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What’s on the Test?
The GACE English (6–12) test contains 100 multiple-choice questions and is timed at 2 hours and 15 minutes.
The exam is split into three testlets, which are taken in separate testing sessions (but can be taken on the same day if you’d like).
Reading and Analysis of Texts (218)
40 questions | 1 hour
- Assessing credibility, objectivity, and reliability of sources
- Identifying accurate and objective summaries of texts
- The contribution of literary devices to meaning, point of view, purpose, and tone
- The use and impact of structural elements in fiction, drama, and poetry
- Denotative, connotative, and figurative meanings of words and phrases
- The development and interaction of plot, setting, and character
- Analyzing how word choice affects meaning, tone, and mood
- Interpreting graphic features used in texts
- Analyzing rhetorical devices and techniques
- Characteristics of various literary genres
- Organizational structures and text features of informational and argumentative texts
- The development of central ideas, positions, and claims in texts
Writing, Research, and Multimedia Texts (219)
35 questions | 45 minutes
- Academic English conventions
- Structures and purposes of argumentative, informative, and narrative writing
- Organizing multimodal presentations
- Incorporating various media into presentations
- Introducing and supporting claims in texts
- Anticipating and responding to potential questions, concerns, and counterarguments
- Using effective and varied transitions
- Using dialogue, details, sensory language, and reflection
- Processes for planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing texts
- Locating relevant sources and information
- Assessing credibility, objectivity, and reliability of sources
- Ways in which components of media can be manipulated to alter or misrepresent information
- Selecting and maintaining style, tone, voice, and diction
Language, Speaking, and Listening (220)
25 questions | 30 minutes
- General academic and content-specific vocabulary
- Incorporating effective language styles, rhetoric devices, and verbal and nonverbal techniques into presentations
- Syntactic rules, word structure, and contextual analysis
- Language acquisition theories
- Research-based strategies to use before, during, and after reading a text
- Constructing meaning from multiple types of texts
- The components of reading fluency
- The role of various factors in adolescents’ and young adults’ language use
- Facilitating and participating in collaborative academic discussions
How to Register
To get started with the registration process, you’ll need to create a MyPSC account on the GaPSC website. You should receive a Georgia Certification ID (GA CERT ID) during this process, which you’ll use for identification throughout the registration and testing process.
The next step is to create an Evaluation Systems GACE account. This account will allow you to register for the exam and pay the testing fee(s). If you take each subtest separately, the fee is $56.50 for each testlet. If you take all four testlets together, the fee is $169.
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How the Exam is Scored
The GACE English (6-12) test is scored using a scaled scoring method. Here’s how it works:
For every question you answer correctly, you get one point added to your raw score. At the end of the test, your final raw score will be converted to a scaled score.
The reason your raw score is converted to a scaled score is because everyone that takes the test is given a slightly different set of questions. Since everyone has a different arrangement of questions, and because some questions are harder than others, converting your raw score to a scaled score ensures a more even playing field.
Retaking the Exam
If you don’t get the score you want on your first try, that’s okay! You can take the exam again after a mandatory 30-day waiting period.
FAQs
How many questions are on the GACE English test?
The test contains 100 questions.
What is the time limit for the GACE English test?
The test is timed at 2 hours and 15 minutes.
What is the passing score for the GACE English test?
You’ll need to get a score of at least 220 to pass the test.
How much does the GACE English test cost?
The testing fee for the full test is $169.
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