Requirements/Georgia
High School English Teacher in Georgia.
Content, literacy and ethics.
- Exams
- 3
- Passing scores
- 220 · 77
- Certificate
- English (6-12)
The exams you have to pass
In the order most candidates take them.
01
GACE English (6-12)713
Pass220
02
GACE Fundamentals of the Science of Reading350
The literacy assessment for middle, secondary and P-12 fields.
Pass220
03
GACE Ethics for Teachers351
Scored out of 100, not on the 220 GACE content scale.
Pass77
What people get wrong
Each of these costs a candidate either money or a test date.
- Even for English, the literacy assessment is Fundamentals (350). Application (418) is reserved for early-grades and special-education fields, and secondary English is not one of them.
Required, but not an exam
- A bachelor’s degree
- A GaPSC-approved or GaPSC-accepted educator preparation program, including GaTAPP
- Georgia certification application through MyPSC
Now go pass them.
Knowing the list is the easy part. Built To Pass teaches the strategy layer that works on any of these, aimed at the domains where you are actually losing points.
Start with your examVerified 2026-08-04 against GaPSC Rule 505-2-.26, Certification and Licensure Assessments (effective 1 July 2025). Certification rules change by state board vote. Confirm with the state before you register for a test.