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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#: 19 Program Year: 2025-2026
Civic Objective: Access local and state agencies that specialize in immigrant rights and orientation to the new culture.
TOPSpro Form #: 190C AAP #: 19
Assessment Type: Oral, Written

Level Range

From: Intermediate Low To: Advanced

Language and Literacy Objectives

Language and literacy objectives with an asterisk (*) are suitable for beginning low level students.
1 *Name and distinguish the differences among immigrant status categories.
2 *Read and interpret adapted texts of the U.S. Bill of Rights and Amendments.
3 *Read and interpret adapted texts of immigrant and naturalized citizens’ rights and responsibilities.
5 *Identify/list local agencies that specialize in immigrant services, their locations, fees, and hours.
7 *Identify potential areas of cultural coniflict related to immigrants rights and responsibilities (e.g., littering, offering bribes to police, etc.).

Additional Assessment Plan Tasks

Task: 1

Description: Oral Interview:
Content A (IL-A): The student will be presented with two scenarios via pictures depicting immigration-related issues or problems and will respond to four questions from the examiner about each scenario
Questions may include:
• What is happening in this situation?
• What should the person do/say?
• Which right or responsibility protects the person in this situation?
• Does the person have to ___________ (open the door, answer the question, etc.)
• Does the person have the right to______ (lie, remain silent, etc.)

Content B: The student will be presented with a list of local agencies and services offered related to immigrants’ needs and will respond to two questions linking the needs presented in the scenario to agency services.
• Which agency can assist the person in this scenario?
• Name one service this agency offers that matches the person’s needs.

Points Possible:24Level:Intermediate Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content and Language
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

Task: 2

Description: Written Chart; The student will be presented with 3 scenarios via pictures and/or narrative and will create a chart to match agencies and agency information to the immigration related needs depicted in the scenarios. Students will refer to agency information collected from resources such as class presentations, the Internet, the phone book, agency publications, etc. The chart will include
1. Name of agency
2. Services offered
3. Contact information (telephone number, website, person to contact)
4. Procedures to make an appointment

Points Possible:14Level:Intermediate Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content
90% correct 12
80% correct 10
70% correct 8
60% correct 6
50% correct 4
Less than 50% 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

Rating Scale/Passing Scores

Total Points Possible: 38
Advanced: 33
Intermediate High: 29
Intermediate Low: 25
Beginning High: 0
Beginning Low: 0
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