1. Texas Success Initiative THE KEY TO SUCCESS!
Mrs. Elizabeth Coiman-Lopez BAT., MS.
Houston Community College – Fall 2018

2. Assesses students’ abilities in reading, writing, and mathematics.
Helps in choosing the right academic classes.
All incoming college students in the state of Texas are required to take the TSI.
Who does not take the TSI?:
Student has met the minimum college readiness on ACT, SAT, or other state test.
Student has completed college-level math and English.
Student is not seeking a degree.
Student is in the military.
Student is in a Level-One certificate program (with fewer than 43 semester hours.)
WHAT IS THE TSI?

3. HOW IS THE TSI ADMINISTERED?
A multiple-choice test administered by computer.
Each section, reading, writing, and math, is taken separately.
Writing: essay of words.
It is not timed.
You may stop, save the work, and complete it within the next 14 days.
The assessment results are given immediately after completion.
Contact the Counselor to arrange to take the TSI.
Tell Counselor if you need accommodations for disabilities.
HOW IS THE TSI ADMINISTERED?

4. HOW IS THE TSI SCORED?

5. HOW IS THE TSI SCORED? It is a diagnostic test, no pass or fail.
Texas Coordinating Board has determined cut-off scores for college readiness, changing annually.
The TSI is computer adaptive: a student’s response determines de difficulty level of the next question.
Answering correctly, the next one will be harder.
Answering incorrectly, the next one will be easier.
Essay is scored 8 – 0:
Clarity of purpose
Organization
Coherence
Focus
Demonstration of critical thinking
Strength or argument and development
Sentence variety
Style
Proper use of mechanics (grammar and punctuation)
HOW IS THE TSI SCORED?

6. ESSAY WRITING
ESSAY WRITING

7. WHAT IS ON THE ESSAY WRITING TEST?
Writing an Essay:
One essay of 300 – 600 words
Effective Essay:
effective-essay
Organized writing with supported and well-developed ideas: (p. 67-
68, ).
Strong sentence structure: (p. 50, , )
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Few Mechanical Errors: (Grammar and Punctuation Handouts)
Following the Conventions of Standard English:
language-standard-english-conventions.pdf
standard-english.html
WHAT IS ON THE ESSAY WRITING TEST?

8. MULTIPLE CHOICE WRITING QUESTIONS

9. WHAT IS ON THE MULTIPLE CHOICE WRITING TEST?
There are 20 questions:
Essay Revision
Improving organization: (p. 156)
coherence,
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word choice (vocabulary p ),
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c rhetorical effectiveness
Using evidence:
samples/essentials-writing-gwt- samples/evidence/evidence.html
WHAT IS ON THE MULTIPLE CHOICE WRITING TEST?

10. WHAT IS ON THE MULTIPLE CHOICE WRITING TEST?
There are 20 questions:
Essay Revision
Agreement: (p )
Performing subject-verb agreement:
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B. Pronoun agreement:
C. Determining verb tenses:
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WHAT IS ON THE MULTIPLE CHOICE WRITING TEST?

11. WHAT IS ON THE MULTIPLE CHOICE WRITING TEST?
There are 20 questions:
Essay Revision
Agreement
Sentence Structure: (p , )
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Determining and resolving errors in punctuation
Errors in sentence structure.
WHAT IS ON THE MULTIPLE CHOICE WRITING TEST?

12. PROPERLY PLACING AND USING CONNECTORS OR TRANSITIONS (P. 180-181)

13. Properly Placing and Using Transitions (p. 180-181)

14. Properly Placing and Using Transitions (p. 180-181)

15. Adjective Clauses: Using Clauses in a Sentence

16. STUDY:
PRACTICE TEST:
WRITING PRACTICE TEST

17. TSI READING
TSI READING

18. http://tlr.hccs.edu/gcpass/TSIPracticeTests/reading/ reading_quiz/Pretest_2013/index.html
TSI READING

19. WHAT IS ON THE TSI READING TEST?
24 questions
Literary analysis:
Identifying and analyzing elements and ideas in texts.
Main idea and supporting details:
Identifying the main ideas and supporting ideas of a passage.
Identifying details in a passage.
Inferences in a text or texts:
Connecting ideas between two passages
Comparing 2 passages
Drawing inferences about a single passage
Author’s use of language:
Identify the author’s purpose, tone, use of language, organization, and rhetorical strategies
Using evidence to determine the meaning of words in context.
WHAT IS ON THE TSI READING TEST?

20. LITERARY ANALYSIS Literary analysis:
Identifying and analyzing elements and ideas in texts.
LITERARY ANALYSIS

21. LITERARY ELEMENTS

22. LITERARY ELEMENTS

23. LITERARY DEVICES

24. LITERARY DEVICES

25. MAIN IDEA AND SUPPORTING DETAILS
Literary analysis:
Main idea and supporting details: (Step 2, 3, 4 p, )
Identifying the main ideas and supporting ideas of a passage.
Identifying details in a passage.
MAIN IDEA AND SUPPORTING DETAILS

26. MAIN IDEA AND SUPPORTING DETAILS

27. MAIN IDEA AND SUPPORTING DETAILS

28. CONNECTING IDEAS Inferences in a text or texts: (Step 7 p. 273-318)
Literary analysis:
Main idea and supporting details:
Inferences in a text or texts: (Step 7 p )
Connecting ideas between two passages
CONNECTING IDEAS

29. COMPARING TWO PASSAGES
Literary analysis:
Main idea and supporting details:
Inferences in a text or texts: (Step 7 p )
Connecting ideas between two passages
Comparing 2 passages
COMPARING TWO PASSAGES

30. INFERENCES ABOUT A PASSAGE
Literary analysis:
Main idea and supporting details:
Inferences in a text or texts: (Step 7 p )
Connecting ideas between two passages
Comparing 2 passages
Drawing inferences about a single passage
INFERENCES ABOUT A PASSAGE

31. READING = THINKING = INFERRING

32. WHAT IS ON THE TSI READING TEST?
Literary analysis:
Main idea and supporting details:
Inferences in a text or texts:
Author’s use of language:
Identify the author’s purpose, tone, use of language, organization, and rhetorical strategies
Using evidence to determine the meaning of words in context.
WHAT IS ON THE TSI READING TEST?

33. AUTHOR’S PURPOSE

34. AUTHOR’S TONE

35. AUTHOR’S USE OF LANGUAGE

36. AUTHOR’S ORGANIZATION

37. AUTHOR’S RHETORICAL STRATEGIES

38. AUTHOR’S RHETORICAL STRATEGIES

39. AUTHOR’S MEANING OR THE WORDS IN CONTEXT

40. AUTHOR’S MEANING OR THE WORDS IN CONTEXT