TSIA2 ELAR Test Overview

What are the 3 components of the ELAR section of the TSIA2?

• A. A CRC Assessment, a reading section, and an essay

• B. A CRC Assessment, a Diagnostic Test, and an essay

• C. A Diagnostic Test, an essay, and a poem analysis

• D. An essay, a CRC Assessment, and a grammar section

Which is NOT one of the skills measured by the ELAR writing questions?

• Essay revision

• Sentence revision

• Conventions of punctuation

• Theme analysis

What happens if you hit the Diagnostic Test benchmark score but miss the Essay benchmark Score?

• You’re ready!

• You need to retake the whole ELAR test again, including the CRC/DT + Essay

• You redo only the essay

• You move on to the Essay DT

Literary Text Analysis questions can ask about which of the following?

• Inferences

• Vocabulary

• Author’s craft

• All of the above

How do colleges use the information from the TSIA2?

• To determine which classes you will take during your first semester

• To determine which college major would fit you best

• To determine your incoming GPA

• To determine how to award potential scholarship money

What does the CRC assessment measure?

• Your ability to identify errors in sentences

• Your ability to write a cohesive essay

• College readiness in reading and writing

• College readiness in grammar and vocabulary

How many ELAR questions are on the CRC assessment?

• 25

• 50

• 45

• 30

What is a strategy to help answer Essay Revision & Editing questions?

• Make your best guess

• Plug-in each answer choice into the sentence

• Infer the best choice using context clues

• Read the sentence out loud

What happens if college readiness is not achieved on the CRC?

• Students retake the CRC

• Students are given more time on the CRC

• Students are routed to the Diagnostic Test

• Students move on to writing the Essay

How can you pass the ELAR portion of the TSIA2?

• Hit or exceed the benchmark score on the CRC or DT and the Essay

• Hit or exceed the benchmark score only on the Essay

• Hit or exceed the benchmark score on the CRC and the Diagnostic Test

• Get within 10 points of the benchmark score on all sections