Available in Art, Economics, Language and Literature, Mathematics, Music, Science, and Super Quiz™, the USAD Student Exercise Books provide a student-friendly synthesis of the material presented in the USAD® Resource Guides and offer students a chance to test and reinforce their knowledge of the curriculum through a variety of exercises and activities. The USAD® Student Exercise Books will include section overviews, timelines, and graphic organizers, as well as short quizzes, true/false questions, fill-in-the-blank items, etc., to assist students in their mastery of the curriculum.
Teams can either order hard copies of the USAD® Student Exercise Books to be shipped to their school, or they can order the USAD® Student Exercise Books as PDFs for electronic
download. Schools purchasing the Student Exercise Books must purchase them as a set before individual books may be purchased. If you would like to see a sample of the exercise books please contact the USAD office.
Student Exercise Books
K1050, K1060, K1070, K1075, K1080, K1090, K1095..$32.00
(Sets of 10 Hard Copies)
K1050a, K1060a, K1070a, K1075a, K1080a, K1090a, K1095a ...$4.00 (Each)
The USAD Virtual Classroom is an online moderated forum available only to student 
subscribers that is designed to provide both content and study strategies to assist students in their preparation for the 2011–2012 Academic Decathlon®. The Virtual Classroom will help guide your team to success in all ten events. The Virtual Classroom is moderated by content experts who can provide answers to students’ questions about the curriculum and offers analyses of the selected literature; content notes on composers and artists; listening cues and focused questions and answers to help students prepare for the listening portion of the music test; proven strategies for essay writing, interview, speech, and Super Quiz™; and sample prompts and impromptu topics.
Virtual Classroom
K1030..$339.99
(Sets of 9 Student Subscriptions)
K1031..$49.95
(1 Student Subscription)
Train for USAD Team Competition through a unique combination of individual study sessions, direct challenges, and national scrimmages featuring more than 5,000 questions in art, economics, language and literature, mathematics, music, science, and Super Quiz™ categories. A powerful new USAD competition resource to work daily for preparation to match intellect with students from around the country through Academic Decathlon® Team Competitions.
GO TO THE ONLINE TRAINING CENTER > >
- Build tests to assist in the team selection process
- Administer tests in a group setting
- Set up competitions between teams and states
- Take an unlimited number of on-screen USAD-format tests, randomly created in each subject area
- Access the test program from any Internet-connected handheld computer or cell phone with full web browser
- Access test reports in seven different formats
Students can access the online practice test program with assigned username and password.
INCLUDES
- Online Practice Tests—1260 test items: 200 each in art, music, language and literature, science, and economics; 100 math questions; and 160 Super Quiz™ questions. Tests will focus on each subject area, section-by-section of the Study Guide outlines, to reinforce mastery of the material.
- Online Subject Assortment Tests—700 test items. This includes fourteen 50-item tests that consist of an assortment of questions from each of the seven objective subject areas.
- Online Bonus Questions—1400 multiple-choice questions that go beyond the scope of the USAD Resource Guides for additional mastery of the curriculum materials.
USAD Study Features
- Online Flash Cards and Online Quick Quiz: Test your knowledge by subject category.
- Online Scrimmage: Participate in national scrimmages.
- Head-to-Head Challenge: Challenge another current user to a direct competition.
- Online Puzzle Maker: Access to this software program quickly allows you to create word search and cross-word puzzles using word lists and clues directly from the USAD® curriculum.
USAD Online Community Features
- User Profile
- List your school and graduation year
- Choose a photo
- Connect with Facebook
- My Statistics
- Track your online study results and rankings
- Recent News and Videos
- Access state and national USAD® news and information
Purchase your subscription now to get access to hundreds of online test questions. (10 subscriptions are included in each Practice Test Package.) A set of 10 subscriptions (1 coach and 9 students) is available for $285.00 or an individual student subscription is available for $30.00.
To order, use our Order Form (Acrobat PDF) or call 866-511-USAD.
