Texas Success Initiative

The purpose of the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) program is to determine whether students are prepared for credit-bearing, college-level courses.

Resources from TEA

• Read the February 2021 TAA about the statewide rate for college preparation assessments.

• Learn more about college preparation assessments funded by HB 3.

• View TEA’s college preparation assessment comparison chart.

• Review a document TEA released in August 2021 that describes how 2021 graduates can meet TSI standards on the TSI-A (1.0) and/or TSIA2 for 2022 accountability reports.

TSI-A

• View TEA’s TSI-A page.

• Learn more about the TSI-A on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s webpage.

• Consider becoming a TSI Assessment Testing Site.

• Access the ACCUPLACER website.

• Watch a webinar about the TSIA2 and the learning resources available to support student success.

SAT

• View TEA’s SAT page.

• Learn more about the SAT on the College Board’s webpage for Texas districts.

• Review resources related to SAT School Day.

ACT

• View TEA’s ACT page.

• Read more about the ACT assessment.

College Prep Courses/Texas College Bridge

• Learn more about how Texas College Bridge provides Texas students with access to online college preparatory courses.

• View the Texas College Bridge implementation guide and district checklist.

Strategies to improve TSI-met outcomes

In November 2020, the North Texas CCMR Network for School Improvement convening focused on increasing TSI success for all students. Presentations from two North Texas districts--Garland ISD and Richardson ISD--appear below.

Garland ISD shared how to use (P)SAT reports to inform instruction and curriculum changes, embed (P)SAT activities into the curriculum, create a TEKS alignment document for college assessments, and provide professional development to build internal capacity and college assessment expertise (view slide deck).

Richardson ISD described how their secondary math team is aligning their curriculum to the ACT. Hear about the lessons they learned along the way as they worked towards embedding ACT formatted activities into the curriculum, connecting score targets to the skills that need to be mastered, and identifying where ACT skills should be taught in the curriculum (view slide deck and ACT’s math curriculum review worksheets).