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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#: 16 Program Year: 2025-2026
Civic Objective: Access community agencies that assist during an emergency or disaster.
TOPSpro Form #: 165C AAP #: 16.5
Assessment Type: Oral

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.
1 *Identify what constitutes an emergency or disaster, listing examples.
7 *Identify and/or describe how to respond to an emergency including the appropriate steps to take.
9 *Use appropriate language to contact local community emergency services: fire department, police department, hospital, etc.

Additional Assessment Plan Tasks

Task: 1

Description: Identify Emergencies
Assessor presents 5 situations requiring either emergency services or community-assistance agency services. Student will indicate orally or in writing the proper response to each situation. Example: Student (IL-A) will respond to a picture prompt by naming or listing an agency or service to contact. Student (BL-BH) will respond orally by only indicating either 911 or other service agency.

Points Possible:5Level:Beginning Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content
Response is correct and comprehensible. 1
Response is incorrect or inappropriate 0

Task: 2

Description: Prepare to Respond to an Emergency

Content A (BL-BH: 12 points possible)
In response to 2 specific emergency situations, student will appropriately sequence 3 pictures of the steps to take in case of each emergency and describe in words or phrases the appropriate steps depicted.

Content B (IL-A; 18 points possible)
In response to 3 specific emergency situations, student will describe to assessor or write the appropriate steps (and appropriate sequence, if applicable) to take in response to each emergency.

Points Possible:18Level:Beginning Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content A
Picture is appropriately sequenced and correctly described. 2
Picture is appropriately sequenced or correctly described 1
Picture is incorrectly sequenced and incorrectly described. 0
Content B
Response is appropriate, clear, complete, and has correct content. There may be errors, but they do not interfere with meaning. 6
Response 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. 4
Response is inappropriate, incomprehensible or incorrect or there is no utterance. 0

Task: 3

Description: Act in an Emergency Situation
Student will play the role of the requester of services in response to one of the 911 (BL - BH) or community-assistance (IL - A) situations introduced in Task 1 or 2. Student will initiate the simulated telephone conversation and provide responses to up to 7 level-appropriate questions (BL=4, BH=5, IL=6, IH-A=7) asked by the assessor in the role of an emergency services or community-assistance responder.

Sample Questions:
What is the problem?
What is your name?
What is your telephone number?
What is your address?
What are the nearest cross streets?
How many cars are involved?
Is anyone injured?

Points Possible:14Level: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 that interfere with meaning, but the utterance can be understood with inference. 1
Utterance is inappropriate, incomprehensible or incorrect or there is no utterance. 0

Rating Scale/Passing Scores

Total Points Possible: 37
Advanced: 33
Intermediate High: 29
Intermediate Low: 24
Beginning High: 20
Beginning Low: 15
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