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#:	16	Program Year:	2025-2026
Civic Objective:	Follow appropriate procedures and access community-assistance agencies available in the case of an emergency or disaster.
TOPSpro Form #:	160C	AAP #:	16
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.
1	*Identify what constitutes an emergency or disaster, listing examples.
2	Read selections describing past or possible future emergencies. Discuss how people responded/will respond and the role of assistance agencies.
4	Use the Internet, phone book, library, etc. to locate assistance agencies available in the community.
7	*Describe, either orally or in writing, the appropriate steps to take in response to specific types of emergencies.
8	*Sequence pictures depicting the appropriate steps to take in different emergencies.

Additional Assessment Plan Tasks

Task: 1

Description:	Students state five types of disasters/emergencies in an oral interview with the assessor. The assessor will choose the picture of the emergency at random from a group of 10 or more that have been studied. The student will look at the picture and name the emergency.
Points Possible:	10	Level:	Beginning Low - Advanced

Scoring Rubric	Points
Content and Language
Disaster/emergency is stated correctly, completely and clearly.	2
Disaster/emergency is stated correctly, but may not be clear or complete. Inference may be required to understand.	1
Disaster/emergency is incorrect, not stated or is unintelligible.	0

Task: 2

Description:	Students tell the assessor the appropriate set of steps in response to each of the 5 disasters/emergencies selected in task 1. BL students will use pictures to tell the appropriate steps for 2 of the emergencies selected in task 1.
Points Possible:	20	Level:	Beginning Low - Advanced

Scoring Rubric	Points
Content
Steps are complete, correct, clearly stated and are in the correct order.	4
Steps are complete, correct, and clearly stated but 1 step may be out of order.	3
Steps are on topic but may not be complete or entirely clear. Inference may be required to understand students' meaning.	2
Steps are missing, or unclear.	0

Task: 3

Description:	Content Student will write a letter to the editor or advice column that tells about an emergency or disaster that they experienced either in their country or the United States. The letter will include 3 aspects such as: 1. Statement describing and explaining the emergency/disaster. 2. Describe the response to the emergency/disaster by the student, and by others involved in the emergency/disaster. 3. Describe what could be done to prepare for a similar emergency/disaster in the future. Letter will include date, opening, closing and signature. Students may be given the first line of the letter such as, "Since it is Disaster Preparedness Month, I would like to share my experience with everyone.”
Points Possible:	30	Level:	Intermediate Low - Advanced

Scoring Rubric	Points
Content
Letter is well organized and clearly explains the 3 aspects of the emergency/disaster .	22
Letter is adequately organized; the 3 aspects of the emergency/disaster are explained, but one of them may be only partially explained and may lack clarity.	20
Letter is loosely organized and addresses two aspects of the emergency/disaster (ie. description and responses but not preparation for the future) but one of them may be partially explained and may lack clarity.	18
No letter or letter is incomprehensible	0
Format
Letter contains all 4 elements: date, appropriate opening, closing, and signature	2
Letter contains 3 of the required elements	1
Letter contains 2 or fewer of the required elements	0
Language
There are no more than 4 errors in grammar, sentence structure, spelling and/or punctuation.	6
There are no more than 6 errors in grammar, sentence structure, spelling and/or punctuation.	4
There are no more than 8 errors in grammar, sentence structure, spelling and/or punctuation.	2
There are more than 8 errors in grammar, sentence structure, spelling and/or punctuation.	0

Rating Scale/Passing Scores

Total Points Possible:	60
Advanced:	54
Intermediate High:	48
Intermediate Low:	25
Beginning High:	13
Beginning Low:	7