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The Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA) is required if you are enrolling as a full-time or part-time student in a Texas public community or technical college or university. Some colleges and universities have developed their own instrument in lieu of the THEA. Check with the school or university you are planning to attend. You must take the THEA or the alternate instrument BEFORE you enroll, unless you are exempt. Students may be exempt from taking the THEA as a result of their ACT, SAT, or TAKS scores. You must score at or above the following to be exempt.
ACT – composite score of 23 with a minimum of 19 on both the English and Math tests; OR
SAT – combined verbal and math score of 1070 with a minimum of 500 on both the verbal and math tests (Do not include the writing score in the calculation); OR
TAKS – 2200+ English/Language Arts with writing sub score of 3 and 2200+ Math.