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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#: 30 Program Year: 2025-2026
Civic Objective: Demonstrate how to use pharmacies/drug stores and medicines. (This objective has only 2 AAPs)
TOPSpro Form #: 305C AAP #: 30.5
Assessment Type: Written, Listening

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 *Read and discuss directions on medicine labels.
4 Identify prescription and non-prescription medicines.
6 *Use the telephone to access pharmacies.
7 Discuss possible side effects of common medicines.

Additional Assessment Plan Tasks

Task: 1

Description: Order a Prescription Refill Using an Automated System
Given an agency-created scenario and prescription label, student will refill a prescription by listening to an authentic or simulated taped pharmacy voicemail script that gives directions for re-ordering a prescription. Student will demonstrate understanding of 6 directions and the ability to respond appropriately by, for example, punching in the correct numbers/symbols into a real (disconnected) or simulated telephone. Assessor will watch the student’s actions and complete a checklist to record the responses.

    Sample Directions:
  • Enter your medical/prescription ID number. Press the pound key after each entry.
  • Enter your telephone number now.
  • Enter the number of the prescription now.
  • Enter the date you wish to pick up the prescription now.
  • Enter your credit card number if you wish to have the prescription mailed to you.
  • Enter 1 if you wish to order another refill now. Enter 2 if you do not wish to order another refill now.
Points Possible:12Level:Beginning Low - Advanced
Scoring Rubric Points
Content
Response is correct. 2
Response is incorrect, or there is no response. 0

Task: 2

Description: Read and Chart Medication Information
Given a level-appropriate number of medicine labels (e.g. BL=2, BH=3, IL=4)) or prescription inserts or adapted inserts for a level-appropriate number of medications (eg. IH-A=4), student will complete a chart showing information about each medication when given level-appropriate categories to use.

Sample Categories for BL-IL:
  • Prescription number
  • Expiration date
  • Doctor’s name and/or phone number
  • Dosage amount
  • Number of refills


    • Sample Categories for IH-A:
  • Dosage amount
  • Frequency of use (how long to take)
  • Side effects
  • Number of refills
  • Warnings
  • Call doctor if no improvement after specified time.

    (Note that N/A may be an appropriate entry.)

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

    • Points Possible:20Level:Beginning Low - Advanced
    Scoring Rubric Points
    Content
    80% of the items assigned to the Intermediate High-Advanced level students are correct. 18
    70% of the items assigned to the Intermediate High-Advanced level students are correct. 16
    90% of the items assigned to the Beginning Low-Intermediate Low students are correct. 14
    80% of the items assigned to the Beginning Low-Intermediate Low level students are correct. 12
    70% of the items assigned to the Beginning Low-Intermediate Low level students are correct. 10
    Less than 70% of the items assigned to the Beginning Low-Advanced level students are correct. 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

    Task: 3

    Description: Locate Local Pharmacies
    Given level-appropriate resources, such as the internet, student will complete a chart which includes the names of a level-appropriate number of pharmacies in the area (e.g.BL=2, BH=3, IL=4, IH-A=5) with level- appropriate categories of information about them assigned by the assessor, such as: address, phone number, hours, type of insurance they accept, and translation services.

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

    Points Possible:14Level:Beginning Low - Advanced
    Scoring Rubric Points
    Content
    90% of the items assigned to the Intermediate Low-Advanced level students are correct. 12
    80% of the items assigned to the Intermediate Low-Advanced level students are correct. 10
    70% of the items assigned to the Intermediate Low-Advanced level students are correct. 8
    80% of the items assigned to the Beginning Low- Beginning High level students are correct. 6
    70% of the items assigned to the Beginning Low- Beginning High level students are correct. 4
    Less than 70% of the items assigned to the Beginning Low-Advanced level students are correct. 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: 46
    Advanced: 41
    Intermediate High: 36
    Intermediate Low: 32
    Beginning High: 26
    Beginning Low: 22
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