AATI
National Italian Exam
Important notice: Covid-19 update
The NIE Committee has been closely monitoring developments related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Several states have declared a state of emergency or a public health emergency, which brought to the temporary closure of many schools across the country. For this reason, the NIE Committee has made some changes to the exam dates and delivery:
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
The NIE Committee
- the test window for the NIE is now scheduled to close on May 1st, 2020;
- for those schools that are currently closed, students can take the NIE remotely provided that their teachers follow a proctoring protocol. Please, see the instructions below;
- notice that we have also postponed the deadline for payments to the April 30th.
- for those schools or students who are unable to take the NIE, teachers can request a refund.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
The NIE Committee
We are happy to inform you that The National Association of Secondary School Principals has placed the National Italian Exam on the 2020-2021 NASSP List of Approved Contests, Programs, and Activities for Students.
National Italian Exam
The National Italian Exam is an official AATI national language contest held among middle and high school students. The NIE is not only as an assessment tool, which provides teachers and students with diagnostic feedback and positive washback to help inform high school instruction and curricula, it is also as an opportunity for visibility and for promoting Italian programs in North American schools. The AATI is committed to offering an innovative exam that is aligned with the ACTFL Performance Descriptors and the 2012 ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines, for this reason AATI encourages instructors of Italian to invite their students to participate in the National Italian Exam, which could help them prepare for the official exams of Seal of Biliteracy, the SAT II and finally, will 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 5,000 high school students of Italian take the exam. Finally, 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 abilities to celebrate their accomplishment.
In these pages teachers will find all the necessary information about the exam and how to register their students.
If you have questions about the exam, please contact the NIE Director, Gina Maiellaro at l.maiellaro@northeastern.edu
We wish good luck to all the students who participate in the NIE!
The National Italian Exam is an official AATI national language contest held among middle and high school students. The NIE is not only as an assessment tool, which provides teachers and students with diagnostic feedback and positive washback to help inform high school instruction and curricula, it is also as an opportunity for visibility and for promoting Italian programs in North American schools. The AATI is committed to offering an innovative exam that is aligned with the ACTFL Performance Descriptors and the 2012 ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines, for this reason AATI encourages instructors of Italian to invite their students to participate in the National Italian Exam, which could help them prepare for the official exams of Seal of Biliteracy, the SAT II and finally, will 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 5,000 high school students of Italian take the exam. Finally, 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 abilities to celebrate their accomplishment.
In these pages teachers will find all the necessary information about the exam and how to register their students.
If you have questions about the exam, please contact the NIE Director, Gina Maiellaro at l.maiellaro@northeastern.edu
We wish good luck to all the students who participate in the NIE!
Calendar for NIE 2020
November 16, 2019 - February 8, 2020
registration period
February 17, 2020 to February 24, 2020
late registration period. Please note that the late registration fee is $30 per order
February 24, 2020
registration closes
March 1, 2020 - May 1st, 2020
exam administration period
April 30, 2020
payments must reach AATI by this date. If payments are not received by this date, students will be automatically disqualified
May 10 -15, 2020
results are announced
November 16, 2019 - February 8, 2020
registration period
February 17, 2020 to February 24, 2020
late registration period. Please note that the late registration fee is $30 per order
February 24, 2020
registration closes
March 1, 2020 - May 1st, 2020
exam administration period
April 30, 2020
payments must reach AATI by this date. If payments are not received by this date, students will be automatically disqualified
May 10 -15, 2020
results are announced
Exam administration period
March 1, 2020 - April 20, 2020
March 1, 2020 - April 20, 2020
NIE 2020 - Teachers' Survey
We need your help! We are surveying teachers whose students have participated in the NIE in order to obtain constructive feedback for next year exam. We want to understand what is our teachers' opinion about categories
and would be extremely grateful if you could respond to a very short survey. Use the link below to participate.
We need your help! We are surveying teachers whose students have participated in the NIE in order to obtain constructive feedback for next year exam. We want to understand what is our teachers' opinion about categories
and would be extremely grateful if you could respond to a very short survey. Use the link below to participate.