CASAS ELC AAP - AAP Detail

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#:	32	Program Year:	2025-2026
Civic Objective:	Identify, analyze and describe job requirements, licenses, credentials, etc. needed for specific jobs and identify resources available to help access the information.
TOPSpro Form #:	326C	AAP #:	32.6
Assessment Type:	Written
Level Range
From:	Intermediate Low	To:	Advanced

Language and Literacy Objectives

Language and literacy objectives with an asterisk (*) are suitable for beginning low level students.
3	Identify job requirements and licensing agencies for specific jobs.
6	Summarize and compare information gathered about job requirements.
7	Make an oral presentation or write an article or letter explaining the requirements of one occupation of interest to the student.
9	Research educational and job opportunities and resources using the internet or other resources.

Additional Assessment Plan Tasks

Task: 1

Description:	Find Information to Compare Occupations After researching a level-appropriate number of occupations of interest to the student (optimally on the internet), student will complete a chart comparing level-appropriate categories of information assigned by the assessor such as: • Job description • Job requirements (such as education, license, internship and/or prior experiences, etc.) • Additional employment related information (e.g., skills needed, salary, benefits, current job outlook, future trend, specific local agencies/resources to gain more information, etc.) Optimally, the chart will be created on a computer and sent to the assessor electronically.
Points Possible:	14	Level:	Intermediate Low - Advanced

Scoring Rubric	Points
Content
90% correct	12
80% correct	10
70% correct	8
60% correct	6
50% correct	4
less than 50% 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: 2

Description:	Write an Article About an Occupation Student will choose an occupation from the occupations that student researched to complete the chart in Task 1 and complete an authentic writing task such as an article for a school newspaper, or an email or a letter to a vocational school or college, explaining why student is interested in the occupation. The article will include 4 topics such as: • Job description • Job requirements (such as education, license, internship and/or prior experiences, etc.) • Additional employment related information (e.g. skills needed, salary, benefits, current job outlook, future trend, specific local agencies/resources to gain more information, etc.) • Why student thinks this job is better for the student than the other jobs student compared it to. Optimally, the writing task will be created on a computer and sent to the assessor electronically.
Points Possible:	20	Level:	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 a well-organized paragraph(s).	14
Addresses all parts of the task adequately. Some ideas may not be well stated. Contains some relevant detail. May require minimal inference. Written in an adequately-organized paragraph(s).	12
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 a loosely-organized paragraph(s).	10
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 a paragraph(s).	8
Nothing written or content is incomprehensible or inappropriate.	0
Grammar, Structure and Mechanics
Almost no errors in grammar, structure, spelling, capitalization, or punctuation.	4
Some errors in grammar, structure, spelling, capitalization, or punctuation that do not distract the reader.	3
Many errors in grammar, structure, spelling, capitalization, or punctuation that may require the reader to infer meaning.	2
Errors make the writing difficult to understand even with inference.	0
Format, Neatness and Legibility
Letter: Uses standard letter format including a date, salutation, a 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 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:	34
Advanced:	30
Intermediate High:	26
Intermediate Low:	20
Beginning High:
Beginning Low: