention will best meet your needs to help you become better prepared for college level course work should you need it. If you are an incoming college student in Texas, you are required to take the TSIA2 — unless, you are exempt.

Based on your performance on the TSIA2, you will be enrolled in a college-level course that matches your skill level or an appropriate developmental course or intervention to improve your skills and prepare you for success in college-level courses. Before you take the TSIA2, you must participate in a Pre-Assessment Activity. Your response to each section below is required to ensure the Pre- Assessment Activity is completed. The UHD Testing Center will confirm your participation when you arrive to take your TSIA2.

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The TSIA2 is an untimed test that covers content in English, reading, writing and mathematics.

A single testing experience consists of 30 items, half of which are reading focused and half of which are writing focused. Items are presented in a seamless experience, with no break or division between reading focused and writing focused CRC items. Reading focused items appear first, beginning with the Literary Text Analysis set; writing focused items follow, beginning with the Essay Revision and Editing set.

Reading Focused: 15 items

• 4 item Literary Text Analysis set
• 11 discrete Informational Text Analysis and Synthesis items
• 2 Synthesis (paired argumentative passages) items
• 9 items algorithmically chosen among all remaining

Informational Text Analysis Writing Focused: 15 items

• 4 item Essay Revision and Editing set
• 11 discrete Sentence Revision, Editing, and Completion items Algorithmically chosen among all Sentence Revision, Editing, and Completion varieties

ELAR DIAGNOSTIC A single testing experience consists of 48 items, covering both reading and writing, across two strands. Items are presented in a seamless experience, with no break or division between reading-focused and writing-focused diagnostic items. Reading-focused (or Text Analysis and Synthesis) items appear first, beginning with the Literary Text Analysis sets; writing-focused items (or Content Revision and Editing for Conventions) follow, beginning with the Essay Revision and Editing sets.

Text Analysis and Synthesis 24 items

• 4 item Literary Text Analysis sets
• 12 discrete Informational Text Analysis and Synthesis items
• 2 Synthesis (paired argumentative passages) items
• 10 items algorithmically chosen among all remaining informational Text Analysis varieties

Content Revision and Editing for Conventions 24 items

• 4 item Essay Revision and Editing sets
• 12 discrete Sentence Revision, Editing and Completion items algorithmically chosen among all Sentence Revision, Editing, and Completion varieties

Purpose: The Essay Test is designed primarily to ascertain (in conjunction with the CRC Test and possibly the Diagnostic Test) whether test takers are college ready or not college ready with respect to writing. Essay Test consists of a single constructed-response prompt. The Essay Test includes a brief text (passage) for test takers to read and consider as they develop their written response to the question (assignment). This passage is not a reading passage per se: test takers are not assessed on their comprehension of this passage, nor do they need to discuss it in their response. Rather, it serves primarily as “food for thought” and to contextualize the assignment (see below).

Assignment: The Essay Test prompt includes an assignment, which is the question that test takers’ response is intended to address (e.g., “Are we free to make our own decisions or are we limited in the choices we can make?”). Evaluation criteria: Test taker responses receive a single holistic score on a scale from 1 to 8.

Responses are evaluated on six characteristics:

(1) purpose and focus,

(2) organization and structure,

(3) development and support,

(4) sentence variety and style,

(5) mechanical conventions, and

(6) critical thinking.

Feedback is provided on the six dimensions on which responses are evaluated.

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Test Content Test items cover four main categories (strands), which are divided into subcategories.

Quantitative Reasoning

• Compare magnitudes of rational and irrational numbers
• Solve problems with ratios, proportions, and percentages
• Solve proportional relationship problems in context (e.g., linear relationships in financial literacy and numeracy)
• Identify, manipulate, and interpret linear equations, inequalities, and expressions

Algebraic Reasoning

• Solve linear equations, inequalities, and systems of linear equations
• Evaluate linear functions
• Solve quadratic and exponential relationship problems in context (e.g., exponential decay/growth, compound interest, and depreciation)
• Identify and manipulate quadratic, polynomial, exponential, rational, and radical equations and expressions
• Solve equations and evaluate functions (e.g., quadratic, polynomial, exponential, rational, and radical)

