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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#: 53 Program Year: 2025-2026
Civic Objective: Research, identify and utilize the skills necessary to navigate educational, workplace and community environments, access opportunities and/or assert rights.
TOPSpro Form #: 531C AAP #: 53.1
Assessment Type: Written, Role Play

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 Identify, research and/or analyze attitudes, values, beliefs, symbols, behaviors, or stereotypes that may affect educational, workplace and community environments.
8 Make a complaint about the violation of one’s rights.
9 Complete an incident report.

Additional Assessment Plan Tasks

Task: 1

Description: Identifying Educational, Workplace and Community Discrimination
Given level-appropriate examples of discrimination in the workplace, educational institution and/or community, student will:

1. identify the level-appropriate number of examples (IL=3;IH-A=5) of discrimination with the appropriate type of discrimination such as: race, color, or national origin; religion; gender/gender identity; age; disability or genetic information (2 points each), and
2. underline key words/phrases in the provided examples that identify the type of discrimination (1 point each).

Points Possible:16Level:Intermediate Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content
90% of the items assigned to the Intermediate High-Advanced level students are correct 16
80% of the items assigned to the Intermediate High-Advanced students are correct 14
80% of the items assigned to the Intermediate Low level students are correct. 12
70% of the items assigned to the Intermediate Low level students are correct. 10
Less than 80% for IH-A OR less than 70% for IL are correct. 0

Task: 2

Description: Communicating a Discrimination Complaint Orally (10 items, 2 points each)
Student will play the role of a student, employee or community member making a complaint of discrimination. The assessor will play the role of a Human Resources staff member or other personnel. Student will state up to 10 items (IL = 1-7 and 10; IH-A 1-10) such as:

1. A greeting and self-introduction
2. A reason for the complaint
3. The location of the act of discrimination
4. The date the act occurred
5. The time it occurred
6. The details of the act
7. The person(s) involved
8. What is hoped to happen as a result of making the complaint
9. Ask 1 clarifying question
10. Appropriately close the conversation

Points Possible:20Level:Intermediate Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content
Complaint is appropriate, clear and has correct content. All 10 items are addressed. Ideas are well stated, clearly expressed, well-organized and supported with concrete, relevant detail. No inference is required. There may be errors, but they do not interfere with meaning. 20
Complaint is appropriate, clear and has correct content. At least 9 items are addressed. Some ideas may not be well stated. Contains some relevant detail and is adequately organized. May require minimal inference. There may be errors, but they do not interfere with meaning. 18
Complaint is appropriate, clear and has correct content. At least 8 items are addressed. Some ideas may not be well stated. Contains some relevant detail and is adequately organized. May require minimal inference. There may be errors, but they do not interfere with meaning. 16
Complaint is appropriate and has correct content, but may lack clarity. At least 7 items are addressed. Many ideas may not be well stated. May lack appropriate or sufficient detail or clear focus. May require some inference. There may be errors, but they do not interfere with meaning. 14
Complaint has correct content, but lacks clarity. At least 6 items are addressed. May be unfocused with little or no supporting detail. May require a substantial degree of inference. There may be errors that do interfere with meaning, but the response can be understood with inference. 12
Complaint has incorrect content, fewer than 6 items are addressed or errors interfere with meaning and cannot be understood with inference. 0

Task: 3

Description: Complete a Written Discrimination Complaint
Given an agency-created description of an incident of discrimination, student (IH-A) will fill out all required information in an agency-created digital incident report of discrimination (e.g. gender or racial discrimination). The required information includes:

A: 4 introductory items such as:

1. Nature of the report
2. Date of the incident
3. Location of the incident
4. How to receive follow up and

B: A narrative description of the incident composed one paragraph of at least 4 sentences which include at least 4 facts about the incident and

C: one outcome expected as a result of filing the report/complaint.

Points Possible:20Level:Intermediate High - 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 a well-organized paragraph of at least 4 sentences and 4 facts. Includes one outcome expected as a result of filing the report/complaint. 16
Addresses all parts of the task adequately. Some ideas may not be well stated. Contains some relevant detail. May require minimal inference. Written in an adequately-organized paragraph of at least 4 sentences and 4 facts. Includes one outcome expected as a result of filing the report/complaint. 14
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 a loosely-organized paragraph of at least 4 sentences and 4 facts. Includes one outcome expected as a result of filing the report/complaint. 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 a loosely-organized paragraph of at least 3 sentences and 3 facts. May not Include one outcome expected as a result of filing the report/complaint. 10
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

Rating Scale/Passing Scores

Total Points Possible: 56
Advanced: 44
Intermediate High: 39
Intermediate Low: 20
Beginning High:
Beginning Low:
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