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Exemptions apply if you:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have met the minimum college readiness standard on the SAT, ACT, or the English III\/Algebra II STAAR End-of-Course high school tests<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have successfully completed college-level course(s)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have enrolled in a Level-One certificate program (fewer than 43 semester credit hours)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are not seeking a degree, or<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have been, or currently are, in the military\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s on the TSI Assessment?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can expect the following topics to be included on the TSIA:<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four content areas in Mathematics:\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Elementary Algebra and functions:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> linear equations, inequalities, and systems; algebraic expressions and equations; and word problems and applications<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Intermediate Algebra and functions: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">quadratic and other polynomial expressions, equations, and functions; expressions, equations, and functions involving powers, roots, and radicals; and rational and exponential expressions, equations, and function<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Geometry and measurement: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">plane geometry; transformations and symmetry; and linear, area, and three- dimensional measurements<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Data analysis, statistics, and probability: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">interpreting categorical and quantitative data, statistical measures, and probabilistic reasoning<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four content areas in Reading:\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Literary analysis:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> identifying and analyzing ideas in and elements of literary texts\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Main idea and supporting details:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> identifying the main idea of a passage and in comprehending explicit textual information in a passage<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Inferences in a text or texts:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> making a connection or comparison between two passages and in making an appropriate inference about single passages<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Author\u2019s use of language: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">identifying an author\u2019s purpose, tone, organization or rhetorical strategies, and use of evidence in determining the meaning of words in context\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four content areas in Writing:\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Essay revision:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> providing coherence, organization, and good word choice and achieving rhetorical effectiveness and use evidence<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Agreement: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">performing subject-verb agreement and pronoun agreement and determining verb tenses<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Sentence structure:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> comma splices and run-on sentences, improper punctuation, fragments and parallelism, and subordination and coordination<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Sentence logic:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> correctly placing modifying phrases and clauses and using logical transitions<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A five-paragraph persuasive essay may be required (approximately 300-600 words) on a controversial issue or one of current interest.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before taking the exam<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prior to taking the TSI Assessment, you are required to participate in a Pre-Assessment Activity, which is provided by the college or university where you will take your TSI Assessment. 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