• English Language Arts
• History / Social Studies
• Arts and Media
• Science

Each section has three different levels of badges.

• Level 1 = Skill Badge - awarded by a peer after completion of a Challenge - Badge is attached to a discussion post in each Challenge.
   
• Level 2 = Community Badge - Must be applied for upon completion of a Challenge. Requires a link to evidence, work submitted, includes a rubric, and 3 peer reviewers. The student must average at least 8 points from the three reviewers in the 4 habits listed below.
   
• Capstone = Community Badge - Must be applied for upon completion of a Challege. Requires a link to evidence, work submitted, includes a rubric and 1 peer reviewer. The student must earn at least 8 points in the 4 habits listed below.

Rubrics (measured on a scale of 1-4) use these 4 habits of mind and experience, adapted from the Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing (pdf):

• Openness and Flexibility - The player considers new ways of being and thinking in the world and adapts to situations, expectations, or demands.
   
• Curiosity and Creativity -The player desires to know more about the world and uses novel approaches for generating, investigating, and representing ideas.
   
• Metacognition and Persistence - The player reflects on his/her own thinking and sustains interest in and attention to short- and long-term projects.
   
• Responsibility - The player takes ownership of his/her actions and understands the consequences of those actions for himself/herself and others.

Each discipline has the same 5 literacies, competencies, habits, or sets of skills that the students become more preficient in on each level.  These are aligned with the Common Core Standards:

• Citing Evidence in Conversations
• Independent Reading
• Text-Dependent Research
• Formulating Arguments in Areas of Interest
• Self-Directed Learning