Georgia School Fitness Assessment 2019

<div>The Georgia FitnessGram Manual is designed to help support teachers in quality implementation of Georgia Code 20-2-777 which calls for annual health related fitness assessment, reporting and compliance. Annually the assessment must be given during a physical education course that is taught by a certificated physical education teacher in which a student is enrolled. </div><div><br /></div><div>FitnessGram uses criterion-referenced standards to evaluate fitness performance. These standards have been established to represent a level of fitness that offers some degree of protection against diseases that result from sedentary living. Performance is classified in two general areas: “Healthy Fitness Zone” (HFZ) and “Needs Improvement.”</div><div><br /></div><div>This layer shows the percent share of the classes by gender. Please find the details at <a href='https://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Curriculum-and-Instruction/Pages/Health-and-Physical-Education.aspx' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>Health and Physical Education at Georgia Department of Education</a>.</div>