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#:	43	Program Year:	2025-2026
Civic Objective:	Identify environmental problems, access environmental organizations and government agencies and recognize appropriate steps for resolution of the problems.
TOPSpro Form #:	433C	AAP #:	43.3
Assessment Type:	Oral, 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.
2	*Identify and describe environmental problems.
3	*Identify community organizations concerned with environmental issues (e.g., local recycling, etc.).
8	*Identify actions people can take to alleviate environmental problems (e.g., recycle; use less gas, less water, electricity; etc.).

Additional Assessment Plan Tasks

Task: 1

Description:	Identify and Sort Recyclables and Non-recyclables Given up to 10 refuse items or pictures of refuse items (BL-BH=6, IL-A=10), student will sort them according to city recycling and disposal standards and place them into categories such as: 1) recyclable organic waste, 2) recyclable paper, 3) recyclable plastics, glass, and aluminum, 4) non-recyclable waste, 5) hazardous waste.
Points Possible:	10	Level:	Beginning Low - Advanced

Scoring Rubric	Points
Content
Item is correctly sorted	1
Item is incorrectly sorted	0

Task: 2

Description:	Locate Community Agencies Responsible for Recycling and Disposal Given level-appropriate information on up to 5 different local recycling and disposal agencies (BL-BH=3, IL=4, IH-A=5), student will complete a chart that includes level-appropriate information such as days/hours of operation, address, phone, description of services, cost of service, and transportation/directions. Information given to students will be in the form of websites (optimal), brochures, flyers or simplified resources (BL only) and will include information about services. Optimally, the chart will be created on a computer and sent to the assessor electronically.
Points Possible:	15	Level:	Beginning Low - Advanced

Scoring Rubric	Points
90% of the items assigned to the Intermediate Low-Advanced level students are correct.	13
80% of the items assigned to the Intermediate Low-Advanced level students are correct.	11
70% of the items assigned to the Intermediate Low-Advanced level students are correct.	9
80% of the items assigned to the Beginning Low- Beginning High level students are correct.	7
70% of the items assigned to the Beginning Low- Beginning High level students are correct.	5
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:	Inform Others about Recycling and Responsible Disposal Student will respond, orally or in writing, to a set of consumer recycling and disposal problems based on the rules and services in Tasks 1 and 2. In response to specific, level-appropriate, multi-part consumer questions (BL-BH=2, IL=4, IH-A=5), student will identify issues/problems and recommend solutions. Examples of questions include: • Can we recycle…? How do you know? • How should we dispose of…? Why? • Are there a more ecological options for buying…? What are they?
Points Possible:	15	Level:	Beginning Low - Advanced

Scoring Rubric	Points
Content
Utterance is appropriate, clear, complete, and has correct content. There may be errors, but they do not interfere with meaning.	3
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.	2
Utterance is appropriate and correct but answers only one part of the question using a yes or no answer.	1
Utterance is inappropriate, incomprehensible or incorrect or there is no utterance.	0

Rating Scale/Passing Scores

Total Points Possible:	40
Advanced:	36
Intermediate High:	32
Intermediate Low:	23
Beginning High:	15
Beginning Low:	10