FREE TSI Practice Test 2025 Official Study Guide (PDF)

Last Updated on December 11, 2024

TSI Practice Test 2024 with Study Guide (PDF). Prepare for the Texas Success Initiative Assessment 2.0 (TSIA2) Texas Success Initiative (TSI) Assessment Exam with our comprehensive TSI Practice Test 2024 and Study Guide. Our study guide is available in a downloadable PDF format and provides essential preparation materials to help you succeed.

Try our free TSI Exam Practice Test online, which includes reading, writing, and mathematics quizzes. These practice tests are designed to help you review key concepts and improve your skills for the actual exam.

The Texas Success Initiative (TSI) is the statute that requires all Texas public institutions of higher education to determine the readiness of all non-exempt, entering undergraduate students to enroll in freshman-level academic courses (see TEC, 51.336). Students can qualify for exemption by subject area in several ways, including meeting college readiness benchmarks on the SAT® or ACT® , or completing a high school College Preparatory Course. (For a complete list of exemptions, see below under “TSIA2 Exemptions”). Undergraduate students who enter without an exemption must take the Texas Success Initiative Assessment 2.0 (TSIA2).

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TSI Practice Test 2025

TSI comprises three different assessments—reading, writing, and mathematics. Each assessment is taken and scored separately, but all are mandatory test parts. All incoming college students in the State Of Texas are required to take the TSI unless they have already met specific criteria, which include the following:

The student has met the minimum college readiness standard on the ACT, SAT, or another statewide test and has already completed college-level mathematics and English courses.

The student is not seeking a degree.
The student has been or is currently enlisted in the military.
The student has enrolled in a Level-One certificate program (with fewer than forty-three semester credit hours).

TSI Exam Content

The TSI assesses reading comprehension, writing, and mathematical skills. The questions are aligned with the Texas College and Career Readiness Standards and gauge your readiness to tackle college-level coursework. Because the test is computer-adaptive, you will encounter more difficult topics as you continue to answer questions on the test correctly.

#1 Mathematics: 20 questions

Unless you’re exempt. Unless you’re exempt, you’ll be administered the multiple-choice Mathematics College Readiness Classification (CRC) Test first. It’s made up of 20 questions and covers 4 content categories:

Quantitative Reasoning: Calculating ratios, proportions, and percentages, as well as identifying, manipulating, and interpreting linear equations and expressions
Algebraic Reasoning: Solving equations (linear, quadratic, polynomial, exponential, rational, and radical), evaluating functions, and solving algebraic problems in context
Geometric and Spatial Reasoning: Converting units within measurement systems, solving geometric problems (perimeter, area, surface area, and volume), performing transformations, and applying right triangle trigonometry
Probabilistic and Statistical Reasoning: Classifying data, constructing appropriate representations of data,computing, and interpreting probability, and describing measures of center and spread of data

#2 English Language Arts and Reading: 30 questions

Unless you’re exempt, you’ll first be administered the multiple-choice College Readiness Classification (CRC) Test. This CRC Test, made up of 30 questions, covers 4 subcategories, and addresses these 2 content categories:

Reading-focused questions measure your skills in comprehension and analysis of literary texts, as well as informational and argumentative texts, including paired passages.
Writing-focused questions measure your skills in revision and editing of sentences, paragraphs, and early drafts of essays.

#3 Writing (Essay): 1 essay (300 – 600 words)

The TSIA2 Essay Test is used along with the multiple-choice ELAR component to see if you’re college-ready with respect to reading and writing. The Essay Test requires you to provide a 300- to 600-word essay in response to one randomly selected prompt. Your essay is scored based on six qualities that are highly valued in college-level courses:

Purpose and Focus: The extent to which you present information in a unified and coherent manner, clearly addressing the issue
Organization and Structure: The extent to which you order and connect ideas
Development and Support: The extent to which you develop and support ideas
Sentence Variety and Style: The extent to which you craft sentences and paragraphs demonstrating control of vocabulary, voice, and structure
Mechanical Conventions: The extent to which you express ideas using Standard English conventions
Critical Thinking: The extent to which you communicate a point of view and demonstrate reasoned relationships among ideas

More information regarding the Texas Success Initiative and the TSI Assessment can be found at www.thecb.state.tx.us/TSI.

TSIA2 Exemptions

Having an exemption means that you can enroll in any freshman-level college course in a specific area without having to take TSIA2 or complete a prerequisite. Not all entering students need to take TSIA2. You may be exempt if you:

have met the minimum college readiness standard on the SAT®, ACT® , or the English III/Algebra II STAAR End-of-Course high school tests;
have successfully completed a high school College Preparatory Course*;
have successfully completed college-level course(s);
have enrolled in a Level-One certificate program (fewer than 43 semester credit hours);
aren’t seeking a degree; or
have been, or currently are, in the military.

Official TSI Study Guide 2025

Take advantage of free sample questions to improve in areas where your academic performance is not the strongest. These sample questions help you familiarize yourself with the types of questions asked on the TSI Assessment. To access the full sample questions document,