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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#: 8 Program Year: 2025-2026
Civic Objective: Identify a local community need or civic-oriented complaint; research and address the issue.
TOPSpro Form #: 085C AAP #: 8.5
Assessment Type: Written

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 Research and discuss issues and/or needs that most affect the community.
2 Analyze and categorize possible solutions to community problems or needs.
3 Identify local government agencies and the services they provide.
6 Use persuasive language to convince government officials to take action on a community problem or need.
8 *Read picture stories about community problems.
9 *Identify problems in the local community.
12 Write an email or letter of complaint to a community organization or government agency.

Additional Assessment Plan Tasks

Task: 1

Description: Identify Community Needs, Problems or Issues
Student will label and describe 5 pictures depicting community needs, problems or issues. Pictures can be provided by agency or drawn or collected by student.

Content A (5 items, 5 points possible)
Student will label each picture.

Content B (5 items, 10 points possible)
Student will describe the problem in each picture in sentences, phrases, or words.

Points Possible:15Level:Beginning Low - Beginning High
Scoring Rubric Points
Content A
Picture is correctly and comprehensibly labeled. 1
Picture is incorrectly or incomprehensibly labeled or no picture. 0
Content B
Ideas expressed adequately in sentences, phrases, or words. Some ideas may not be well stated. May require some inference. 2
Ideas expressed minimally in sentences, phrases, or words but relation to the task is evident. May be unfocused or unclear. May require a substantial degree of inference. 1
Nothing written or content is incomprehensible or inappropriate. 0

Task: 2

Description: Identify Government Agencies
Given resources such as the internet, student will find a level-appropriate number of agencies (e.g. BL=3, BH-IL=4, IH-A=5) that can assist with community problems or issues. Student will complete a chart with level-appropriate information about the agencies such as location, phone number, hours, fees, availability of translators, description of services, reason(s) for calling the agency, etc.

Optimally, the chart will be created on a computer and sent to the assessor electronically.

Points Possible:14Level:Beginning Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content
90% of the items assigned to the Intermediate Low-Advanced level students are correct. 12
80% of the items assigned to the Intermediate Low-Advanced level students are correct. 10
70% of the items assigned to the Intermediate Low-Advanced level students are correct. 8
80% of the items assigned to the Beginning Low- Beginning High level students are correct. 6
70% of the items assigned to the Beginning Low- Beginning High level students are correct. 4
Less than 70% of the items assigned to the Beginning Low-Advanced level students are correct. 0
Legibility, Neatness, and Spelling
Neat and legible. Spelling errors do not interfere with meaning. 2
Not neat or legible or spelling errors interfere with meaning. 0

Task: 3

Description: Write a Complaint about a Community Problem or Issue
Student will complete an authentic writing task such as write an email or a letter to an appropriate official or agency, or an article for a newsletter or newspaper detailing a complaint about a community need, problem or issue. Student will use persuasive language to convince the reader to address the need, problem or issue and will include 3 elements such as:
1. a statement of the community problem/need/issue
2. an explanation of the need/issue/problem’s importance including 3 reasons why it should be addressed
3. a request for help and an explanation of how and/or why the agency should help


Optimally, the writing task will be created on a computer and sent to the assessor electronically.

Points Possible:25Level:Intermediate Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content
Addresses all parts of the task effectively. Ideas are well stated, clearly expressed, and supported with concrete, relevant detail. No inference is required. Written in well-organized paragraph(s). 18
Addresses all parts of the task adequately. Some ideas may not be well stated. Contains some relevant detail. May require minimal inference. Written in adequately-organized paragraph(s). 16
Addresses the task in a general way but may have gaps. Many ideas may not be well stated. May lack appropriate or sufficient detail or clear focus. May require some inference. May be written in loosely-organized paragraph(s). 14
Addresses the task minimally but relation to the task is evident. May be unfocused or unclear. Little or no supporting detail. May require a substantial degree of inference. May not be written in paragraph(s). 12
Nothing written or content is incomprehensible or inappropriate. 0
Grammar, Structure and Mechanics
Almost no errors in grammar, structure, spelling, capitalization, or punctuation. 5
Some errors in grammar, structure, spelling, capitalization, or punctuation that do not distract the reader. 4
Many errors in grammar, structure, spelling, capitalization, or punctuation that may require the reader to infer meaning. 3
Errors make the writing difficult to understand even with inference. 0
Format, Neatness and Legibility
Letter: Uses standard letter format including 4 items: an appropriate date, salutation, closing, and the writer’s signature. May also include sender’s and recipient’s addresses. Writing is neat and legible. —OR— Email: —Uses standard email format including 4 items: an appropriate subject, salutation, closing, writer's contact information such as name, address, email address and phone number.
OR
Article: Has a title, and uses appropriate indentations etc. Writing is neat and legible.
2
Letter: Uses letter format including 3 items such as a date, salutation, and the writer’s signature. Writing is legible but may not be neat. —OR— Email: —Uses standard email format including 3 items: an appropriate subject, salutation, and writer's contact information such as name, address, email address and phone number.
OR
Article: Uses appropriate indentations. May be legible but not neat.
1
Letter: Not in letter format, or writing is neither legible nor neat. —OR— Email: Not in standard email format.
OR
Article: Does not have a title, does not use appropriate indentations, etc., and/or writing is neither legible nor neat.
0

Rating Scale/Passing Scores

Total Points Possible: 39
Advanced: 35
Intermediate High: 31
Intermediate Low: 27
Beginning High: 17
Beginning Low: 12
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