Reflections on the Texas Youth Evaluation Project and Implications for the Future
| Autor: | Kenneth H. Cooper |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Gerontology Adolescent Physical fitness Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Standardized test Physical education Humans Medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Obesity Child Physical Education and Training Schools business.industry Health Policy Visibility (geometry) Fitness Testing General Medicine Texas Test (assessment) Physical Fitness Nephrology Exercise Test Mandate Female business |
| Zdroj: | Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 81:S79-S83 |
| ISSN: | 2168-3824 0270-1367 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02701367.2010.10599697 |
| Popis: | The passage of Senate Bill 530 in June 2007 increased visibility about the importance of health-related fitness in Texas. As a result of the mandate, more than 2.6 million 3rd- through 12th-grade students from all Texas counties were evaluated between January 1, 2008, and June 1, 2008, using a standardized test of health-related physical fitness (FITNESSGRAM®). This number represented 84.8% of all public school districts in Texas. In the subsequent 2 years, 2.8 and 2.9 million children were tested, which represents more than 90% of all public school districts in Texas. This summary provides reflections on the test results and implications for future school-based fitness initiatives, both in Texas and in other states. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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