One of the most popular NIE special programs is Stock Market Game Worldwide®. This thrilling game is a 10-week simulation of Wall Street trading, designed to help students understand the stock market.

Introduced in 1977 by the Securities Industry Association's Foundation for Economic Education, SMG Worldwide has become a favorite classroom tool for teaching costs and benefits involved in decision-making, the sources of capital, and other related economic concepts as part of the standards of learning and core learning goals.

State coordinators for the game are generally the state councils for Economic Education.

Designed for students in grades 4 - 12, classes are divided into small teams of 3 - 5 students investing a hypothetical $100,000 in common stocks listed on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX), the NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ), and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). With a teacher as the facilitator, students work interactively to research stock selections and compete against other teams within their schools, counties and states.

School rankings appear every Monday in the Washington Business section of The Post while the game is in play.

Teachers may choose to play a scan sheet version of Stock Market Game Worldwide® which uses standardized sheets to record trades, commissions, broker fees, etc. and then are mailed to the state coordinator, (Council for Economic Education) for compilation and ranking.

The Internet version of the game allows students to enter transactions using team passwords to access their portfolios and rankings.