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Exam Overview
The GACE Special Education Academic Content Concentrations (Language Arts and Social Science) (P–8) (744) assessment is a computer-based test made up of two testlets of selected-response (multiple-choice) questions with four answer choices each. You may take one or both testlets in a single testing session. The test is administered by Evaluation Systems of Pearson for the Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC).
Computer-based; 60 selected-response questions in two testlets
Testlet 412 Language Arts Concentration (P–
Testlet 413 Social Studies Concentration (P–8)
Both testlets in one appointment
15 minutes per testing session (2 hours total appointment for both testlets)
Each testlet is 50% of the assessment; each objective is about one-third of its testlet
A cumulative score of at least 220 and the minimum (floor) score on each testlet
By appointment year-round at computer-based test centers in Georgia and
Writing process and conventions of written English
Author's purpose, audience, and organization in writing
Structure of argumentative, informative, and narrative writing
Historical, political, and economic concepts
413 Social Studies 0002 United States and Georgia history
413 Social Studies 0003 Geography concepts
How the Test Is Scored
Each testlet is scored on the GACE scale. To pass the assessment, your scores must add up to a cumulative score of at least 220 and you must also meet the floor, a minimum required score, on each testlet. A strong score on one testlet therefore cannot fully make up for a very weak score on the other. There is no penalty for guessing, so answer every
Because each objective carries about one-third of its testlet, no single topic dominates. Expect roughly ten questions per objective: about ten on writing process and conventions, ten on purpose, audience, and organization, ten on argumentative, informative, and narrative writing, ten on government, economics, and Georgia history concepts, ten on
United States and Georgia history, and ten on geography.
Applying the writing process, research procedures, and ways to avoid plagiarism Identifying and correcting errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, usage, subject-verb agreement,
Analyzing purpose, audience, thesis statements, topic sentences, supporting details, point of view, and the features of
Recognizing how claims, counterclaims, evidence, transitions, style, and narrative techniques work in argumentative,
Understanding national and Georgia symbols, constitutional principles, the branches and levels of government, Georgia government from 1777 to the present, the Civil War, Georgia from 1918 to 1941 and since 1950, and economic
Knowing early American Indian cultures, the Muscogee (Creek) and Cherokee, key historical figures, social developments in Georgia, and the eras of United States history
Reading maps, grids, scales, keys, and latitude and longitude; identifying landforms, regions, and Georgia's physical and human features; explaining how cultures develop and spread
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