Assessment Services

Placement Exams

Based on The Texas Education Code statute 51.3062, Success Initiative, effective September 1, 2003, Tarleton State University is required to assess the academic skills of each entering undergraduate student to determine the student’s readiness to enroll in freshman-level academic coursework. However, the University will not use the assessment or the results of the assessment as a condition of admission to the institution.

Unless exempt (Check Admissions for exemptions), the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board requires that, prior to enrollment, each student must be assessed in three skill areas (reading, writing, and mathematics) using one or more of the following instruments:

Study Guides:

• THEA
• COMPASS
• ACCUPLACER