Dates and Times
Important Dates for the Spring 2024 Rhode Island Economics Challenge
The 2024 RI EconChallenge testing period is March 11 - April 12, 2024
- March 11 - April 12, 2024
- The Rhode Island Economics Challenge is Online. The student competition is taken online at your school, and supervised by a teacher or approved proctor. See Rules
- State Champions will be announced for both high school and middle school divisions and advancing teams will be notified on April 16, 2024
- National Economics Challenge
- State Semi-finals (April 22 - 26, 2024) - The RI State Champions for the Adam Smith and David Ricardo divisions will compete online with other state's Semi-winners for the opportunity to advance to the National Finals.
- National Economics Challenge Finals in NYC: (In-person June 1-3, 2024) https://www.councilforeconed.org/national-economics-challenge/ RI Teams will compete for cash prizes in the following amounts for each team member, plus one teacher-coach: 1st place: $1,000 | 2nd place: $500 | 3rd place: $250 | 4th place: $150
Rhode Island high school and middle school teachers may log in now and register their students and teams. Registration will remain open through through April 11, 2024.
The online competition 2024 RI EconChallenge will be open on testing dates March 11 - April 12, 2024.
This competition is online and free. Any Rhode Island teacher can sign up and register his/her high school or middle school students. Once you have registered as a teacher, you can begin to register your students and create student teams of three to four students in the appropriate divisions. Teachers or an approved proctor will supervise students taking the Challenge during the testing period.
Important Dates for the Spring 2024 Rhode Island Economics Challenge
- January 19, 2024 to April 11, 2024 - Registration is open for the Rhode Island Economics Challenge. New teachers can register by going to econchallenge (https://econchallenge.unl.edu/ and then choose Rhode Island and then Teacher Registration. Teachers may review rules and once their registration is in the system, they can register teams of 3-4 high school or middle school students. There are no limits on the number of teams a teacher can register.
- March 11, 2024 to April 12, 2024 - The Rhode Island Economics Challenge is available online. The 35-minute student competition is taken online by individual students at their schools under the supervision of their teacher or a designated proctor.
- April 16, 2024: The RI state winners in all divisions are announced!
- National Economics Challenge
o Semifinals: April 22-26, 2024
o State Semi-Finals – The State Champion teams for the Ricardo and the Adam Smith divisions compete online with other states Semi-Finalists for the opportunity to advance to the National Final. If you are one of the Rhode Island Semi-Finalist teams, details will follow
- National Economics Challenge Finals in NYC: (In-person June 1-3, 2024) https://www.councilforeconed.org/national-economics-challenge/ RI Teams will compete for cash prizes in the following amounts for each team member, plus one teacher-coach: 1st place: $1,000 | 2nd place: $500 | 3rd place: $250 | 4th place: $150
Join teams from across the Nation to take the Challenge!
https://www.councilforeconed.org/national-economics-challenge/