Welcome to the California - National Economics Challenge ONLINE PRELIMINARY!
What is the National Economics Challenge?
Every year the State Council's on Economic Education, with support from the National Council on Economic Education, host the Economics Challenge Program. The Challenge is an opportunity for students to demonstrate their knowledge of Economic Literacy by competing with other students across the state in written and "Quiz Bowl" examinations. Student participants receive certificates of recognition, awards and accolades. Be sure to check out the updates below!
How does the challenge work?
- Teacher registers him/herself
- Teachers sign up their team(s). *You may sign up multiple teams on your teacher admin page, after you log-in -- no need to register more than once.
- Teams take either a beginning or advanced online National Economics Challenge exam.
- The top 5 teams from each test go to their region for State Championships.
- Winners from the state championships proceed to the National Semi-final testing phase.
- Top 4 teams from the National semifinals will receive all food and lodging paid for (flights are not covered). Includes a dinner cruise around Manhattan and One Observatory tour.
All of the dates and additional information can be found at the dates and times page.
What is your next step to joining the FUN?
- Teachers- You can create as many student teams as you'd like and the California Council on Economic Education will pay all registration and participation fees! Register today and start creating your student teams.
- Students - Study hard! And remember... You must take the exam individually. No outside materials are to be utilized during the exam; i.e. no calculators, textbooks, teammates, etc.
NEW TO 2024-2025 competition year for CA competitors
To accommodate more participation we are making a few changes. First, we are holding the online preliminary in BOTH the Fall and the Spring. Please see the "How it Works" and "Dates and Times" pages for more information. This is to help teachers who may have their Econ/Gov pairs with Economics in the fall rather than the Spring.
Second, this year we are offering additional incentives to get as many students in on the action:
TEACHER incentives
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Any teacher registering 30 or more teams who then complete the online preliminary test will be entered into a drawing for $500 gift card
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Any teacher registering 15-29 teams who then complete the online preliminary will be entered into a drawing for a $250 gift card
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Any teacher registering 1-14 teams who then complete the online preliminary will be entered into a drawing for a $100 gift card
STUDENT incentives
- Any student scoring above 90% correct will be recognized by CCEE in an email, on our website, and across other mediums, and entered into a drawing for a $100 gift card (5 drawings will be made)
What do our top 4 National Economics Challenge Winners receive?
1st place - $1,000
2nd place - $500
3rd place - $250
4th place - $200
Top 4 teams from the National semifinals will receive all food and lodging paid for (flights are not covered). Includes a dinner cruise around Manhattan and One Observatory tour.
Good luck to all our student competitors. The National Economics Challenge is a great way to flex your intellectual muscle and participate with students from across California and the Nation in an exciting and fun competition.
* Check out some of the sample tests to get an idea of the fun that lies ahead!
Contact us if you need information or assistance.