Geometric and Spatial Reasoning

• Convert units within systems of measurement
• Find perimeter, area, surface area and volume using a variety of methods, including estimation
• Use transformations to investigate congruence, similarity, and symmetry
• Apply right triangle relationships and basic trigonometry
• Make connections between geometry and algebraic equations

Probabilistic and Statistical Reasoning

• Compute and interpret probability
• Compute and describe measures of center and spread of data
• Classify data and construct appropriate representations of data
• Analyze, interpret, and draw conclusions from data

TEST:

A single testing experience consists of 20 items

    6 items- Quantitative Reasoning

    7 items- Algebraic Reasoning

    3 items- Geometric and Spatial Reasoning

    4 items- Probabilistic and Statistical Reasoning

MATHEMATICS DIAGNOSTIC

Purpose Diagnostic Test is designed primarily to identify test takers’ academic strengths and weaknesses with respect to mathematics. The Diagnostic Test comprises items in four content categories, which are divided into subcategories.

Quantitative Reasoning

• Perform basic math operations with whole numbers and integers, decimals, and fractions
• Round numbers to a given decimal place
• Compare numbers in a variety of forms, including decimals, fractions, and percentages
• Compare magnitudes of rational and irrational numbers
• Solve proportional relationship problems in context (e.g., linear relationships in financial literacy and numeracy)
• Identify, manipulate, and interpret linear equations, inequalities and expressions

Algebraic Reasoning

• Solve linear equations, inequalities, and systems of linear equations
• Evaluate linear functions
• Solve quadratic and exponential relationship problems in context (e.g., exponential decay/growth, compound interest, and depreciation)
• Identify and manipulate quadratic, polynomial, exponential, rational and radical equations and expressions

Geometric and Spatial Reasoning

• Identify common units of measurement
• Identify and define types of angles
• Convert units within systems of measurement
• Find perimeter area, surface area and volume using a variety of methods including estimation
• Use transformations to investigate congruence, similarity, and symmetry
• Apply right triangle relationships and basic trigonometry
• Make connections between geometry and algebraic equations

Probabilistic and Statistical Reasoning

• Sort and count data
• Construct simple graphs and tables
• Compute and interpret probability
• Compute and describe measures of center and spread of data
• Classify data and construct appropriate representations of data
• Analyze, interpret and draw conclusions from data

The testing experience consists of 48 items, 12 items per strand, across the four strands.

Your performance on the TSIA2 will determine which courses you can enroll in. Preparing for and giving your best effort on the TSIA2 is important so you can be placed into courses appropriate for your ability. Correct placement is meant to ensure your success. You can prepare and improve your academic skills by taking advantage of the sample questions. These sample questions, will help you to review basic concepts in reading, grammar, arithmetic, trigonometry and algebra that will be on the TSIA2. You may find this especially helpful if you have been away from school for more than a year. Click here to view Sample Questions and the Answer key http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/accuplacer/accuplacer-texas-success-initiative-assessment-sample-questions.pdf Click here for additional practice questions: https://practice.accuplacer.org/login and also visit:

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You are considered ready for college level courses if your score falls within the ranges below for each subject area: Math​ CRC 950 – 990 OR CRC 910 – 949 AND Diagnostic Level 6 ​ ELAR CRC 945 – 990 AND Essay 5 – 8 OR CRC 910 – 944 AND Diagnostic Level 5 – 6 AND Essay 5-8 ​ While you are taking the TSIA2, if any of your scores fall below the college-readiness cut-scores, you will be administered the appropriate TSIA2 Diagnostic to help identify which area that you may need improvement in math, reading, or writing. Based on your individual score report in each subject area, you may be required to enroll in developmental courses offered at UHD. You will need to meet with your academic advisor to discuss these course options that may be available to you.

UHD has developed a Student Resource webpage that contains information about academic, student support, getting involved and outside resources that may be helpful to you throughout your academic career at UHD. https://www.uhd.edu/testing/Pages/testing-resources.aspx

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Once you complete your PAA, go to www.uhd.edu/testing and register for your exam.

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