Tutoring Services

Our Math and Writing Tutors can help you with questions about the Texas Success Initiative Assessment, or TSI test. Please take a look at the resources below to review for the TSI.

Comprehensive

• College Board's Official Study App Free app with practice questions and tests. Create a free account and choose Texas Success Initiative as the test version.
• Austin CC's TSI Prep Math, reading, and writing reviews, videos, and practice questions
• Mometrix Test Preparation  Includes math, reading, and writing TSI reviews, practice tests, and tutorial videos
• College Board's TSI Sample Questions Sample questions and answers from the math, reading, and writing portions.
• Learning Express Library  Click on Learning Express Library and log in with your Outlook account if accessing from home. Learning Express provides subject review and practice questions--you can create a free account and access reviews in the College Center Plus section.

Math

• Austin CC's Math TSI Prep Includes practice tests and tips on how to answer the different types of questions
• Math Planet Overview and lessons covering pre-algebra, algebra, and geometry.
• See videos below for lessons on concepts covered in the TSI.

Reading

• Austin CC's Reading TSI Prep Includes practice questions and tips on how to answer the different types of questions 
• Reading Strategies Tips and strategies for reading passages

Writing

• College Board's Accuplacer Sample Essays TSI essay guide with sample essays
• Austin CC's Writing TSI Review Includes practice questions, videos, and strategies for the essay portion.

Direct Substitutions

• Substituting into expressions
• Solving equations introduction: evaluate variable expression 1

Greatest Common Factor

• Factoring using the Greatest Common Factor

Solving Linear Equations

• Solving equations 1

Direct and Inversely Proportional

• Direct and inverse variation

Equations of a Line

• Point-slope and standard form

Area of a Rectangle

• Solving area of a rectangle with exponents in width or length

Word Problem System of Linear Equations

• Systems of linear equations: word problem 1 

Multiply Binomials/ Quadratic Equations

• Multiplying binomials
• Find a quadratic equation when given the solutions

Finding x and y Intercepts

• x-intercepts and y-intercepts of an equation and finding them

Factoring Difference of Squares with a Power Greater than 2

• Factoring difference of squares with a power greater than 2

Exponent Rules

• Exponent rules part 1
• Exponent rules part 2
• Level 3 exponents

Radical Equations

• Radical equation examples

Solving Rational Equations

• Solving rational equations 1

Word Problems Involving Quadratic Equations

• Quadratic equation word problems

Length and Width Given Perimeter and Relation

• Word problem involving the perimeter of a rectangle

Mean/Median/Mode

• Finding mean, median, and mode

Probability

• Basic probability
• How to do exam-style simple probability questions