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GACE Educational Leadership: Tier II: Study Guide
Exam facts
- Exam
- GACE Educational Leadership: Tier II
- State / jurisdiction
- Georgia
- Credential area
- School principal
- Questions
- 6 constructed-response assignments
- Testing time
- 210 minutes (3 hours 30 minutes)
- Appointment time
- 240 minutes (4 hours)
- 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 focused-response section (five assignments, 2 hours 30 minutes) and the extended-response section (one assignment, 1 hour). After the break you cannot return to the focused-response assignments.
GACE Educational Leadership: Tier II study guide lessons
The TeacherPreps study guide for this exam has 27 lessons organized by chapter, each written for the content areas above. The first lesson, Mission, vision, core values, and priorities, is free to read without a membership.
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This outline summarizes the content areas in the publisher framework. Use it as a study checklist, and follow the source links below for the full framework.
1. Data Analysis and Strategic Planning (30%)
Topics to review
- Gathering a useful evidence base
- Diagnosing strengths, needs, and gaps
- Designing the improvement plan
- Selecting defensible improvement strategies
- Communication, alignment, and accountability
- Strategic planning process as named steps
- Multiple sources of learning evidence
- Feedback, reporting, and data tools
- Patterns, trends, and root causes in school data
- High expectations and shared commitments
- Equity, access, and high expectations
- Evidence of unequal outcomes
- Reporting progress and celebrating contributions
2. Leading the Professional Growth and Development of Staff and Fostering School Culture (42%)
Topics to review
- A shared commitment to student success
- Academic and nonacademic program coordination
- Coherent systems of student support
- Nonacademic opportunities and community services
- Monitoring student support and school climate
- Staffing needs and workforce planning
- Leadership capacity and management of staff
- Interpreting evidence and identifying needs
- Adult learning and differentiated professional development
- Professional learning tied to student evidence
- Evaluating professional learning
- Principles of adult learning and staff motivation
- Leadership pipelines, emerging-leader mentoring, and succession
3. Engaging with Families/Caregivers and the Community and Managing School Operations and Resources (28%)
Topics to review
- Families’ knowledge and educational roles
- Trusting relationships with families
- Coordinating school, family, and community support
- Two-way communication and listening
- Community assets and needs
- Evaluating partnerships and communicating value
- Working across organizational boundaries
- Lawful operations, facilities, and finance
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Checked November 7, 2026. Content areas and weights come from the exam framework; administrative details come from the publisher test pages.
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