California Department of Education Study

December 10, 2002

v      The height of each bar shows the average (median) SAT-9 national percentile rank of those students with a particular fitness score.

v  Higher academic achievement is associated with higher levels of fitness in grade 5.

v   Students in grade 5 who meet minimum fitness levels in three or more physical fitness areas show the greatest gains in academic achievement.

v      The relationship between academic achievement and fitness in grade 5 was greater in mathematics than in reading, particularly at high fitness levels.

v      The test that was used, Fitnessgram, uses criterion-referenced standards to evaluate fitness.  These standards represent a level of fitness that offers some degree of protection against diseases that result from sedentary living.  Achievement of the fitness standards is based upon a test score falling in the Healthy Fitness Zone (HFZ).  Each of the six tasks measures a different aspect of fitness, and the HFZ represent minimal levels of satisfactory achievement on the tasks.

v     The height of each bar shows the average (median) SAT-9 national percentile rank of those students with a particular fitness score.

v     Higher academic achievement is associated with higher levels of fitness in grade 7.

v     Students in grade 7 who meet minimum fitness levels in three or more physical fitness areas show the greatest gains in academic achievement

v     The relationship between academic achievement and fitness in grade 7 was greater in mathematics than in reading, particularly at high fitness levels.

v     The test that was used, Fitnessgram, uses criterion-referenced standards to evaluate fitness.  These standards represent a level of fitness that offers some degree of protection against diseases that result from sedentary living.  Achievement of the fitness standards is based upon a test score falling in the Healthy Fitness Zone (HFZ).  Each of the six tasks measures a different aspect of fitness, and the HFZ represent minimal levels of satisfactory achievement on the tasks.

v     The height of each bar shows the average (median) SAT-9 national percentile rank of those students with a particular fitness score.

v     Higher academic achievement is associated with higher levels of fitness in grade 9.

v     Students in grade 9 who meet minimum fitness levels in three or more physical fitness areas show the greatest gains in academic achievement. 

v     The relationship between academic achievement and fitness in grade 9 was greater in mathematics than in reading, particularly at high fitness levels.

v     The test that was used, Fitnessgram, uses criterion-referenced standards to evaluate fitness.  These standards represent a level of fitness that offers some degree of protection against diseases that result from sedentary living.  Achievement of the fitness standards is based upon a test score falling in the Healthy Fitness Zone (HFZ).  Each of the six tasks measures a different aspect of fitness, and the HFZ represent minimal levels of satisfactory achievement on the tasks.

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