How to Set Up a Texas Success Initiative (TSI) Bootcamp at ...

[Pages:43]How to Set Up a Texas Success Initiative (TSI) Bootcamp at Your Campus

Let's Talk...

What do you know about TSI? Why is important for your campus? What is its importance to students?

Take about 5 minutes to discuss at your tables and we will come back whole group

HB18 & HB505- Dual Credit Courses in HS

No limit to the number of dual credit courses or semester credit hours in which a student may enroll while in high school or limit to the number of dual credit courses or semester credit hours in which a student may enroll each semester or academic year.

HB505 -This legislation would prohibit any administrative rules that limit the number of dual credit courses or hours in which a student may enroll while in high school; the number of dual credit courses or hours in which a student may enroll each semester or academic year; or the grade levels at which a high school student may be eligible to enroll in a dual credit course.

Under current law the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has adopted administrative rules that limit high school students to no more than two dual credit courses per semester.

THECB Guidelines

"It is recommended that the new TSI Assessment be used to determine college readiness and help identify students who would benefit most from such coursework."

Students receive diagnostic profile of academic performance Profile allows for differentiation of instruction Better able to target academic weaknesses of students Holistic approach of assessing student comprehension of high

school level content

Transcript Study

The single biggest predictor of college success is the quality and intensity of the high school curriculum.*

*Cliff Adelman, Answers in the Tool Box, U.S. Department of Education.

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Texas Success Initiative (TSI)

Texas Education Code ?51.3062

Needed in order to enroll in public institutions of higher education

The law requires all entering college students to be assessed for college readiness in reading, mathematics and writing unless the student qualifies for an exemption

Each student who fails to meet the minimum passing standard of the exam offered by the institution must be placed in a developmental education program designed to help the student achieve college readiness

What are Benchmark Scores?

? College readiness indicators

? SAT: Combined score > 1070 and Critical Reading > 500 and Math > 500

? ACT: Composite score > 23 and Critical Reading > 19 and Math > 19

? TSI: Reading >351 and Writing Essay of 5 or Reading > 363, Writing Essay of 4 / Math > 350

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