While the Fitness Tests app is a tool that won't achieve outcomes on its own, it provides valuable support for meeting curriculum requirements around the world. Many physical education curricula include fitness testing as a key component for assessing student progress and understanding.
Australia – Health & Physical Education (AC:HPE)
Strands:
- "Movement and Physical Activity" & "Personal, Social and Community Health"
Focus Areas:
- Understanding and measuring fitness (e.g., F-10 elaborations often mention assessing health-related fitness components).
- Tracking improvement over time, setting goals, and personal bests—the app's graphing and tracking features directly support this.
UK – National Curriculum for Physical Education
Key Stages:
- Key Stage 2 & 3: Emphasis on developing fitness, monitoring progress, and recording performance.
How Fitness Tests Helps:
- Tracking health and fitness indicators
- Using data to evaluate performance (KS3 specifically encourages interpreting data from fitness tests)
USA – SHAPE America National PE Standards
Standards:
- Standard 5: "Recognizes the value of physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and social interaction."
- Standard 3: "Demonstrates the knowledge and skills to achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical activity and fitness."
Fitness testing and goal setting are embedded in most state-based curricula; the Fitness Tests app allows teachers to assess those components and meet assessment reporting requirements.
New Zealand Curriculum – Health & Physical Education
Strands:
- "Movement Concepts and Motor Skills" and "Personal Health and Physical Development"
The Fitness Tests app supports learning outcomes like understanding physical fitness, measuring fitness levels, and reflecting on progress.
International Baccalaureate (MYP Physical and Health Education)
Assessment Criteria:
- Criteria B & D: Applying and Reflecting on Performance — The fitness graphs and test history support formative and summative assessments.
- Planning for improvement in physical performance — The data-driven insights the app provides can be used for goal setting and student reflection.
Where Fitness Tests Can Slot Into Your Curriculum
Assessment & Reporting Tools
Provide objective data for PE program assessment and student reporting
Goal-setting & Student Reflection
Support student-led goal setting and reflection activities
Fitness Profile Creation
Enable students to create comprehensive fitness profiles
Baseline & Post-program Evaluations
Measure progress before and after fitness interventions