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Digital badges serve as credentials for specific achievements. Students can earn digital badges by successfully completing an online exam or a sophisticated project. Level 1 badges are awarded based on specific instructional areas or standards from the MBA Research National Business Administration Standards. These assessments consist of 25 multiple-choice questions. Students who earn a Level 1 badge demonstrate essential employability skills, job-survival skills, and foundational knowledge necessary for continued employment or further study in the business field. This achievement reflects their ability to effectively apply basic academic and business skills. These credentials can be showcased on platforms like LinkedIn, social media, and resumes.

Level 2 badges focus on specific instructional areas. Still, the exam questions are designed to be more advanced than those for Level 1 badges. The questions for Level 2 exams will be drawn from essential career-related topics and specific core clusters, such as finance, management, and marketing, as well as from particular pathways. Each Level 2 exam consists of 25 questions. These credentials can be displayed on platforms like LinkedIn, social media, and resumes.

This assessment is specifically crafted for students in Grades 6–8 and consists of 30 multiple-choice items. The badge holder demonstrated an understanding of concepts and skills essential for ethical leadership, including respect, responsibility, integrity, transparency, fairness, trust, adherence to rules and laws, and viability.