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THEA Testing
Texas
Higher Education Assessment
The new name for the TASP Test is the THEA Test. The content of the THEA
Test is the same as the former TASP Test. The THEA Test has been approved
by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board, under Senate Bill 286, Texas Education
Code, Section 51.3062: Texas
Success Initiative, for use by Texas
Institutions of higher education as an assessment instrument for entering
students. The THEA Test provides the diagnostic data required by this legislation.
The ACCUPLACER Test is an alternative to the
THEA.
Registration bulletins can be picked up in Testing Services located in the
Rusk Building, 3rd floor.
Registration is available online at: www.thea.nesinc.com.
Testing Calendar for 2008-2009
- October 18, 2008 (The THEA test will not be offered at SFA on October 18, 2008)
- February 28, 2009
- April 25, 2009
- June 27, 2009
- July 29, 2009
Cost
$29.00
Identification Requirements
Proper identification consists of a valid admission ticket and two pieces of positive identification, one of which contains a recent photograph.
Acceptable forms of photographic identification:
- Current, valid (not-expired) driver's license
- Current, valid (not-expired) passport
- Student identification card
- Military identification card
- Current, valid (not-expired) alien registration card
- Department of Public Safety identification card (current and not-expired), available to all U.S.
citizens in Texas (please note that Department of Public Safety identification
cards take about six weeks to process); contact your local department for
information about how to obtain one.)
Acceptable forms of non-photographic identification: The second ID may be a non-photo ID.
- pay stub
- insurance card
- social security card
- valid credit card
- library card
- employment identification card
All forms of identification must be originals. Photocopies will not be accepted. If you do not have any of the listed forms of identification, please contact
NES prior to your test date.
Additional Information
- Remember to bring your Admission Ticket, your photo ID and your second ID on test day.
- For information about your THEA status, or exemptions, contact the Academic
Advising Center at: (936) 468-5803, Ralph W. Steen Library, Room 203.
- Only a 4 function calculator (add, subtract, multiply, divide) with square
root and percent keys will be allowed. Scientific, graphing and programmable
calculators are not permitted!
- Cellular telephones, beepers, cameras, all photographic communication
, computers and electronic devices are strictly prohibited.
- Food, drinks, gum, candy and tobacco are not permitted in the testing room!
Find more information about THEA Testing at http://www.thea.nesinc.com.
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