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General Information

All students can participate in EL Civics instruction and assessment. However, only ESL students in WIOA II EL Civics education programs can earn payment points for passing COAAP assessments. ABE, ASE, and CTE students can earn CAEP Immigrant Integration Indicator (I3) outcome for CAEP but not payment points for WIOA II. Please see Successful Implementation of COAAPs for CAEP Agencies for a crosswalk for ABE/ASE/CTE student placement into ESL COAAP instructional levels.
Civic Objective#: 28 Program Year: 2012-2013
Civic Objective: Access the health care system and be able to interact with the providers.
TOPSpro Form #: 328 AAP #: 28
Assessment Type: Written, Role Play, Portfolio

Level Range

From: Beginning Low To: Advanced

Language and Literacy Objectives

Language and literacy objectives with an asterisk (*) are suitable for beginning low level students.
1 List local health care agencies and facilities in the community.
2 Develop a list of questions to ask community health care providers.
4 *Describe symptoms of an illness using body-part identification nouns and descriptive adjectives.
6 Complete a medical health history form.
10 *Explain medicine labels and medical warning labels.
12 *Make medical appointments and transfer appointment information onto a calendar.

Additional Assessment Plan Tasks

Task: 1

Description: Chart - Student will make a chart showing 5 local health care centers and give information about them such as their location, phone number, and areas of specialty.

Points Possible:15Level:Beginning Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content
Includes 5 agencies and all information is correct. 15
Includes 5 agencies and 90% of the information included is correct. 12
Includes 4 agencies and 90% of the information included is correct. 9
Includes 3 agencies and 80% of the information included is correct. 6
Includes 2 agencies and 80% of the information included is correct. 3
Includes fewer than 2 agencies or no chart. 0

Task: 2

Description: Medicine labels - Working from a worksheet with pictures showing 6 medicine labels (3 prescription and 3 non-prescription), student will write under each picture “prescription” or "non-prescription."
In a lavel appropriate sentence, students will also answer 6 level appropriate questions (one for each label).
e.g. What are the directions for taking this medicine?
Does the medicine have an expiration date?
If yes, what is it, and what do you do when the medicine expires?

Points Possible:12Level:Beginning Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content A
Each label correctly identified. 1
Label incorrectly identified. 0
Content B
Each question answered correctly in a comprehensible level appropriate sentence. 1
Question answered incorrectly. 0

Task: 3

Description: Medical History Form - Student will complete a medical history form.

Points Possible:16Level:Beginning High - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content
90% of the form is complete with 90% appropriate information. 15
80% of the form is complete and there are 90% appropriate entries. 12
70% of the form is complete and there are 90% appropriate entries. 9
60% of the form is complete and there are 90% appropriate entries. 6
Less than 60% of the form is complete or no form. 0
Legibility, Neatness, and Spelling
Form is legible and neat. 1
Form is not legible and neat. 0

Task: 4

Description: Classroom Assignments - Student will select 2 completed classroom assignments to include in the portfolio. Student will determine criteria for choosing the assignments; e.g., his/her best work, work that shows most improvement, represents greatest learning, etc... Student will briefly explain orally or in writing why the assignments were chosen.

Points Possible:2Level:Beginning Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content
Two assignments and explanations are included. 2
One assignment and explanation is included. 1
No assignments or no explanations. 0

Task: 5

Description: Reflection - Student will respond to a checklist or questionaire in which he/she reflects on the process of developing the portfolio. May be done orally for BL

Points Possible:2Level:Beginning Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content and Language
Reflection activity is complete. 2
Reflection activity is incomplete. 0

Task: 6

Description: Response to Speaker - Having listened to a speaker give a presentation on health care services, students will provide written response to 4 pre-determined questions that were asked of the speaker (e.g. identifying healthy and unhealthy lifestyles).

Points Possible:8Level:Beginning High - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content
For each correct answer 1
For each incorrect answer or no answer 0
Language
Answers are free of errors 4
Answers have no more than 2 errors 3
Answers have no more than 4 errors 2
Answers have no more than 6 errors 1
Answers have more than 6 errors 0

Rating Scale/Passing Scores

Total Points Possible: 55
Advanced: 49
Intermediate High: 44
Intermediate Low: 36
Beginning High: 26
Beginning Low: 12
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