Texas Tech University - La Ventana Yearbook

“TASP TEST CUTS SUMMER SHORT By Debbie Garcia Just as incoming freshmen were breathing a sigh of relief after taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test, Texas insti- tuted a new law that required yet another test to be administered. The TASP test, given by the Texas Academic Skills Program, measured col- lege-level skills of freshmen in reading, writing and mathematics. The test was mandatory for all fresh- men who wished to enroll in upper-level courses or register for credit courses in the spring. Those freshmen who did not take the test before the spring semester were forced to register for remedial courses for that semester. A grandfather clause within the new law enabled students with three or more college credit hours before the 1989 fall semester to be exempt from the test. Many freshmen cut summer short and started college early to avoid the test. To claim exemption through college credit, a course that was acknowledged as college credit from the institution from which it was being taken had to be pas- sed. Raider Recruiter Leslie Hanson gives a group of poten- tial Tectisans a tour of ttie campus and talks witti the students as they pass the business administration building. (Photo by Barry Johnson) 12 — TASP Test ”