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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#: 33 Program Year: 2025-2026
Civic Objective: Identify and access employment and training resources needed to obtain and keep a job.
TOPSpro Form #: 336C AAP #: 33.6
Assessment Type: Portfolio

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 Identify local employment opportunities and the skills, training, and education required for them.
3 Access employment and training information by using community resources (e.g. library, school catalogs and/or the internet, etc.).
4 Analyze and evaluate descriptions of job duties, wages, and benefits.
6 *Complete a job application.
7 Create a resume.
9 *Read job ads and announcements for specific information.
10 *Identify job titles, responsibilities, and places of employment, and wages associated with jobs.
12 *Name employment possibilities in the community.
16 Identify personal strengths, weaknesses, skills and past work experience.

Additional Assessment Plan Tasks

Task: 1

Description: Complete Initial Job Preparation
Content A (6 items, 6 points possible)
Using resources such as the internet student will find a up to 6 job listings (BL=3, BH=4, IL=5, IH-A=6) related to student's field of interest and submit them to the assessor.

Content B (4 items, 8 points possible)
Based on the job listings above, student (IL-A) will create a list of 4 questions that are appropriate to ask on a call about the job or at the job interview.

Points Possible:14Level:Beginning Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content A
Each job listing related to the student's field of interest. 1
No job listing or job listing not related to student's field of interest. 0
Content B
Question is appropriate, clear, complete, and has correct content. There may be errors, but they do not interfere with meaning. 2
Question is appropriate and has correct content. It may be partially complete. There may be errors that interfere with meaning., but the question can be understood with inference. 1
Question is inappropriate, incomprehensible, or incorrect, or there is no question. 0

Task: 2

Description: Complete a Job Application
Using a level-appropriate agency-created employment history, student (IL-A) will fill out an authentic job application (optimally electronic). Student (BL–BH) will fill out an authentic job application with a reduced number of sections that student needs to complete. This can be accomplished in a variety of ways such as: (1) giving BL-BH the complete form given to IL-A students and highlighting the sections BL-BH students need to fill out or (2) giving BL-BH a reduced form which includes only those sections of the authentic application (given to IL-A students) that are assigned to BL-BH students.

Optimally, the application will be completed on a computer and sent to the assessor electronically.

Points Possible:20Level:Beginning Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content
90% of the items assigned to the Intermediate Low-Advanced level students are correct. 18
80% of the items assigned to the Intermediate Low-Advanced level students are correct. 16
70% of the items assigned to the Intermediate Low-Advanced level students are correct. 14
80% of the items assigned to the Beginning Low- Beginning High level students are correct. 12
70% of the items assigned to the Beginning Low- Beginning High level students are correct. 10
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: Create a Resume
Using an agency-created personal, educational, and employment history, student will create a resume (optionally following a template) which will contain items such as personal information including job goal, personal skills, work experience, past employers, job descriptions and dates of employment, references, etc. Optimally, the resume will be created on a computer and sent to the assessor electronically.

Points Possible:20Level:Intermediate High - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content
Addresses all parts of the task effectively. Items are well stated and clearly expressed. No inference is required. 14
Addresses all parts of the task adequately. Some items may not be well stated. May require minimal inference. 12
Addresses some parts of the task adequately. Many items may not be well stated. May require some inference. 10
Addresses the task minimally. May be unclear. May require a substantial degree of inference. 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
Legibility, Neatness, and Spelling
Correct format, neat, legible. Spelling errors do not interfere with meaning. 2
Incorrect format, not neat or legible, or spelling errors interfere with meaning. 0

Task: 4

Description: Select Work Sample
Student will choose a sample of student's classroom work to include in the portfolio and provide a brief explanation giving the reason for choosing this sample. If the explanation is given orally, assessor will provide a summary or a checklist for inclusion in the portfolio.

Points Possible:2Level:Beginning Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Work sample included and explained. 2
Work sample not included and/or not explained. 0

Task: 5

Description: Reflect on Learning
Student will answer 3 questions (or a survey, checklist, or questionnaire) reflecting on student’s increased ability to apply for jobs based on what student has learned. (Three simple questions requiring short answers for BL-BH and more complex questions requiring longer responses for IL-A.)

Points Possible:2Level:Beginning Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Responses are appropriate, clear, and complete. There may be errors, but they do not interfere with meaning. 2
Responses are appropriate. They may lack clarity or may be partially complete. There may be errors that interfere with meaning, but the responses can be understood with inference. 1
Responses are inappropriate, incomprehensible, or there are no responses. 0

Rating Scale/Passing Scores

Total Points Possible: 58
Advanced: 50
Intermediate High: 44
Intermediate Low: 26
Beginning High: 17
Beginning Low: 13
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