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Created more than 20 years ago by The Cooper Institute, FITNESSGRAM® is based on rock-solid
research. It's the only health-related fitness assessment to use criterion-referenced standards,
called Healthy Fitness Zones, to determine students' fitness levels based on what is optimal for
good health. These standards are backed by the highly respected FITNESSGRAM® Scientific
Advisory Board.
FITNESSGRAM® was developed by The Cooper Institute in an effort to provide physical educators
with a tool that would facilitate communicating fitness testing results to students and to parents. The
assessment measures three components of health-related physical fitness that have been identified
as important to overall health and function:
1 - Aerobic Capacity - measures health of the human heart and lungs
2 - Body Composition - measures healthy ideal weight according to age
3 - Muscular Strength, Endurance, & Flexibility - measures health of muscle groups
FITNESSGRAM® helps you achieve your goals by applying easy-to-use technology to
Conduct fair and accurate fitness assessments and easily record the results,
set individualized goals for students, give students responsibility for managing and recording their
own activities, create detailed reports of progress and results for students, parents, and
administrators help students and parents understand the value of physical activity. Teachers,
students, and parents have been using FITNESSGRAM for more than two decades to understand,
assess, and help meet students' fitness needs.
Here at Abbott, we test our students each year, and the 7th grade students results are given to the
San Mateo County Office of Education. It takes about 2 weeks to complete the tests, which are
normally done sometime in February or March. Although only the 7th grade students are reported,
the 6th and 8th grade students also perform the test with the same assessment scale.
ASSESSMENT
FITNESSGRAM® assesses three areas of health-related fitness listed previously. Each score is
evaluated against criterion-referenced standards that have been established to indicate levels of
fitness corresponding with health. Standards have been set for boys and for girls based on age.
The use of health-related criteria helps to minimize comparisons between children and to emphasize
personal fitness for health rather than goals based solely on performance. Since only modest
amounts of exercise are needed for obtaining health benefits, most students who participate in
physical activity almost every day will be able to achieve a score that will place them in the Healthy
Fitness Zone.
The assessment items are as follows:
Aerobic Capacity
*PACER test
*One-mile run/walk
*Walk test (ages 13 or greater)
Body Composition
*Percent body fat (at Abbott, we do not have the equipment to perform this test)
*Body mass index (calculated from height and weight)
Muscular Strength, Endurance, and Flexibility
*Abdominal strength and endurance (curl-up)
*Trunk extensor strength and endurance (trunk lift)
*Upper body strength and endurance (push-up or modified pull-up or flexed arm hang)
*Flexibility (choose from back-saver sit-and-reach and shoulder stretch
For more information visit www.fitnessgram.net
research. It's the only health-related fitness assessment to use criterion-referenced standards,
called Healthy Fitness Zones, to determine students' fitness levels based on what is optimal for
good health. These standards are backed by the highly respected FITNESSGRAM® Scientific
Advisory Board.
FITNESSGRAM® was developed by The Cooper Institute in an effort to provide physical educators
with a tool that would facilitate communicating fitness testing results to students and to parents. The
assessment measures three components of health-related physical fitness that have been identified
as important to overall health and function:
1 - Aerobic Capacity - measures health of the human heart and lungs
2 - Body Composition - measures healthy ideal weight according to age
3 - Muscular Strength, Endurance, & Flexibility - measures health of muscle groups
FITNESSGRAM® helps you achieve your goals by applying easy-to-use technology to
Conduct fair and accurate fitness assessments and easily record the results,
set individualized goals for students, give students responsibility for managing and recording their
own activities, create detailed reports of progress and results for students, parents, and
administrators help students and parents understand the value of physical activity. Teachers,
students, and parents have been using FITNESSGRAM for more than two decades to understand,
assess, and help meet students' fitness needs.
Here at Abbott, we test our students each year, and the 7th grade students results are given to the
San Mateo County Office of Education. It takes about 2 weeks to complete the tests, which are
normally done sometime in February or March. Although only the 7th grade students are reported,
the 6th and 8th grade students also perform the test with the same assessment scale.
ASSESSMENT
FITNESSGRAM® assesses three areas of health-related fitness listed previously. Each score is
evaluated against criterion-referenced standards that have been established to indicate levels of
fitness corresponding with health. Standards have been set for boys and for girls based on age.
The use of health-related criteria helps to minimize comparisons between children and to emphasize
personal fitness for health rather than goals based solely on performance. Since only modest
amounts of exercise are needed for obtaining health benefits, most students who participate in
physical activity almost every day will be able to achieve a score that will place them in the Healthy
Fitness Zone.
The assessment items are as follows:
Aerobic Capacity
*PACER test
*One-mile run/walk
*Walk test (ages 13 or greater)
Body Composition
*Percent body fat (at Abbott, we do not have the equipment to perform this test)
*Body mass index (calculated from height and weight)
Muscular Strength, Endurance, and Flexibility
*Abdominal strength and endurance (curl-up)
*Trunk extensor strength and endurance (trunk lift)
*Upper body strength and endurance (push-up or modified pull-up or flexed arm hang)
*Flexibility (choose from back-saver sit-and-reach and shoulder stretch
For more information visit www.fitnessgram.net
