National Language Arts League

Meet Date

Any date from April 21 through May 2, 2025.

Questions

• The Contests for the 2nd (25 questions), and the 3rd and 4th grades (35 questions) will be multiple choice questions appropriate to that grade level.
• Each of the other Contests consists of 50 multiple choice questions based on the following topics: spelling, vocabulary, reading comprehension, analogies, and grammar.
• We believe our approach to these topics will provide a meaningful as well as enjoyable learning experience for your students.

Each Contest has a time limit of 35 minutes and may be administered comfortably within one class period.

Contest Operation

• You will download a PDF file of the questions for each Contest you enter.
• Please duplicate as many copies as you need.
• Answer keys will be provided.
• There is no limit to the number of students who may participate.
• While the Contest contains a few difficult questions requiring creative thought, most of the questions are suitable for the majority of your students.
• The students are to work independently on the questions.
• Each test is to be proctored and graded by the school.
• The top ten individual’s names and their scores are to be entered on our website.
• The sum of these top ten scores is the school’s team score.
• All schools can view the results on our website.

Awards

• Each team will receive 11 awards- 1 medal and 10 certificates.
• Each additional team that your school registers entitles you to receive 1 additional set of awards.
• There are also individual and team awards on the national level.

Results Cut-off Date

• This is the date you must enter your scores by to have your school listed on the results report.
• May 19, 2025

Pricing

• The first two teams are $110 and each additional team is $60
• Discounts will be reflected in the shopping cart

Samples

• Click on the large NLAL logo above the grade level you want.
• A page will open where you can download a sample test.

We are currently accepting registration for the 2024-2025 Contest year.