GACE Cheat Sheet 2026

The 30 highest-yield GACE facts, distilled from real exam questions. Print it, save it as a PDF, or study it here — free, no sign-up.

1. Which type of assessment is MOST useful for adjusting instruction during a unit of study? → Formative assessment
2. A Georgia 4th-grade teacher wants students to understand fractions as parts of a whole. Which manipulative is MOST appropriate? → Fraction circles or fraction bars
3. What political system's tenets are the foundation of the majority of democracies? → Capitalism
4. Under GACE standards, which component is essential when writing a lesson plan for Georgia Pre-K students? → Alignment to GELDS with differentiation strategies
5. Whose presidency is credited with creating the Great Society? → Lyndon Johnson
6. Which type of RNA is catalytic and can function as an enzyme to catalyze biochemical reactions? → Ribozyme
7. Under GACE Mathematics pedagogy standards, what does 'mathematical discourse' in a Georgia classroom primarily involve? → Students discussing and justifying their mathematical thinking with peers
8. Which of the following represents a beta-minus (β⁻) decay reaction? → A nucleus emits an electron and an antineutrino
9. Which event is widely regarded as the immediate cause of World War I? → The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914
10. The Industrial Revolution began in which country during the late 18th century? → Great Britain
11. In social studies education, a 'primary source' is best described as: → A document or artifact created at the time of the event being studied
12. Which ancient civilization is credited with developing the first known writing system, called cuneiform? → Sumerians of Mesopotamia
13. What link between two different materials can be best determined using Graham's law? → Mass and Diffusion Rate
14. Which Georgia Standard of Excellence concept requires students to understand that the equal sign represents a relationship of balance? → Algebraic Reasoning / Operations and Algebraic Thinking
15. Which literary device involves giving human characteristics to non-human things or abstract ideas? → Personification
16. According to Georgia Standards of Excellence, which concept is introduced in kindergarten mathematics? → Counting to 100 and understanding numbers 0-20
17. Which of the following statements about a culturally sensitive instructor is FALSE? → The teacher should make an effort to give all students equal grades.
18. A Georgia Pre-K teacher notices a 4-year-old cannot yet hold scissors correctly. Which type of development does this concern primarily involve? → Fine motor development
19. A Georgia 5th-grade teacher assesses student understanding of decimal place value. Which task best reveals conceptual understanding? → Asking students to explain why 0.3 is greater than 0.09 using place value language
20. The useable kind of energy that is utilized by living things is → ATP
21. Which process in the nitrogen cycle converts atmospheric N₂ into ammonia (NH₃), making nitrogen available to plants? → Nitrogen fixation
22. The Reconstruction Amendments (13th, 14th, and 15th) collectively aimed to: → Extend citizenship rights and legal protections to formerly enslaved people
23. During aerobic cellular respiration, the Krebs cycle occurs in the: → Mitochondrial matrix
24. Which ecological concept describes the total number of individuals of a species that an environment can sustainably support? → Carrying capacity
25. Which of the following statements about state governments is accurate? → All authority not delegated to the federal government rests with the state governments.
26. The ASCA National Model's Delivery component includes all of the following EXCEPT: → School counseling program assessment
27. Which writing type is the focus of Georgia Standards of Excellence when students write 'arguments supported by evidence from informational texts'? → Argumentative writing
28. Which comprehension strategy involves readers creating mental images of the text as they read? → Visualizing
29. Which of the following are created when a particle from outside the cell is encircled by the plasma membrane? → Endocytic vesicles
30. A principal wants to evaluate the effectiveness of a new reading intervention. Which approach provides the strongest evidence of impact? → Comparing pre- and post-intervention assessment data for participating students