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Certification and Licensure Assessments  \n(1) Summary: This rule outlines specific assessment requirements for obtaining certification. The Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC) administers through a testing supplier educator assessments required for certification. As of September 1, 2006, the Georgia Assessments for the Certification of Educators ™ (GACE) is the state-approved educator certification assessment program in Georgia. GACE assessments include Content, Literacy, Standards-based assessment of knowledge of the Georgia Code of Ethics for Educators and Paraprofessional assessments. All GACE assessments are aligned with state-approved educator preparation program standards, national standards, and the state standards for the P-12 curriculum. Information about the GACE program is available [at](at www.gapsc.com. In)[ ](at www.gapsc.com. In)[www.gapsc.com](at www.gapsc.com. In)[. In](at www.gapsc.com. In) addition to the GACE, there are other state-accepted content assessments for certain foreign language and career and technical specializations.  \n(2) Content Assessment.  \n(a) GACE content assessments measure an individual’s specific professional knowledge in a content area. Within multi-part content assessments, they will be divided into the “testlet”design model. Testlets break up the assessment into shorter measures, each focused on one content area, or subarea. While providing more flexibility, testlets also allow test takers to more clearly understand how their performance in each content area contributes to their overall assessment score.  \n(b) The following individuals are required to pass the GACE content assessment for the desired certification field:  \n1. Individuals seeking a Provisional certificate.  \n(i) For Special Education fields, the pre-requisite is the special education academic content concentration(s), which must be met by passing the appropriate academic content assessment(s) . Individuals enrolled in GaTAPP have the option of verifying an academic content concentration if approved by the GaTAPP provider. The appropriate Special Education field assessment must then be completed before conversion to a Professional.  \n(ii) Individuals holding the Military Support Provisional certificate must pass the GACE content assessment(s) prior to issuance of the Year Two (2) Provisional certificate.  \n2. Individuals seeking an initial permit in a foreign language field.  \n3. Georgia Pre-Service certificate holders applying for an Induction certificate.  \n(i) A One (1)-Year Induction certificate may be issued at the request of an employing Georgia local unit of administration (LUA) to individuals applying for initial certification based on completion of a GaPSC-approved or GaPSC-accepted program who must satisfy the content assessment.  \n4. Georgia Professional or Induction certificate holders applying to add a certification field.  \n5. Individuals applying for initial Professional or Induction certification in Georgia based on reciprocity.  \n(i) These individuals may exempt the content assessment requirement by meeting the exemption criteria outlined in section (10)(a) below.  \n(ii) A One (1)-Year Non-Renewable Professional or One (1)-Year Induction certificate may be issued at the request of an employing Georgia local unit of administration (LUA) to individuals applying for initial certification based on reciprocity who must satisfy the content assessment.  \n6. Georgia educators who complete GaPSC-accepted out-of-state programs leading to certification must pass the GACE content assessment; these educators will not be eligible for the exemption outlined in section (10)(a) below, even upon submission of anout-of-state professional certificate.  \n7. Individuals seeking to extend an initial permit in the fields of Art, Music , Engineering & Technology and Superintendent.  \n8. Individuals seeking an Adjunct license must pass the appropriate GACE content assessment(s) for the field(s) bei","cbCaisH1IdZO4xvK","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisH1IdZO4xvK","pdf",203649,12,"English","# Rule 505-2-.26 Certification and Licensure Assessments\n## Summary\n## Content Assessment","[{\"question\":\"Which organization administers the educator certification assessments described in the rule?\",\"answer\":\"The Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC) administers the required educator assessments through a testing supplier.\"},{\"question\":\"What is a GACE content assessment designed to measure?\",\"answer\":\"GACE content assessments measure an individual’s specific professional knowledge in a content area, and multi-part assessments may use a testlet design model.\"},{\"question\":\"What happens in certification fields that have no GACE content assessment available?\",\"answer\":\"For fields without a GACE assessment, GaPSC may designate other state-approved certification exams; Georgia also notes certain fields where content assessment passing for certification is not required.\"}]","Rule 505-2-.26 - Certification and Licensure Assessments | PDF",1789681400]