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Georgia Fitness Assessment

Georgia Fitness Assessment. 2012 Data Collections Conference August 17-19. Information. O.C.G.A. § 20-2-777 State Education Rule 160-4-2-.12 S.H.A.P.E. Partnership Fitnessgram Training Fitness Assessment Reporting and Data Progress and Next Steps Questions.

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Georgia Fitness Assessment

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  1. Georgia Fitness Assessment 2012 Data Collections Conference August 17-19

  2. Information • O.C.G.A. § 20-2-777 • State Education Rule 160-4-2-.12 • S.H.A.P.E. Partnership • Fitnessgram • Training • Fitness Assessment Reporting and Data • Progress and Next Steps • Questions

  3. (a)(1) Beginning in the 2011-2012 school year, each local school system shall conduct an annual fitness assessment program, as approved and funded by the State Board of Education, one time each school year for students in grades one through 12, to be conducted only during a physical education course that is taught by a certificated physical education teacher in which a student is enrolled. O.C.G.A. § 20-2-777

  4. Such assessments shall include methods deemed by the State Board of Education as appropriate to ascertain levels of student physical fitness. Each local school system shall report the individual results of the fitness assessment to the parent or guardian of each student assessed and the aggregate results of the fitness assessments by school to the State Board of Education annually in a format approved and funded by the State Board of Education. O.C.G.A. § 20-2-777

  5. (2) Each local school system shall be required to provide at least the minimum instruction in physical education prescribed by the State Board of Education in rules and regulations established pursuant to subsection (c) of Code Section 20-2-142. O.C.G.A. § 20-2-777

  6. O.C.G.A. § 20-2-777 • The Governor may collaborate with private corporations in the development and implementation of recognition programs pursuant to this subsection, including providing monetary or other incentives to local school systems or schools for attaining certain levels of health status. All local school systems or schools receiving acknowledgment through a recognition program established by the Governor pursuant to this subsection shall also be recognized on the State Board of Education's website.

  7. Georgia State Education Rule 160-4-2-.12 COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM PLANAmended July 2011 (d) Fitness assessment program – annual assessment measuring and reporting health related fitness in the areas of aerobic capacity, body composition, flexibility, muscular strength, and muscular endurance.

  8. (Adopted: July 21, 2011 Effective: August 11, 2011 Rule Continued g) Beginning in the 2011-2012 school year, each local school system shall conduct an annual fitness assessment program, as approved and funded by the State Board of Education, one time each school year for students in grades one through 12, to be conducted only during a physical education course that is taught by a certificated physical education teacher in which a student is enrolled. Such assessments shall include methods deemed by the State Board of Education as appropriate to ascertain levels of student physical fitness. Each local school system shall report the individual results of the fitness assessment to the parent or guardian of each student assessed and the aggregate results of the fitness assessments by school to the State Board of Education annually in a format approved and funded by the State Board of Education. The minimum required contents of the report shall be determined by the State Board of Education. Authority O.C.G.A. § 20-2-142 (b), (c); 20-2-143, 20-2-777.

  9. S.H.A.P.E. Partners • Governor's Office • Georgia Department of Education • Georgia Department of Public Health • Maternal and Child Health, Division of Public Health, Department of Community Health • Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta • Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation (AFYF) • The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation • The Atlanta Braves Foundation

  10. Pilot Conducted • Bibb • Hall • Gwinnett • Lowndes • White

  11. Fitnessgram • Selected by the Georgia Department of Education Fitness Advisory Committee • Combines both an educational assessment and areporting software program • Designed to promote lifelong physical activity • Based on the latest research on children’s fitness • Health related • Uses criterion-referenced standards

  12. Fitness Assessment Components • PACER /Mile Run – Aerobic Capacity • Curl-Ups – Muscular Strength and Endurance • 90o Push-Ups – Muscular Strength and Endurance • Back-Saver Sit and Reach - Flexibility • Height and Weight – Body Composition

  13. What will be provided? • Equipment for assessment • Sit and Reach Box • Scale • Height Measure Strip • Fitnessgram Kit ( additional items needed to test) • Data and reporting • FG 9.0 web based program • Licensing • Data Collection Space

  14. What will be provided? ( cont’) • Training • Full day face to face testing protocol • Webinar on data entry • Booster sessions via webinar

  15. Data • Data collection via a secure web based location using Fitnessgram 9.0 • School files imported into FG 9.0 program • Data relationship teacher>class>student>FG data • Data entry and reporting to begin after January 1, 2012

  16. Roles • State Administrator • District Administrator • School Administrator • Teacher • Student (We are not using this component)

  17. GA DOE Fitness Assessment and Reporting Requirements

  18. Reports: test, class, school, district, and state levels • Predefined report options: • Student information report *(Required) • Fitnessgram summary report • Fitnessgram individual data sheet • Fitnessgram achievement of standards • Fitnessgram longitudinal tracking report • Fitnessgram statistics report with a graphing option

  19. FERPA The parties will safeguard the confidentiality of the student data as required by the Federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and other applicable laws and regulations. No release of data, reports, information, or output of any kind based on the data will include any information that could be identifiable or linked to a specific person.

  20. Parent Report Sample

  21. Progress and Next Steps • Training has been completed for 10 local systems • Training is schedule for 150 local systems • Provide information for IT and student information representatives from local systems • Student information imported into FG 9.0 • Teachers trained via webinar on how to enter student assessment data ( December 2011 – January 2012) • Data entry, and reporting available after January 1, 2012 • Data collection will be done via a secure web based location using Fitnessgram 9.0

  22. Time Line June 2011- December 2011:Training physical education teachers statewide November 2011- December 2011: Import student information info FITNESSGRAM program January 2012 – April 2012: Implement assessment; record and report scores May 2012: Schools deliver student reports to parents October 2012 : The first Georgia report to the Governor

  23. Resources • Fitnessgram Georgia • http://www.fitnessgram.net/Georgia/ • Fitnessgram • http://www.fitnessgram.net/home/ • The S.H.A.P.E partnership • http://georgiashape.org/

  24. Contact Information Therese McGuire Program Specialist Health and Physical Education Georgia Department of Education tmcguire@doe.k12.ga.us 404.651.7859

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