Georgia Teacher Certification study guide
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The Georgia Assessments for the Certification of Educators® (GACE®) is Georgia's state-approved educator certification assessment program, with a stated exception for Speech and Language Pathology noted by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC). Its purpose is to help the GaPSC ensure that candidates have the knowledge and skills needed to perform the job of an educator in Georgia's public schools. The Georgia Teacher Certification study guide has 5 sections and about 2,282 words.
01Content Assessments: How the GACE Subject Tests Are Built and Scored
Content assessments are the subject-matter tests in Georgia's certification system. Each one is built from a published framework that names the subareas, the objectives inside each subarea, the approximate number of items, and the percentage of the total score each subarea carries.
453 words, about 2 min02Literacy Assessments: Science-of-Reading Constructs and Reading Diagnosis
The literacy assessment required of elementary, special education, and reading-endorsement candidates in Georgia tests whether you can explain how children learn to read, interpret screening and diagnostic data, and select instruction that matches a reader's profile. Items are scenario-heavy: you are given a student's scores or a transcribed reading behavior and asked what the data show and what to do next.
444 words, about 2 min03Certificate Upgrade Assessments: Levels, Fields, and the Right Test
Georgia's certificate system is built from levels and fields, and different upgrades are gated by different assessments. Getting the right test depends on which of the two you are changing: moving up a level, or adding a field.
462 words, about 2 min04Educational Leadership: Tier I, LKES, and Applied School Law
The GACE Educational Leadership assessment is the content test for Georgia's Tier I renewable leadership certificate. It sits alongside an approved leadership preparation program and a leadership performance requirement.
473 words, about 2 min05Ethics Assessments: Applying the Georgia Code of Ethics for Educators
The Georgia ethics assessment tests Rule 505-6-.01, the Code of Ethics for Educators, through scenarios drawn from real disciplinary cases. You are not asked to recite the rule numbers; you are asked to identify which standard is implicated and what a reasonable educator must do next.
450 words, about 2 min