Economics Challenge

State Championship: April 8, 2025

The MCEE hosts the Mississippi Economics Challenge each year for high school students. The Challenge applies the excitement of an athletic competition to academic excellence and encourages students to apply their economics knowledge and work in teams. Mississippi teachers have the opportunity to hold a preliminary first round of the Challenge ONLINE. All middle school and high school teachers and students throughout the State are able to participate regardless of travel or budgetary constraints. There are no registration fees and no team limits so this makes a great class activity.

December 2024 Teacher Incentive: High School Teachers can earn $10 for each participating team! Must be actively teaching economics in the classroom within subjects such as Economics, US History, Government, Business or Personal Finance.

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**2024-2025 Qualifying Round Dates**

Online Qualifying Round 1: October 7-18, 2024
Online Qualifying Round 2: December 2-13, 2024
Online Qualifying Round 3: March 3-14, 2025
State Championship: April 8, 2025; Jackson, MS

Economics Challenge Timeline

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Teachers register your students in teams of 3-4. It's FREE so sign up all of your classes! Hint: Teams of 4 have a drop score.

TAKE THE TEST

Students have 3 opportunities to test. While testing in only one round is required, they can test in all 3 rounds! Testing only takes about 30 minutes

CHECK STUDENT SCORES

Teachers can log in and download students' individual scores making this a great extra credit activity! Scores are out of a possible 300 points.

MARCH 2025

MCEE will compile scores from all 3 Qualifying Rounds and announce the teams that have qualified for the State Championship!

DIVISIONS

Once you have registered as a teacher, you can begin to create student teams of 3-4 students in one of two divisions:

Adam Smith: High School students enrolled in any two semester econ macro and micro course sequence or any course labeled as AP, IB, honors, or differentiated. If you previously participated in the David Ricardo Division, you must register for Adam Smith in this year's competition.

David Ricardo: High School Students enrolled in any one semester, introductory or general, combined macro and micro economics course. Teams are encouraged to compete in the division that would challenge them the most.

Looking for classroom resources to help prepare your students to compete in this fun competition? Look no further!

Access Free Resources Here

For the first time, in 2024 this event was held at Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB) and the Quiz Bowl round was filmed for airing on MPB.

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Mississippi Students Participated in the 2023-2024 School Year

$9,000

College Scholarships Awarded to Mississippi Students

State in the Nation for the Number of Students that Competed in the National Economics Challenge