GACE case studies
GACE · Put your knowledge to work in context.
GACE - the Georgia Assessments for the Certification of Educators® - is Georgia's state-approved educator certification assessment program. Its stated purpose is to help the Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC) ensure that candidates have the knowledge and skills needed to perform the job of an educator in Georgia's public schools. The GACE case studies are 5 cases and about 3,842 words.
1The Quiz That Says Two Different Things
Alvarez teaches four sections of seventh-grade mathematics (26 students each) and has just finished a 12-item quiz on proportional reasoning. Eight items require setting up and solving a proportion from given numbers; four are short word problems in which students must first decide that a proportion applies.
752 words, about 4 min2One Screening Score and Three Possible Explanations
Okafor teaches second grade (22 students). Fall screening gives her these results: six students below the benchmark of 55 correct words per minute on oral reading fluency, three of those six also below benchmark on a comprehension measure.
749 words, about 4 min3Eighty-Five Thousand Dollars and One Reading Goal
Whitfield is in her second year as principal of a PreK–5 school with 520 students, 68% economically disadvantaged, and a state improvement plan targeting grade-3 reading. Mid-year, an enrollment audit cuts her budget by 85,000.
783 words, about 4 min4Three Requests in One Week
Bennett teaches five sections of ninth-grade English. He also receives a $2,400 stipend as assistant coach of the boys' basketball team, where three of his players are current students.
754 words, about 4 min5Thirty-Two and a Half Hours, Four Requests
Ruiz is a paraeducator assigned 32.5 hours per week as 1:1 support for Marcus, a fourth grader with autism who has an IEP. On Monday: his general education teacher, who is covering for a colleague's class, asks Ms.
804 words, about 4 min