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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#: 20 Program Year: 2025-2026
Civic Objective: Access and evaluate extracurricular community resources and activities for children and adults.
TOPSpro Form #: 207C AAP #: 20.7
Assessment Type: Written, Role Play

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.
2 *Identify and/or access various extra-curricular resources and activities throughout the community.
3 Write questions to ask an agency official about extra-curricular activities offered by the agency.
4 Contact an agency official to ask questions about extra-curricular activities, or invite a speaker, etc.
7 *Access online library services e.g. digital books or recreational activities.
8 *Complete registration forms for extra-curricular activities.

Additional Assessment Plan Tasks

Task: 1

Description: Locate Recreational Activities for Children and Adults
Given Internet webpage(s), brochure(s), catalogue(s) or other resources and up to 5 scenarios (BL=1, BH=2, IL=3, IH-A=5) of families looking for recreational resources and activities, student will select an appropriate activity for the needs expressed in each scenario.

Sample Scenario for BL-BH: Tanya is 7 years old. She can’t swim. Which class is good for her? Write the class number, time, cost and dates of a class for Tanya.

Sample Scenario for IL-A: The Jones family is looking for swimming lessons for their daughter Tanya who is 7 and has never had swimming lessons before. The family will be away on vacation from 6/23-7/14 but will be home for the rest of the summer. Which class would be good for Tanya? Write the class number, time, cost, and beginning and ending dates of a class for Tanya.

Points Possible:15Level:Beginning Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content
Answer is appropriate, clear, complete, and has correct content. There may be errors, but they do not interfere with meaning. 3
Answer is appropriate and has correct content. It may be partially complete. There may be errors that interfere with meaning, but the statement can be understood with inference. 2
Answer is inappropriate, incomprehensible, or incorrect, or there is no statement. 0

Task: 2

Description: Inquire About Recreational Activities
Content A (10 items, 20 points possible)
Given a level-appropriate scenario of a family looking for a recreational activity, student will participate in an interaction (either face to face or on the telephone) with assessor in the role of recreational agency personnel. Student will ask questions about registering for activities for the family member in the scenario. Student will communicate up to 10 level-appropriate utterances (BL=4, BH=6, IL=8, IH-A=10).

For example:
Greet and introduce self
Give reason for call or visit
Give information as requested such as age of child
Give dates and times needed
Ask about equipment required
Ask about supervision
Ask about cost
Ask how to register
Ask when the office is open
Close conversation

Content B (3 items, 6 points possible)
Student will use clarification techniques as needed in order to comprehend the assessor's answers. Student (IL-A) will take notes on the assessor’s answers if necessary. Student (BL-BH) may take notes or use an assessor pre-prepared aid such as a checklist, if necessary. After the role-play, the assessor will check the student’s comprehension of the information acquired by asking up to 3 comprehension questions (BL=1, BH-IL=2, IH-A=3) that students will answer orally.

Points Possible:26Level:Beginning Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content A
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
Content B
Utterance has correct content. 2
Utterance is incorrect or there is no answer. 0

Rating Scale/Passing Scores

Total Points Possible: 41
Advanced: 36
Intermediate High: 32
Intermediate Low: 20
Beginning High: 14
Beginning Low: 9
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