Welcome to the EconChallenge ONLINE!

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Every year the State Centers and Councils for Economic Education, with support from the National Council for Economic Education, host the Economics Challenge Program. In Tennessee, the Economics Challenge is sponsored by the Tennessee Council on Economic and Free Enterprise Education. 

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.

In the first round, each team of three or four students will complete online exams that cover topics in microeconomics, macroeconomics, and international economics.

The two top teams from across the state will be selected from the first round of the competition and will be identified as state winners for 2026.

The top teams from Tennessee will then be invited to participate in regional semi-finals and, hopefully, the national finals in Atlanta, Georgia!

Division Eligibility

All high school students are eligible. No formal economics courses are required. Any team of students interested in economics is encouraged to compete. Schools may enter multiple teams in their qualifying divisions.

Divisions

The "Adam Smith" Division is restricted to students enrolled in courses labeled AP, IB, honors, differentiated, or college-level. Any economics course, whether two-semester or not, also falls in this division.

The "David Ricardo" Division is restricted to students enrolled in one-semester-or-fewer high school course not labeled as AP, IB, honors, differentiated, or college level.

Eligibility rules for the Economics Challenge competition can be downloaded here.

There is no cost to either teachers or students to participate in the EconChallenge ONLINE!

Timeline

Registration for the EconChallenge ONLINE is available now! Once registered, teachers will be able to create their student teams.

Please refer to the Dates and Times page for more information.