Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 26, 2010

The United States Academic Decathlon is an annual high school academic competition organized by the non-profit United States Academic Decathlon Association. Created by Robert Peterson in Orange County, California, for local schools in 1968 and expanded to a nationwide setting in 1981, the competition consists of seven thematically linked multiple choice tests in art, economics, language and literature, math, music, science and social science, as well as three subjective events graded by judges: essay, interview and speech. Teams generally consist of nine members, who are divided into three divisions based on grade point average. Each team member competes in all ten events against other students in his or her division, and team scores are calculated using the top two overall individual scores from each team in all three divisions. To earn a spot at the national competition in April, teams must advance through local, regional, and state competitions. Online competitions, separated into small, medium, and large categories, are also offered. (more...)

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