Fitness Testing

Fitness Testing: 

Two times each trimester (that’s 6 times a year) Middle School students will participate in Fitness Testing.  We use the FitnessGram program for our testing which is the program used by Antioch High School and is currently being recommended for the statewide fitness assessment to be used at 5^th, 7^th, and 9^th grades.  Within this assessment, we utilize five tests:   

• Cardiovascular endurance (mile run/walk or Pacer test depending on weather)
• Muscular endurance-abdominal (sit-ups)
• Muscular endurance-upper body (push ups)
• Flexibility (back saver sit and reach)
• Core strength and flexibility (trunk lift)

Body mass is calculated twice a year using the height/weight formula, but this score is not graded.  Each test receives a score of 5 points if it falls within the healthy fitness zone as calculated by national standards.  The total score for the fitness test, then, is 25.

Further, students are given an “improvement” grade on their fitness test.  For this measure, students can earn 5 points per test for maintaining or improving their score.  Students who are more than 10% below their previous score will only receive 4 out of 5 for that test.  20% below earns a 3, and so on.  This is designed to encourage students to better themselves with each test.  Practice for these tests takes place daily throughout the week as a part of the regular PE program.

3rd - 5th grade take these tests about once a trimester.

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