Majority of Students Fail Physical Fitness Exam
Only one-quarter of the students tested in a fitness exam met the state’s standards, Supt. of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell announced Thursday.
The tests for students in the fifth, seventh and ninth grades used the Fitnessgram, an assessment formula that measures students’ aerobic capacity, body composition, muscular strength, endurance and flexibility.
There was little variation in the results for the three grades. Only 23% of fifth-graders, 27.1% of seventh-graders and 24.1% of ninth-graders met the testing goal, which is to pass in all categories.
About 1.3 million students participated in the test last spring.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
