One number. Five things behind it.
Built entirely from work that was marked against a published rubric, weighted the same way for everyone at your stage, and visible to you component by component.
What the score is made of
Five components, fixed weights, published here rather than kept behind a support article. Sample values shown.
Weights are identical for every learner at a stage. What differs between two people at the same score is which components carried it — which is exactly what the breakdown is for.
Five levers, in order of size
Nothing here is a trick. The fastest way to move the score is to do the work better, which is the only design we would defend.
Argue a case well
A position with a clear claim, real evidence and a stated falsifier moves reasoning and rigour together. This is the biggest single lever.
Change your mind out loud
Revising a position in discussion, with reasons, scores higher than defending one that was already wrong. Deliberately.
Hand in finished work
Submission craft rewards work that meets the rubric it was given — not length, not polish for its own sake.
Keep turning up
Consistency is only a tenth of the score, but it is the tenth that separates two people with identical peaks.
Work your weakest component
The recommender points at the component costing you most. Following it is the fastest path, and you can ignore it.
Three things that earn you nothing
Every one of these was proposed at some point and declined for the same reason: it would make the number easier to move without making anyone better.
Not hours spent
Time on the platform contributes nothing. Somebody who does one case brilliantly outscores somebody who watches forty hours of content.
Not popularity
Followers, likes and profile views are invisible to the score. The community is worth having; it is not worth scoring.
Not speed
Finishing quickly earns nothing. Several components actively reward taking the time to check your own argument.
What the numbers tend to look like
Typical ranges across the platform, so a first score has something to sit against.
About the score
Find out where
you start.
The diagnostic is free and it is the only way to get a first number. Everything after that is work.
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