Frequently Asked Questions
"Who" is the American Scholastic Achievement League?
Who may enter the contest?
Who makes up the questions and how can I prepare my students?
How and when is "Scholastic Challenge" administered?
What can I do if my contest information and codes, or final results package has not arrived on time?
Who scores the contest, and how are student scores used?
Who should I select to participate in this competition?
What are the technical requirements?
"Who" is the American Scholastic Achievement League?
The 8th Grade Contest is designed for eighth grade students. However, many teachers enter students from seventh grade, especially those at smaller schools since the minimum fee is for up to 30 students. Students beyond eighth grade are ineligible. There is no minimum number of students required to participate
6th Grade Contest
The 6th Grade Contest is designed for sixth grade students. However, many teachers enter students from fifth grade, especially those at smaller schools since the minimum fee is for up to 30 students. Students beyond sixth grade are ineligible. There is no minimum number of students required to participate.
Every teacher registering their students will receive a contest "information and codes" email by mid January. Contest supervisors will administer the one hour competition at computers, in their school at a convenient time. The contest consists of 100 questions that range from easier, to medium, and harder in each section. The contest may be scheduled at each school's convenience, but must be completed by March 1, each year. Results, answered test copy, certificates and awards, will be mailed to participating schools by early May.
What can I do if my contest package or final results package has not arrived on time?
If you have not received your contest information and codes by the end of January, via email, or your results' package by the end of April due to mail delays, email us at info@amschoolschalleng.com and we will help make sure that all deadlines are met.
The contest scores are computer generated at the completion of each school's one hour session. Scores are only used to identify the national, state, school champions and Certificate of Merit winners, and the school team champions. The only results made available to all participating schools are those of the individual national champion's score, and the school team champion's score. All other scores remain confidential unless teachers receiving their students' scores make them available to their students.
Who should I select to participate in this competition?
What are the technical requirements?
In the past, we have tried advertising and direct mail campaigns to get new schools involved. These are costly and have not been very effective lately. We needed to do something to get new schools involved to replace the ones we lose each year through teacher retirements, school closures, budget constraints, etc.
Here's how our "New School Recruitment Program" works.
1. Promote Scholastic Challenge 2025 to 2 other schools in your district or family of schools, or to 1 school that registers in both the 6th grade and 8th grade divisions by the end of January.
2. Contact us with their names.
3. When those new schools have completed their participation, we will contact you at the end of April, and either send your school a $70 refund or apply a credit to your school for Scholastic Challenge 2026.
We hope you understand that with your help, we can continue to offer our academic challenge in the future. Any concerns, feedback (positive or negative), or other ideas that you may have to help us recruit new schools to our contest would be greatly appreciated. If you require more information or clarification, don't hesitate to ask.
