TSI Strategies

The TSI Assessment (TSIA) is designed to help determine a student’s readiness for college-level coursework in the general areas of _____.

• reading, writing, and arithmetic

• reading, writing, and science

• reading, writing, and mathematics

• reading, writing, and history

The TSI Assessment (TSIA) is _____.

• timed

• untimed

The multiple-choice Mathematics College Readiness Classification (CRC) Test is _____ questions.

• 15

• 20

• 25

• 30

• Handheld Calculators are NOT Permitted; some questions will have a calculator embedded if needed.

• True

• False

If you meet the college readiness benchmark, then you are done. If you don’t meet the college readiness benchmark, then you will take the multiple-choice Mathematics Diagnostic Test.

• True

• False

There are 4 sub-categories. Which sub-category does not belong?

• Geometric & Spatial Reasoning

• Probabilistic & Statistical Reasoning

• Algebraic Reasoning

• Functions Reasoning

The Mathematics Diagnostic Test provides you with a second opportunity to demonstrate your readiness in mathematics.

• False

• True

The Mathematics Diagnostic Test is made up of 48 questions. There are _____ questions from each of the sub-categories.

• 8

• 12

• 16

• 24

During the test, you should NEVER _____

• Panic!

• Give up if it gets hard.

• Give up if the questions seem easy.

• All of these.

• At the beginning of the test, you should focus on the early questions,

• False

• True