2025 Judges Education
2025-2026 Certification Testing
Reach out to Mark Sherman(msaudi8@gmail.com), NGJA Education Director, for any questions or issues
Testing closed on December 1. Please reach out to your regional director or local NGJA leadership for any assistance
Welcome to the 2025-2026 Certification Testing Page which consists of the quiz testing modules for harrassment and discrimination, FIG, Jr. FIG, NCAA collegiate, MDP Optional, and MDP Compulsory.
Certification levels and testing requirements:
- MDP Compulsory Only – Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Course and MDP Compulsory tests are required. All other tests are optional. Note: You cannot vote in NGJA elections if you are Compulsory Only certified.
- Optional/National and Championship Level
- MDP Optional: All courses are required if you will be judging MDP optional competitions.
- Senior Men’s USA or NCAA only: Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Course and National Optional Course required.
The mandatory sexual harassment and discrimination course can only be passed with a score of 100%, and it must be passed before you can access any other course. All other courses require a score of 75% (80% for championship) or higher to pass. You will have 2 chances per quiz in every course. You have the opportunity to retake quizzes 1 time if you would like go for a higher score. Additionally, there is a 1 hour time limit for each quiz attempt, and every quiz must be taken to to complete any course.
Note: Your can access your report card for any course below or on your account page under the “Your Gradebooks” menu.
Tests are only available to NGJA Members current on their 2025-2026 dues
2025-2026 Course Completion Gradebook Dashboard
This page will show your report cards for all courses. This information is also available on your Account page under the “Your Gradebooks” menu.
The score for each course is the average of all quizzes within that course.
Please note: 0% is the default score that will show until you begin taking the quizzes within the courses. In fact, all scores for the quizzes in the courses will also be 0% until you take them and achieve your actual score.
More Details On All Courses
2025-2026 Sexual Harrassment and Discrimination Course
- This is mandadory and must be passed with 100%
- You cannot take any of the other courses until this course is passed.
- You have unlimited attempts for the quiz in this course.
2025-2026 MDP Compulsory Course
- 1 quiz module
- 25 questions randomly selected
- 2-hour time limit
2025-2026 MDP Optional Course
- 7 quiz modules: general rules and all events
- 12 questions per quiz randomly selected
- 1-hour time limit per quiz
2025-2026 National Optional Course - 2 main testing blocks in this course
- Practical judging quizzes
- 4 total routines per event to judge: 2 D-dury and 2 E-jury
- 1-hour time limit per quiz
- Note: If you miss any of the evaluations make this a learning moment and please click the “view questions” button on the results page to review the material for any missed routine. The E-jury videos are execellent and will show all deductions notated in real time as the routine progresses.
- Rules and concepts quizzes
- 7 quiz modules: general rules and all events
- 12 questions per quiz randomly selected
- 1-hour time limit per quiz
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