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Coastal Bend College – College Placement Exam 2020 Test Schedule
- Beeville Campus
(361) 354-2334 or (361) 354-2244
The College Placement Exam – TSIA - is computer adaptive and state approved.
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TSI Assessment Exam
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All first time students pursuing a degree or Level II
certificate are required to take the TSIA if they are not TSI exempt prior to
registration. This exam can be from one to nine hours long – based upon
the individual. http://www.coastalbend.edu/collegeplacement.
The examinee will first have a placement exam in each subject area –
Reading/Writing/Math. If they are at the college level, then they will
advance to the next subject area. If a person doesn’t place at the
college level in a subject, then they will have approximately 30 to 50
additional diagnostic questions in the subject before they advance to the
next subject area.
The diagnostic results will appear on the TSI Assessment Score Report – so
that the examinee is aware of their strengths and weakness in each subject
area that they complete diagnostic questions over.
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Mandatory -
Pre-Assessment Activity
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All first-time college students will need to go through a Pre-Assessment
Activity which consists of the
following:
(1) the importance of this assessment,
[Based upon your scores on the TSIA – this will decide whether you are
eligible for a college level course or if you will need to take a
developmental or preparation course – which will not give you college credit.
A developmental course will help you build your skills so that you will
eventually be able to take a college level course. These courses give
you a foundation in the subject area that you need preparation in. The
TSIA is very important and we want you to do as well as you possibly can.]
(2) sample questions, [go to: http://www.coastalbend.edu/tsiresource/ for sample questions and other resources to help you
prepare for the TSI Assessment]
If you are a current CBC student - you may
login to your Blackboard account and click on the TutorMe link - for free
tutoring to Test Preparation.
(3) course options, and [Coastal Bend
College offers various course options: NCBO - Non-Course Based course -
which is a non-semester length course delivered in an intense workshop
setting, Integrated Course - which is a course that integrates two
areas - such as Reading and Writing together so that a student gets two
courses for the time and price of one course, Lecture courses
(class-room style course with instructor – face-to-face); Distance Learning
courses (class-room setting, but video cameras and microphones link you to
other sites with other students. The instructor may move around from
site-to-site to have face time with each area); Internet courses (do your
course work from home, but some courses may have you take a proctored exam at
a CBC site); Accelerated Learning Academy courses (go
to: http://www.coastalbend.edu/ala/)]
(4) resources for students.
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Please
note the following test policies:
(1) Test Fee is ($30.00 / $10 per section - effective Jan 1, 2016) – this fee
is paid in the Beeville Testing Department. A Testing Contract must be
completed before a reservation can be made.
[New Option - created 6/11/13]
If you are out of town and want to pay the exam fee with a credit
card by phone, please do the following: Call (361) 354-2334 - the Beeville
Testing Department. Please be aware that there is a 2% convenience fee
for using your credit card. Ask for the receipt number before you hang
up. You'll need this when you are filling out the TSI Contract Form.
Then go to the following site and fill out the Beeville
Testing Contract Form and submit: http://www.coastalbend.edu/tsicontract/
(2) If a first-time college student, the mandatory “Pre-Assessment Activity”
must be completed before the examinee may test.
(3) Paid reservations are required.
(4) Seven working days required for re-scheduling.
(5) Late arrivals or missed appointments forfeit the ($30.00
/ $10 per section - effective Jan 1, 2016)
(6) Examinees should report to the test center at least 15 minutes before test
time listed below.
(7) Current picture identification and Coastal Bend College ID# required.
(8) Special test accommodations require documentation and two weeks
notice.
(9) Students are not allowed to bring any electronic device (cell
phone, mp3 player, camera, etc...) into the testing room. They will leave
their personal items in their vehicle, with a friend, or will turn the items in
to the testing personnel when they sign-in for the exam – before entering the
exam room. The personal items will be collected and stored at the owner’s
risk. Coastal Bend College will not be responsible for any items lost or
stolen. No weapons are allowed in the Testing Center.
Steps before testing:
Steps
for making an appointment for TSIA
(1) Pay the exam fee and bring a copy of the receipt to
the testing department so you can make your reservation with the testing
department. (Reservations are first-come, first-served, paid reservation
basis).
(2) Fill out the testing contract and complete the mandatory
“Pre-Assessment Activity”.
(3) Fill out the Coastal Bend College Application http://www.coastalbend.edu/admissions_application/ at least a day in
advance of when you will test so that a CBC ID# can be created for you.
(4) On the day of testing, bring Photo ID and your CBC ID#.
College
Placement Exam Schedule –Subject to Change –Location: Room V-131 – Testing Department
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in the R. W. Dirks Student Services Building
If you are not able to test during one of the scheduled test
dates, please ask our testing personnel about additional dates that you may
test. As long as we have lab space and testing personnel available to
administer the exam we will administer the TSIA to individuals if they've
already paid their TSI fee, filled out the TSI Assessment Contract, and have
Photo ID and know their CBC ID# or social security number. Be aware that
the complete TSIA can be one (1) to nine (9) hours in length. If an
individual is not able to complete the exam within a day, then they will need
to come back on another day to complete it. A TSI Assessment Ticket will
be given to individuals to remind them about the date and time that they will
need to return to complete the exam.
Pay the TSIA fee, fill out and submit the
mandatory TSI contract, and
then make your appointment/(s) using our Online Testing
Scheduler.
2020 TSIA Schedule
Posted 3/16/20 - Due to technical difficulties our Testing labs will be closed until further notice. We hope to have the issue resolved by March 23, 2020.
When scheduling appointments through the online
scheduling site – make sure to make an appointment for each
section of the TSIA that you will be taking –[ Example – you want to
take all three sections – Reading/ Writing/ and Math
Schedule for the following:
Monday – 8:30 a.m. –
11 a.m. / 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. / & 3 p.m. – 6 p.m.]
Testing Schedule
Hours effective -1/6/20
End time is the time the exam must be completed
Latest reservation time is 1 hour before the End Time.
Schedule – subject to change
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Day
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Start Time
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End Time
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Monday
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8:30 a.m.
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Finish by
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11 a.m.
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1 p.m.
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Finish by
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3 p.m.
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3 p.m.
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Finish by
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6 p.m.
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Tuesday
1/28/20 - The Testing Department will be closed from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. due to a mandatory meeting for Testing Administrators.
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8:30 a.m.
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Finish by
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11 a.m.
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1 p.m.
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Finish by
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3 p.m.
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3 p.m.
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Finish by
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6 p.m.
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Wednesday
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1 p.m.
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Finish by
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3 p.m.
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3 p.m.
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Finish by
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6 p.m.
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Thursday
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1 p.m.
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Finish by
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3 p.m.
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3 p.m.
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Finish by
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6 p.m.
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Friday
2/7/20 - due to In-Service Meetings - the Testing Center will be closed.
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9 a.m.
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Finish by
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11 a.m.
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Page revised on 3/16/20
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