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A current guide to the 2-hour Praxis 5358 exam, including gifted learner development, learning environments, instruction, identification, assessment, professionalism, and NAGC-CEC aligned practice.
Praxis Gifted Education 5358 measures whether candidates can apply gifted education knowledge to identification, programming, instruction, assessment, and ethical practice. Preparation should connect concepts to classroom and district service decisions.
Use these ETS structure points to organize Gifted Education preparation.
ETS lists 2 hours and 120 selected-response questions for Praxis Gifted Education 5358.
Instruction of Gifted Students is the largest category, with about 33 questions and 28% of the test.
ETS states that the assessed content is aligned with NAGC-CEC teacher preparation standards.
The blueprint covers development, learning environment, instruction, identification and assessment, and professionalism.
Candidates should know cognitive, academic, creative, leadership, social, emotional, cultural, linguistic, and twice-exceptional characteristics of gifted learners, including factors that can affect identification and service access.
The largest ETS category is instruction. Study should include differentiation, acceleration, enrichment, curriculum compacting, independent study, problem-based learning, creativity, depth and complexity, flexible grouping, and classroom environments that support advanced learners.
Identification and assessment questions require knowledge of multiple measures, bias reduction, data interpretation, eligibility decisions, progress monitoring, program evaluation, family communication, collaboration, advocacy, legal responsibilities, and professional ethics.
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Praxis Gifted Education 5358 is designed for candidates preparing to enter the field of gifted education. ETS lists a 2-hour computer-delivered exam with 120 selected-response questions and notes that the content is aligned with the NAGC-CEC teacher preparation standards in gifted and talented education.
HiraEdu prepares candidates around the official ETS blueprint: Development and Characteristics of Gifted Students has about 25 questions and 21% of the test, Learning Environment for Gifted Students has about 23 questions and 19%, Instruction of Gifted Students has about 33 questions and 28%, Identification and Assessment of Gifted Students has about 22 questions and 18%, and Professionalism has about 17 questions and 14%. Study work should connect gifted learner traits, twice-exceptionality, equitable identification, differentiated curriculum, acceleration, enrichment, classroom climate, family collaboration, ethics, and professional roles.
ETS lists a 2-hour testing time for Praxis Gifted Education 5358.
The official ETS materials list 120 selected-response questions.
Instruction of Gifted Students is the largest listed domain, with about 33 questions and 28% of the test.
ETS states that the content is aligned with the NAGC-CEC teacher preparation standards in gifted and talented education.
Study gifted learner development, learning environments, instruction, identification and assessment, professionalism, equity, collaboration, ethics, and gifted service models.
Plan review around 21% development, 19% learning environment, 28% instruction, 18% identification and assessment, and 14% professionalism.
For each topic, write how it appears in a classroom, schoolwide identification process, service model, family meeting, or professional decision.
Review culturally responsive identification, English learner considerations, twice-exceptionality, socioeconomic access, and bias in assessment or referral systems.
Complete 120-question selected-response sets under 2-hour timing and tag misses by domain, standard, vocabulary gap, and applied scenario.
Use the guide to self-serve, or talk to a coordinator if you need help mapping timelines, official requirements, or troubleshooting day-of logistics.
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