GACE Educational Leadership: Tier I: Exam Info

Exam facts

Exam

GACE Educational Leadership: Tier I

State / jurisdiction

Georgia

Credential area

School principal

Questions

90 selected-response questions; 3 constructed-response assignments

Testing time

225 minutes (3 hours 45 minutes)

Appointment time

255 minutes (4 hours 15 minutes)

Passing score

250

Scoring

You also need a scorable response to each constructed-response assignment.

The appointment includes a scheduled 15-minute break between the selected-response section (2 hours 15 minutes) and the constructed-response section (1 hour 30 minutes). After the break you cannot return to the selected-response questions.

Content and scoring

• Visionary, Collaborative, and Ethical Leadership: approximately 20%
• Student and Staff Learning: approximately 27%
• Systems and Resource Management: approximately 23%
• Planning Documents, Success for All Students, and Management Problem-Solving: approximately 30%

The published passing score is 250. You also need a scorable response to each constructed-response assignment. A practice percentage on a TeacherPreps diagnostic is not a scaled exam score.

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