Texas Success Initiative
The Texas Success Initiative (TSI) became effective September 1, 2003. This initiative replaces the Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP).
The Texas Success Initiative requires that incoming students, unless exempt, be assessed for college readiness in the areas of reading, mathematics and writing. The assessment instrument used at San Jacinto College is the COMPASS and in some instances the ASSET. This initiative further requires that students who do not meet the passing standard of an area of the assessment are not allowed to enroll in college-level classes requiring skills in the unmet area until those college readiness skills are met. Students can meet the skill requirement by completing the sequence of developmental courses for that area or by passing a retest of the assessment instrument. Students should meet with a counselor to develop their individual developmental education plan which will include: when developmental studies must begin, the sequence of required developmental courses, possible required retesting, study skills and other options for developing college readiness.
The Placement Chart, published in the Schedule of Classes and in the Catalog, indicates the various skills prerequisite levels, their corresponding score ranges on the placement tests, and either the developmental courses in which students must enroll or the college-level English or mathematics/technical mathematics courses in which they may enroll if they meet the skill level requirement. The Placement Chart also indicates the developmental course sequence for each skill area.