This page has been recently updated to include the latest crosswalks and blueprints for the 2025-26 school year.
We are excited to continue our partnership with FBLA in a significant way! Over the past few years, we’ve been proud to build FBLA’s competitive event objective tests. Now, we are assisting FBLA in its multi-year efforts to modernize its competitive event offerings.
Specifically, FBLA has charged us with applying our extensive knowledge of business and industry to update its objective test blueprints to be rolled out over the 2025–26 and 2026–27 school years. Whenever possible, the updated blueprints are based on the National Business Administration Standards.
To help you and your students navigate these changes, we’ve created two types of resources you’ll find on this page:
Connecting FBLA competitions to MBA Research resources
For events that are scheduled to be revised in time for the 2026–27 school year, we have crosswalks available. These documents align the existing FBLA objectives with performance indicators in the National Business Administration Standards. Crosswalks also identify Learning Activity Packages (LAPs), Middle School Lesson Modules, Quick Study LAPs, and Just for You! modules available to teach those performance indicators.
Study guides for FBLA competitive event preparation
For events with newly revised standards for the 2025–26 school year, objective test blueprints are available in place of crosswalks. These blueprints contain the knowledge areas and objectives from the FBLA competitive event guidelines, plus a list of LAPs, if applicable, to help prepare students for competition.
All middle school crosswalks and blueprints are also available in a single PDF here.
All high school crosswalks and blueprints are also available in a single PDF here.
All collegiate blueprints are also available in a single PDF here.
Looking for more information? Visit FBLA’s Middle School, High School, and Collegiate competitive events pages for additional resources and full event guidelines.
When using these resources, you will see a specific coding system designed to help you quickly identify learning objectives and available instructional materials.
Some objectives are performance indicators from our National Business Administration Standards. You can identify these by a code at the end, such as EI:123. The two letters stand for the instructional area where the performance indicator resides in the Standards (Emotional Intelligence), and the three digits are a random combination of numbers used for quick identification of the performance indicator (123).
Additionally, objectives that have a ready-to-use lesson module will be followed by a LAP code, like LAP-EI-123. You can find the full list of these LAPs in the References section of the blueprints and the LAPs column of the crosswalks. All LAPs can be accessed online through the Learning Center. To purchase individual titles, please visit our online store.
These objectives also include a two-letter code in parentheses, like (CS), which indicates the curriculum planning level. To learn more about this system, please click here.
Not sure where to start? We can help.
1. Crosswalks and blueprints are the key!
Crosswalks and blueprints make it easy to select MBA Research resources that align with the content of objective tests in competition.
2. Lesson modules for deep learning
Help students master their chosen events with lesson modules (LAPs). Each includes engaging readings, activities, test items, ethical dilemmas, discussion guides, and much more. Not sure which ones you need? Use the crosswalks and blueprints to find the right lesson modules.
Get access to over 300 lesson modules in the Learning Center or purchase modules individually via direct download in our store.
3. Practice quizzes for each event
Use the test item bank in the Learning Center to quiz students on the objectives covered in an event. Use the crosswalks and blueprints to find the performance indicator/test item code for each objective.
4. Think fast!
Thinking on your feet is critical in competition. Help students get comfortable with quickly analyzing a situation and voicing an educated conclusion using our Gray Zone ethical dilemma scenarios. These are available on the State’s Connection portal at no cost to educators who teach in member states. Don’t teach in a member state? We also include Gray Zone scenarios in our weekly newsletter.
As part of the Community Service Project, FBLA students will have the opportunity to work toward improving their community through a unique service project. This workbook guides students throughout that process, from establishing project committees to developing the final presentation and report.
Download FBLA Community Service Workbook
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) is the largest business Career and Technical Student Organization in the world. Each year, FBLA helps over 230,000 members prepare for careers in business.
Mission: FBLA inspires and prepares students to become community-minded business leaders in a global society through relevant career preparation and leadership experiences.
For further information on our FBLA resources, contact MBA Research today.