Awards
All students in all levels (Novice, Level I-V) and categories (A, B, C) will receive a medal, a prize and/or a certificate, according to the national percentile distribution. Each teacher will receive a Results Report that will include students' raw scores, as well as their percentile rankings indicating the performance of an individual student in correlation to national results.
Prizes will be assigned using raw scores and percentiles to guarantee equity, while the amount of the monetary prizes will be determined on the basis of the national results. Medals and monetary prizes will be sent by AATI directly to participating teachers, but the certificates can be downloaded for free from the NIE website and printed. More information will be provided to instructors along with the results of the exam.
Prizes will be assigned using raw scores and percentiles to guarantee equity, while the amount of the monetary prizes will be determined on the basis of the national results. Medals and monetary prizes will be sent by AATI directly to participating teachers, but the certificates can be downloaded for free from the NIE website and printed. More information will be provided to instructors along with the results of the exam.
Study in Italy Prize
Study-trip to Italy program will resume in 2023 and will be substituted by another monetary prize.
The NIE is pleased to offer to participating students a Study-trip prize to top students. Each prize consists of a 2-week study with accommodations and tuition expenses included. The flight will be at the recipient’s expense, however, AATI will contribute a cash award for the trip.
The language schools participating in this scholarship program are:
Study-trip to Italy program will resume in 2023 and will be substituted by another monetary prize.
The NIE is pleased to offer to participating students a Study-trip prize to top students. Each prize consists of a 2-week study with accommodations and tuition expenses included. The flight will be at the recipient’s expense, however, AATI will contribute a cash award for the trip.
- Who is eligible to receive the "Study in Italy" Prize?
- Students in the 90th percentile in each level will qualify for the scholarships. The NIE Committee will draw the names of the winners and the recipients and their teachers will be notified via email.
The language schools participating in this scholarship program are:
- Accademia Italiana, Salerno (Director: Francesca Romana Memoli)
- Club Italiano Dante Alighieri, Roma (Director: Fabrizio Fucile)
- Dilit - Divulgazione Lingua Italiana, Roma (Directors: Tiziana Di Dedda and Giorgio Piva)
- Sant’Anna Institute, Sorrento Lingua, Sorrento (Director: Cristiana Panicco)
- Scuola di italiano Dante Alighieri – Campus L’Infinito di Recanati, Recanati (MC) (Director: Michele Casati)
For 2022, the Study in Italy Prize will be substituted by a special monetary scholarship using the same selection criteria described above.
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Monetary Prizes
AATI awards students' achievements with a monetary prize to recognize their achievements and celebrate their successes.
- Who is eligible to receive the Monetary Prizes?
- The value as well as the score necessary to obtain these prizes varies each year according to the total number of students taking the exam nationwide and the average percentile. Participating teachers will receive a message with the detailed information.
- This year the Società Onoraria Italica will be awarding 20 scholarships of $100 each. The names of the recipients will be communicated to their teachers via email. For more information, check the Società Onoraria Italica's page. Please note that in order to receive those prizes, teachers should be members of the SOI.
Medals
Medals is an important way to celebrate our students, especially at the end of the school year. They are offered by the NIE and will be delivered to participating schools (using the teachers' contact) via mail.
Medals is an important way to celebrate our students, especially at the end of the school year. They are offered by the NIE and will be delivered to participating schools (using the teachers' contact) via mail.
- Who is eligible to receive medals?
- All students who rank above the 70th percentile according to the following cut-scores.
Gold medal: 90-100 percentile
Silver medal: 80- 89 percentile
Bronze medal: 70 - 79 percentile
Achievement Certificate: 50- 69 percentile
Participation Certificate: 49 or lower percentile
Silver medal: 80- 89 percentile
Bronze medal: 70 - 79 percentile
Achievement Certificate: 50- 69 percentile
Participation Certificate: 49 or lower percentile