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Isnt the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) the same as the Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP), but with a different name, the THEA?

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Isnt the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) the same as the Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP), but with a different name, the THEA?

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No. The TASP law has been repealed and replaced by a new program, the Texas Success Initiative (Texas Education Code 51.3062). The TSI still requires students to be assessed in reading, writing and math skills prior to enrolling in college, but now each institution determines what to do with students who dontpass one or more parts of an assessment. Institutions have the flexibility to determine the best path for any particular student to take for becoming college-ready and demonstrating that they are ready for college-level courses. The name of the program is the Texas Success Initiative; THEA (Texas Higher Education Assessment) is the TASP Test, renamed, and is one of the tests that can be administered to students to determine if they are college ready.