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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#: 23 Program Year: 2025-2026
Civic Objective: Access and use community service and government agency information.
TOPSpro Form #: 235C AAP #: 23.5
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.
3 *Access and use the internet to obtain community service and/or government agency information.
5 *Use library services to obtain community service information.
9 *Identify problems in the local community and/or agencies that might address those problems.

Additional Assessment Plan Tasks

Task: 1

Description: Match a Problem Situation with a Resource

Content A: (10 items, 10 points possible)
Given descriptions (IL-A) or pictures (BL-BH) of up to 10 problem situations (BL=5, BH=7, IL=8, IH-A=10), student will, using a list of agencies and their services, choose and write the name of 1 agency or service to contact to get help for each situation.
Sample situations:
1. Family crisis: a single mother is concerned that her teen-aged son may be using drugs.
2. Local extracurricular activities: an elementary school child wants to participate in the local summer softball or baseball league.

Content B: (IL-A, 6 items, 12 points possible)
Student will select 6 of the items in Content A and write an explanation of how the agency will be able to help the people in the situation.

Points Possible:22Level:Beginning Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content A
Response is correct and comprehensible. 1
Response is incorrect or incomprehensible, or there is no response. 0
Content B
Explanation is appropriate, clear, complete, and has correct content. There may be errors, but they do not interfere with meaning. 2
Explanation is appropriate and has correct content. It may be partially complete. There may be errors that interfere with meaning, but the explanation can be understood with inference. 1
Explanation is inappropriate, incomprehensible, or incorrect, or there is no explanation. 0

Task: 2

Description: Create a Community Resource Booklet
Using level-appropriate resources such as the library, internet, etc., student will create a booklet of community resource organizations based on student's personal and family needs. Student will list up to 8 community agencies or organizations (BL-BH=6, IL-A=8) in the booklet and write up to 6 required pieces of information (BL-BH=4, IL-A=6), for example: type of service offered, fees, eligibility requirements, address, telephone number, contact person, etc. Booklet must include a table of contents and page numbers (BL-A).

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

Points Possible:42Level:Beginning Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content
For each organization listed that contains 6 correct required pieces of information. 5
For each organization listed that contains 5 correct required pieces of information. 4
For each organization listed that contains 4 correct required pieces of information. 3
For each organization listed that contains 3 correct required pieces of information. 2
For each organization listed that contains 2 correct required pieces of information. 1
Less than 2 correct required pieces of information. 0
Legibility, Neatness, and Spelling
Booklet contains a table of contents, page numbers, and is neat, legible, and well-constructed. Spelling errors do not interfere with meaning. 2
Booklet is missing table of contents or page numbers but is neat, legible, and well-constructed. Spelling errors do not interfere with meaning. 1
Booklet does not have a table of contents and/or page numbers and/or is not neat, legible, or well-constructed. Spelling errors interfere with meaning. 0

Rating Scale/Passing Scores

Total Points Possible: 64
Advanced: 57
Intermediate High: 51
Intermediate Low: 44
Beginning High: 20
Beginning Low: 16
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