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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#: 21 Program Year: 2025-2026
Civic Objective: Recognize the importance of good parenting skills that help children at different levels of development and access resources available in the community to help parents.
TOPSpro Form #: 210C AAP #: 21
Assessment Type: Oral, Written, Role Play

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.
2 *Read about parenting issues.
4 *Identify services and information on parenting.
5 Compile a list of community resources, classes, and services to assist parents.
7 *Identify the stages of child development.
8 Read about and discuss the stages of child development.

Additional Assessment Plan Tasks

Task: 1

Description: Ask Questions about Parenting or Family Literacy Services

Content A:

Student will participate in a level-appropriate role-play with an examiner who will take the role of someone working at a community agency. The student will request information, for example, about services available at the library and how to get a library card. Students will produce up to 11 utterances (BL=7, BH=8,IL=9,IH-A=11), such as greeting, closing, and up to 9 questions (BL=5,BH=6,IL=7,IH-A=9).

Content B (3 Items, 6 Points Possible)
Student will use clarification techniques as needed in order to comprehend the examiner's answers. Student (IL-A) will take notes on the examiner’s answers if necessary. Student (BL-BH) may take notes or use an examiner pre-prepared aid such as a checklist, if necessary. After the role-play, the examiner will check the student’s comprehension of the information acquired. This can be in done in a variety of ways such as: by asking up to 3 comprehension questions (BL=1, BH-IL=2, IH-A=3) which student will answer orally or in writing.

Points Possible:28Level:Beginning Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content A
Utterance is appropriate, clear, complete and has correct content. There may be errors, but they do not interfere with meaning. 2
Utterance is appropriate and has correct content. It may be partially complete. There may be errors that interfere with meaning, but the utterance can be understood with inference. 1
Utterance is inappropriate, incomprehensible, or there is no utterance 0
Content B
Utterance has correct content 2
Utterance is incorrect or there is no answer 0

Task: 2

Description: Identify Parenting Resources

Given level-appropriate resources, student will complete a chart showing a level-appropriate number of services for parents and children. Chart will contain level-appropriate items such as name of business, phone number, hours. For levels IL and above, the chart will also contain one reason why each service would be helpful.

Points Possible:14Level:Beginning Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content
90% of the items assigned to the Intermediate High-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 Intemediate Low-Advanced level students are correct. 8
80% of 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

Rating Scale/Passing Scores

Total Points Possible: 42
Advanced: 37
Intermediate High: 33
Intermediate Low: 25
Beginning High: 18
Beginning Low: 14
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