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The Academic Decathlon (also called AcDec, AcaDeca or AcaDec) is an annual high school academic competition organized by the non-profit United States Academic Decathlon (USAD). The competition consists of seven objective multiple choice tests, two subjective performance events, and an essay.
The United States Academic Decathlon National Championship, first held in 1982, pits winners at the state level against each other for a national title. [1] The Academic Decathlon consists of 10 events: art, economics, essay, interview, language and literature, math, music, science, social science, and speech. [ 2 ]
The Academic Pentathlon (USAP) is an academic competition involving five academic fields of study (math, social sciences, science, literature, and fine arts). It is run by the USAD (United States Academic Decathlon). [1] The exact topics involved vary from year to year, but typically include topics from both the sciences and humanities.
The Sanger school with a high school enrollment of about 160 home-schooled students captured the Division V championship at the U.S. Academic Decathlon Nationals in Pittsburgh.
The Fresno charter school bested 24 other teams in Saturday’s Fresno County Academic Decathlon held at Sunnyside High. It wasn’t even close. University High powers to fourth straight Academic ...
Quiz bowl tests players in a variety of academic subjects including literature, science, history, and fine arts. [23] Additionally, some quiz bowl events may feature small amounts of popular culture content like sports, popular music, and other non-academic general knowledge subjects, although their inclusion is generally kept to a minimum. [24 ...
Hernández and his academic decathlon teammates got their wish: A fifth straight championship, and 12th overall. Plus, a trip to the March 22-24 state competition in Santa Clara.
In 2006, citing disappointment that the United States Academic Decathlon ended at just a national level, Berdichevsky created the global academic competition the World Scholar's Cup. The World Scholar's Cup spans six subjects: science, history, literature, art/music, social studies, and a special area. [2]