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Everyone is welcome to join in on the excitement, but only registered and qualified high schools (grades 9-12) and middle schools (grades 6-8) located in the United States are eligible to win a prize. Organizations that are not high schools or middle schools (i.e., after school programs, clubs, partner organizations, home school pods, independent learners 18+) may participate, but are not eligible to win a prize.
Eligible schools must have at least 50 students enrolled in middle school or high school, and at least 50 players “start the challenge”. A "Player" is any individual student in grades 6 – 12 in a U.S.-based middle or high school who enters their unique school Join Code, creates a character avatar, and enters the gameplay world on Intuit Prosperity Quest. A player “Starts the Challenge” when they enter the join code and start playing the first month within the Game.
Educators will be able to review the progress and game scores of students at their school through a dedicated dashboard, however, Intuit will not be collecting any personally identifiable information (PII). Students will generate an avatar and a randomized name as their player ID. Only the randomized name with their corresponding result will appear in the educator dashboard. If an educator desires to understand individual student performance they'll need to match their students name to the avatar name they view in the dashboard.
Schools are assessed on the basis of Achievement (Financial Wellbeing Score) and Engagement Score (Participation Score).
- Achievement Score (Financial Wellbeing Score): This is a performance indicator assigned to the individual players who have begun the Challenge. The score is computed by evaluating several aspects of the game, such as their ability to build and maintain their chosen budget goals, quiz questions, their impact on the narrative environment, and their overall financial health.
- Engagement Score (Participation Score): Schools will also be ranked by their participation. This includes the number of players that start the challenge from a school and how far those players get in the challenge.
- Winning the Challenge:The Financial Wellbeing Score is the School’s “Achievement” Score. The “Achievement Score” is then combined with the School’s “Engagement Score” to determine the Total Score, which will determine the winner(s) of the Challenge.
Schools that meet or exceed the student participation requirement as detailed in the "Prize Eligibility” section above will then be ranked on the basis of their Achievement and Engagement scores The school with the highest Achievement and Engagement scores are the winners. High Schools are eligible to compete both statewide and nationally. Middle Schools are solely eligible to compete nationally. If there's a tie, additional metrics such as quiz pass rates will be used to declare the winners.
Schools will be grouped into the following prize categories.
- National Winners:
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd place High School winners nationally.
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd place Middle School winners nationally.
- State Winners:
- 51 High School winners representing 50 states + the District of Columbia (Middle Schools are not eligible to win state prizes).
See the Official Rules for complete details and prize restrictions.
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