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Multi-Cultural Student Performance in the Texas Academic Skills Program: The Second Year at Texas Tech University.

Ainsworth, Len; Garnett, Don – 1991

The Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP) assessment of basic skills for college was mandated by the Texas legislature in 1987. Students in Texas public colleges and universities that fail a section of the test--reading, writing, or mathematics--must attend remedial courses until they can pass all sections. They may not enter upper division courses…

Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Basic Skills, Black Students, College Students

TASP: Texas Academic Skills Program. Policy Manual.

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Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Austin. – 1995

The Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP) is a statewide program designed to ensure that all students attending public colleges and universities have the basic reading, mathematics, and writing skills necessary to perform effectively at the college level. All entering first-time freshmen are required to take the TASP test, which has a basic skills…

Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Educational Testing, Graduation Requirements