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Founded in 1900, College Board was created to expand access to higher education. Today, the membership association is made up of over 6,000 of the world’s leading education institutions and is dedicated to promoting excellence and equity in education. Each year, College Board helps more than seven million students prepare for a successful transition to college through programs and services in college readiness and college success—including the SAT® and the Advanced Placement® Program. The organization also serves the education community through research and advocacy on behalf of students, educators, and schools. For further information, visit [collegeboard.org](collegeboard.org).  \nTexas Success Initiative Assessment 2.0 (TSIA2) English Language Arts and Reading Sample Questions  \nThe TSIA2 English Language Arts and Reading (ELAR) test covers four main categories:  \ntwo reading focused and two writing focused.  \nReading-focused test questions cover the following two categories:  \n􀂃 Literary text analysis (explicit information, inferences, author’s craft, vocabulary)  \n􀂃 Informational text analysis and synthesis (main ideas and supporting details, inferences [single-passage], author’s craft, vocabulary, synthesis [paired argumentative passages])  \nWriting-focused test questions cover the following two categories:  \n􀂃 Essay revision and editing (development, organization, effective language use, Standard English conventions)  \n􀂃 Sentence revision, editing, and completion (conventions of grammar, conventions of usage, and conventions of punctuation)  \n© 2020 College Board. College Board, ACCUPLACER, Advanced Placement, SAT, and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of College Board.  \n01689-107  \nTEXAS SUCCESS INITIATIVE ASSESSMENT 2.0 English Language Arts and Reading © 2020 College Board. 1  \nSample Questions  \nDirections for questions 1–15  \nRead the passage(s) below and then choose the best answer to each question. Answer the question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage(s) .  \nIn this passage from a novel, two young women visit a bookshop in the fictional town of Brahmpur, India.  \n(1) The Imperial Book Depot was one of the two best bookshops in town, and was located on Nabiganj, the fashionable street that was the last bulwark of modernity before the labyrinthine alleys and ancient, cluttered neighbourhoods of Old Brahmpur. (2) Though it was a couple of miles away from the university proper it had a greater following among students and teachers than the University and Allied Bookshop, which was just a few minutes away from campus. (3) The Imperial Book Depot was run by two brothers, Yashwant and Balwant, both almost illiterate in English, but both (despite their prosperous roundness) so energetic and entrepreneurial that it apparently made no difference. (4) They had the best stock in town, and were extremely helpful to their customers. (5) If a book was not available in the shop, they asked the customer himself to write down its name on the appropriate order form.  \n(6) Twice a week an impoverished university student was paid to sort new arrivals onto the designated shelves. (7) And since the bookshop prided itself on its academic as well as general stock, the proprietors unashamedly collared university teachers who wandered in to browse, sat them down with a cup of tea and a couple of publishers’ lists, and made them tick off titles that they thought the bookshop should consider ordering. (8) These teachers were happy to ensure that books they needed for their courses would be readily available to their students. (9) Many of  \nthem resented the University and Allied Bookshop for its entrenched, lethargic, unresponsive and high-handed ways.  \n(10) After classes, Lata and","cbCaidiz5I90ao3z","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidiz5I90ao3z","pdf",292020,15,"English","# Directions for questions 1–15\n## Choose the best answer based on stated or implied information\n# Test coverage overview\n## Reading-focused categories\n## Writing-focused categories\n# Sample passage and questions","[{\"question\":\"What are the two reading-focused categories on the TSIA2 ELAR test?\",\"answer\":\"They are literary text analysis and informational text analysis and synthesis, including main ideas, supporting details, inferences, author’s craft, vocabulary, and synthesis from paired argumentative passages.\"},{\"question\":\"What do the writing-focused TSIA2 ELAR questions assess?\",\"answer\":\"They assess essay revision and editing (development, organization, effective language use, and Standard English conventions) and sentence revision, editing, and completion (grammar, usage, and punctuation conventions).\"},{\"question\":\"How should students answer questions 1–15 in the sample set?\",\"answer\":\"Students should read the passage(s) and choose the best answer based on what is stated or implied in the passage(s).\"}]","Texas Success Initiative Assessment 2.0 - English Language Arts and Reading Sample Questions | PDF",38]