NIE 2024 - Exam Timeline
Registration: October 23, 2023 - March 16, 2024
Payments Deadline: March 16, 2024
Exam Administration: March 1 - April 5, 2024
NIE 2023 - Results Information
Results from the 2023 National Italian Exam have been released.
Thank you to all our teachers for participating and congratulations to our amazing students!
  • RESULTS can be found each participating teachers' dashboard in Lingco. To locate your students' results, read this quick guide.
  • LETTER. All participating teachers should have received a letter from the NIE Committee (if you have not, please make sure that your email account is not blocking our messages) 
The rapid technological advances have resulted in a variety of computer‐delivered language tests and platforms for creating customized assessment. The NIE is committed to providing students and teachers with the best online testing experience and to guaranteeing a fair, valid test for all test-takers. Starting in 2021, the NIE will be hosted by Lingco, an online language instruction and assessment platform used by high schools, colleges, and universities all over the country.  Teachers will find step-by-step instructions and video tutorials on how to register their students and administer the exam using Lingco on this site.

NIE Information Materials

Flyers and brochures
This standardized package contains brochures for parents and students, which can be used to introduce the NIE in your schools.

What is the National Italian Exam?

Established in 1985, the NIE is the official national language contest for middle and high school students of the American Association of Teachers of Italian. It is a web-based proficiency and performance assessment that measures written and aural interpretation skills in alignment with the ACTFL Performance Descriptors and the 2012 ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines. The mission of the NIE is to provide:
 
- an opportunity for the visibility and the promotion of Italian programs in North American schools;
- an assessment tool that can be used by teachers and students as a diagnostic feedback;
- a measurement of language skills that can constitute a positive washback to help inform high school instruction and curricula.

The NIE can be used to support students in preparation for the official exams of Seal of Biliteracy, the SAT II, and it can make them eligible for the Società Onoraria Italica scholarships.

In addition, the NIE provides an excellent opportunity to highlight our students' success as every year over 6.000 high school students of Italian take the exam nationwide.
AATI offers an extensive regional and national prize program that consists of monetary prizes, study-trips to Italy, medals and certificates to award students of all different language proficiency to celebrate their accomplishments.
The National Association of Secondary School Principals has placed the NIE on the NASSP National Advisory List of Contests and Activities for 2022-2023.

On this website teachers will find all the necessary information about the exam and how to register their students.

We wish good luck to all the students who participate in the NIE!
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The National Association of Secondary School Principals has placed the National Italian Exam on the 2022-2023  NASSP List of Approved Contests, Programs, and Activities for Students.

Supporting Italian in the USA

The NIE's mission is to promote Italian Language in the USA. Learn what some students think about learning Italian in this video produced by the Embassy of Italy.

BeIT: promoting "Made in Italy"

"Italy is simply extraordinary: be IT" is an international communication campaign in support of Made in Italy. The campaign, launched in conjunction with the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, promotes the internationalisation of Italian products and industries.

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Awards

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Take a look at our winners from the current and past years.

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The Italian National Exam is an official AATI Contest
American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI)