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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#: 33 Program Year: 2025-2026
Civic Objective: Identify and access employment and training resources needed to obtain and keep a job.
TOPSpro Form #: 337C AAP #: 33.7
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.
4 Analyze and evaluate descriptions of job duties, wages, and benefits.
6 *Complete a job application.
8 *Demonstrate successful job interview techniques.
10 *Identify job titles, responsibilities, and places of employment, and wages associated with jobs.
16 Identify personal strengths, weaknesses, skills and past work experience.

Additional Assessment Plan Tasks

Task: 1

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:25Level:Beginning Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content
90% of the items assigned to the Intermediate Low-Advanced level students are correct. 21
80% of the items assigned to the Intermediate Low-Advanced level students are correct. 18
70% of the items assigned to the Intermediate Low-Advanced level students are correct. 15
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. 9
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. 4
Not neat or legible, or spelling errors interfere with meaning. 0

Task: 2

Description: Role Play a Job Interview
In a simulated job interview, student will play the role of the applicant; assessor will play the role of the employer.

Basic Interview Questions: (up to 6 items, up to 12 points)
BL-A student will answer up to 6 basic questions asked on a job interview (BL=4, BH=5, IL-A=6).

Sample questions:
• Are you working now? Where?
• What are your skills?

Advanced Interview Questions: (up to 3 questions, up to 6 points possible)
IL-A student will answer up to 3 more involved job interview questions (IL=1, IH=2, A=3) regarding skills, ambitions, qualifications, and work history.
Sample questions:
• Tell me about your experience as a nanny.
• Give me 2 reasons why I should hire you for this job.

Applicant Question (1 item, 2 points possible)
In addition, IL-A student will ask 1 question about the job.

Body Language (3 items, 3 points possible)
All students will be rated on 3 proper body language characteristics such as eye contact, posture, no fidgeting, firm handshake as appropriate, etc.

Preparedness (up to 2 items, 2 points possible)
All students will be rated on up to 2 preparedness items e.g. brought resume/application and additional personal information such as awards, references, personal strengths (BL-BH=1, IL-A=2).

Points Possible:25Level: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. 2
Utterance is appropriate and has correct content. It may be partially complete. There may be errors which interfere with meaning but the utterance can be understood with inference. 1
Utterance is inappropriate, incomprehensible or incorrect or there is no utterance. 0
Body Language
Each appropriate body-language characteristic demonstrated. 1
Each appropriate body-language characteristic not demonstrated. 0
Preparedness
Each appropriate preparedness item presented. 1
Each preparedness item not presented or not appropriate or not legible. 0

Rating Scale/Passing Scores

Total Points Possible: 50
Advanced: 45
Intermediate High: 40
Intermediate Low: 35
Beginning High: 25
Beginning Low: 20
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