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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#: 1 Program Year: 2025-2026
Civic Objective: Identify, evaluate, and compare financial service options in the community.
TOPSpro Form #: 011C AAP #: 1.1
Assessment Type: Written, Observation Checklist

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.
7 *Identify requirements for opening an account with a financial institution/service provider.
8 *Use online/mobile banking applications securely to complete financial tasks.
15 Fill out applications (e.g. for a loan, checking or savings account, credit card or online/mobile payment services, etc.).

Additional Assessment Plan Tasks

Task: 1

Description: Complete a Financial Application

Given an agency-created financial history, student (IL-A) will fill out an authentic online/mobile financial application such as for a loan or for a checking or savings account etc.

Given an agency-created financial history, student (BL-BH) will fill out an authentic online/mobile financial application such as for a loan or for a checking or savings account etc. with a reduced number of sections that student needs to complete. This can be accomplished in a variety of ways such as: (1) giving BL-BH the complete form given to IL-A students and highlighting the sections BL-BH students need to fill out (2) giving BL-BH a reduced form which includes only those sections of the authentic application (given to IL-A students) that are assigned to BL-BH students.

Optimally, the application will be completed on a computer and shared with the assessor electronically, via photo or the equivalent.

Points Possible:18Level:Beginning Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content
90% of the items assigned to the Intermediate Low-Advanced level students are correct. 18
80% of the items assigned to the Intermediate Low-Advanced level students are correct. 16
70% of the items assigned to the Intermediate Low-Advanced level students are correct. 14
80% of the items assigned to the Beginning Low- Beginning High level students are correct. 12
70% of the items assigned to the Beginning Low- Beginning High level students are correct. 10
Less than 70% of the items assigned to the Beginning Low-Advanced level students are correct. 0

Task: 2

Description: Use Online/Mobile Financial Apps

Content A: (6 items, 24 points possible)

Given online/mobile banking tasks, student will use an online/mobile bank simulator such as https://www.ngpf.org/bank-sim to demonstrate how to use up to 6 (BL= 2, BH=3, IL=4, IH-A=6) level-appropriate mobile/online banking functions such as transferring money, depositing money, paying a bill etc.

Content B: (3 items, 3 points possible)
Identify up to 3 (BL-BH=1, IL=2, IH-A=3) ways to keep online/mobile banking tasks secure.

Examples:
Logging out
2 step verification/authentication
Use strong passwords
Keeping personal information up to date

Optimally student will demonstrate work by taking a picture/screenshot of the work and sending to the examiner or examiner can use an observation checklist to evaluate the work as the student completes the tasks.

Points Possible:27Level:Beginning Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content A
Each banking function executed completely and with correct information. 4
Each banking function executed completely but with errors. 3
Each banking function executed partially with correct information. 2
Banking function not executed. 0
Content B
Each correct statement 1
Each incorrect statement or no statement 0

Rating Scale/Passing Scores

Total Points Possible: 47
Advanced: 40
Intermediate High: 36
Intermediate Low: 25
Beginning High: 20
Beginning Low: 14
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