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TITLE 19 EDUCATION
PART 1TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
CHAPTER 4RULES APPLYING TO ALL PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN TEXAS
SUBCHAPTER CTEXAS SUCCESS INITIATIVE
RULE §4.56Assessment Instrument [ Instruments]
ISSUE 05/17/2013
ACTION Proposed
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule
Beginning with the institution's first class day of Academic Year (fall) 2013, an institution of higher education shall use the TSI Assessment offered by the College Board as the only Board-approved assessment instrument under this title. Any previously-employed assessments (ACCUPLACER, Compass, THEA, Asset, Compass ESL, ACCUPLACER ESL) can no longer be used under this title for entering students who initially enroll in any course on or after the institution's first class day in fall 2013.

[The following assessment instruments are approved by the Board:]

  [(1)ASSET and COMPASS offered by ACT;]

  [(2)ACCUPLACER offered by The College Board]

  [(3)Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA) (formerly TASP Test) offered by National Evaluation Systems, Inc.]

This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on May 6, 2013

TRD-201301782

Bill Franz

General Counsel

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Proposed date of adoption: July 25, 2013

For further information, please call: (512) 427-6114

 

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