Georgia Assessment for the Certification of Educators (GACE) Basic Skills Assessment

Passing GACE Basic Skills Assessment scores or documentation of meeting exemption criteria must be submitted in order to attain full admission status and in order to register for restricted education courses.  The GACE Basic Skills Assessment consists of three tests: GACE test code 200 (Reading), test code 201 (Writing), and test code 202 (Mathematics).  A passing score of 220 is required on each test.  For more GACE information, including test dates, locations, study hints, preparation materials, and online registration, see the GACE web site. 

How to Exempt Basic Skills Testing

Basic skills testing may be exempted if high enough scores are obtained on the SAT, ACT, or GRE.  Exemptions scores  are as follows:

• SAT exemptions: minimum combined verbal and mathematics score of 1000
• ACT exemptions: minimum combined english and mathematics score of 43
• GRE exemptions: minimum combined verbal and quantitative score of 1030
• (CBEST, CLAST, and FTCE-GK may also qualify an applicant for exemption; contact the appropriate Teacher Education Admissions Officer for a review of these test scores)