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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#: 3 Program Year: 2025-2026
Civic Objective: Develop a business plan for a small business in order to participate in the economic growth of the community. (This objective has only 2 AAPs.)
TOPSpro Form #: 032C AAP #: 3.2
Assessment Type: Portfolio

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 Chart the weekly production and selling cycles for a small business.
2 Determine personal, financial, and business goals.
3 Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different suppliers.
4 Research and/or explain how various factors determine the price of supplies.
5 Utilize value added techniques for different goals and services.
6 Determine strategies to increase profit in a business and allocate profit back into the business.
7 Listen to a speaker and/or participate in a discussion about running a small business by asking questions and taking notes on the information provided.

Additional Assessment Plan Tasks

Task: 1

Description: List Goals Toward Starting a Small Business
After reading, researching, and discussing information about small businesses on the internet or from other sources, student will list up to 9 achievable goals and/or strategies (IL=6, IH-A=9) toward starting a small business: 3 personal, 3 financial, and 3 business goals.

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

Points Possible:9Level:Intermediate Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content
Goal is appropriate and comprehensible. Errors do not interfere with meaning. 1
Goal is not clearly stated, inappropriate, or incomprehensible, or there is no goal. 0

Task: 2

Description: Create a Timeline for the Goals Toward Starting a Small Business
Student will create a timeline showing when and how each of the up to 9 goals listed in Task 1 will be met.
For example:
June 2008 - Goal - Obtain an AA in Business
How : enter community college by Jan 2006 and study full time for 2 years.

Points Possible:18Level:Intermediate Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content
Timeline item adequately and realistically indicates when the goal will be met and provides an appropriate plan for meeting it. 2
Timeline item adequately and realistically indicates when the goal will be met but does not explain how it will be met —OR— timeline presents an appropriate plan for meeting the goal but the timeline provides an unrealistic time for meeting it. 1
Timeline item or plan listed is unrealistic or inappropriate or there is no timeline item or no plan for meeting it. 0

Task: 3

Description: Write Questions for a Speaker (5 items, 10 points possible)
After reading, researching, and discussing information about the type of small business the speaker will talk about, student will write up to 5 questions (IL=4, IH-A=5) to ask of a speaker who has successfully run a small business.

Points Possible:10Level:Intermediate Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content
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/answer can be understood with inference. 1
Question is inappropriate, incomprehensible, or incorrect, or there is no question. 0

Task: 4

Description: Write an Article about a Speaker’s Talk
Student will complete an authentic writing task, such as an article for a student newsletter, a school newspaper or bulletin board, reporting on the guest speaker’s talk (in task 3).
Article will include 3 items such as:
1. a description of the speaker’s business
2. an analysis of why the speaker’s business is successful based on factors described by the speaker and/or the reading, research and discussion participated in by the student
3. a description of what the speaker said that the student will apply to student’s small business

Optimally, the writing task will be created on a computer and sent to the assessor electronically.

Points Possible:20Level:Intermediate Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content
Addresses all parts of the task effectively. Ideas are well stated, clearly expressed, and supported with concrete, relevant detail. No inference is required. Written in well-organized paragraph(s). 14
Addresses all parts of the task adequately. Some ideas may not be well stated. Contains some relevant detail. May require minimal inference. Written in adequately-organized paragraph(s). 12
Addresses the task in a general way but may have gaps. Many ideas may not be well stated. May lack appropriate or sufficient detail or clear focus. May require some inference. May be written in loosely-organized paragraph(s). 10
Addresses the task minimally but relation to the task is evident. May be unfocused or unclear. Little or no supporting detail. May require a substantial degree of inference. May not be written in paragraph(s). 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
Format, Neatness and Legibility
Has a title and uses appropriate indentations, etc. Writing is neat and legible. 2
Uses appropriate indentations. May be legible but not neat. 1
Does not have a title, does not use appropriate indentations, etc., and/or writing is neither legible nor neat. 0

Task: 5

Description: Select Work Sample
Student will choose a sample of student’s classroom work to include in the portfolio and provide a brief written explanation giving the reason for choosing this sample.

Points Possible:2Level:Intermediate Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content
Classroom work sample included and explained. 2
Classroom work sample not included and/or not explained. 1

Task: 6

Description: Reflect on Learning
Student will answer 3 questions (or complete a checklist, survey, or questionnaire) reflecting on student's increased ability to develop a business plan for a small business.

Points Possible:2Level:Intermediate Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content
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: 61
Advanced: 54
Intermediate High: 48
Intermediate Low: 37
Beginning High:
Beginning Low:
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