Overview of the Texas Youth Fitness Study

This paper summarizes the historical and legislative backgrounds leading to statewide testing of health-related physical fitness in Texas children grades 3-12 as mandated by Texas Senate Bill 530. The rationale and goals for an associated research project (the Texas Youth Fitness Study, funded by th...

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Published in:Research quarterly for exercise and sport 2010-09, Vol.81 (Suppl. 2), p.1-5
Main Authors: Morrow, James R, Martin, Scott B, Welk, Gregory J, Zhu, Weimo, Meredith, Marilu D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Child
Children & youth
Data Collection
Datenanalyse
Datenerhebung
Educational Research
Elementary School Students
evaluation
Exercise Test
Female
Fitnesstest
Forschungsprojekt
Gesetzgebung
Health Policy - legislation & jurisprudence
Health Related Fitness
High School Students
Humans
Jugendlicher
Kind
Körper (Biol)
Leistungsfähigkeit
Male
Obesity
Obesity - prevention & control
Periodicals as Topic
Physical Education
Physical Education and Training - legislation & jurisprudence
Physical Fitness
Research Projects
Schools - legislation & jurisprudence
Schule
Secondary School Students
State Legislation
Testing
Texas
USA
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Summary:This paper summarizes the historical and legislative backgrounds leading to statewide testing of health-related physical fitness in Texas children grades 3-12 as mandated by Texas Senate Bill 530. The rationale and goals for an associated research project (the Texas Youth Fitness Study, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) to evaluate data collected from the statewide initiative are provided. The study investigated the relations between health-related physical fitness and educational variables, including academic achievement, absenteeism, and negative school incidents. It also provides unique insights into the quality (both reliability and validity) of collected data and implications of large-scale school-based physical fitness testing. Teacher commentary and experiences add to the description of the data collection processes. Last, the relations between psychosocial variables and health-related fitness in middle school students are described. Verf.-Referat.
ISSN:0270-1367
2168-3824
DOI:10.1080/02701367.2010.10599688