Online Team Tournaments
Online team tournaments are a great way to compete in a statewide competition without having to travel.
Online tournaments are available for four different grade levels:
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Primary - grades 3 & 4
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Elementary - grades 5 & 6
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Mid Level - grades 7 & 8
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High School - grades 9 through 12
Each grade level will have five separate subject area tournaments:
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science
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humanities & fine arts
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mathematics
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social studies
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language arts
Entry fee per team for all grade levels
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$90 per team - fee includes all 5 tournaments
The order of presentation, test opening date, test due date and final results dates are all listed below.
Test Schedule
There will be one week between the due date and the final results date. This week will serve as a grace period for late submission.
November 1 - Online Team Tournament entry due date. (entry will be accepted through the first score due date, December 15)
November 7 - Site links and instructions will be sent to all teams.
Humanities & Fine Arts opens on November 13, will be due on December 20, 2024 and scores will become final on December 27th.
Science opens on November 13, will be due on December 20, 2024 and scores will become final on December 27th, 2024.
Language Arts opens on January 8, will be due on February 7 and scores will become final on February 14th.
Social Studies opens on January 8, will be due on February 14st and scores will become final on February 21st.
Mathematics opens on January 8, will be due on February 21st and scores will become final on February 28th.
Sweepstakes totals will publish with the final Mathematics scores on February 21st and will become final on February 28th.
Test Site Registration - must be completed to be full registered.
General Information
1. Team make-up may change for each tournament.
2. No limit on team size.
3. Students compete at their home site.
4. Teachers/Coaches are not to assist students in determining the answer to a question.
5. Students work as a team to answer the multiple choice, true/false and matching questions. The team determines the answer and one person will key in "A", "B", "C", or "D" or click on the choice.
6. Unless otherwise noted in the instructions no outside references, assistance or calculators will be allowed.
7. Each tournament is timed. They are usually 50 minutes in length.
8. At the conclusion of the tournament the program will post the score in the online grade book. These will be released after the close date.
9. There are practice tests. Practice tests are labeled PRACTICE TEST. The test you will be taking for a score does NOT say practice test. It will say 24/25 "Grade Level" "Subject Area" Tournament.
10. Once the tournament results and ranking are posted (the week-end after the due date), teams will have 5 days to check the posting. After 5 days the results become official (final).
11. If a team missed the turn-in deadline they may still take a tournament test for a score. The late score will not affect the results of the posted tournament. The late score will not change the posted results of the tournament. The late score will be added to the team totals for sweepstakes consideration.
SCORING
12. 'Regular' questions are worth 1-5 points each.
13. Writers have the option to weight questions they consider to include more difficult material or a more challenging question style. You will be able to see the points given to each question when you review the questions at the end of the tournament.
TIES
14. All ties for champion or runner-up placing will be broken.
a. Each writer has pre-selected 5 - 10 questions in each tournament as tie breakers. The team with the most pre-selected questions correct will be the 'winning' team. No additional points will be added (to keep sweepstakes on a level field).
b. If the score is still tied after the tie breaker questions are reviewed the team completing the test in the least amount of time will be the winning team.
SWEEPSTAKES
15. The team with the highest cumulative score for each level will be awarded the Sweepstakes Champion trophy. Percent correct score will be used.