FITNESSGRAM - Physical Fitness Test (PFT)
What You Need To Know About 2022-23 Physical Fitness Testing (PFT)
The California Department of Education (CDE) recently announced that PFT procedures and requirements for 2021-22 will remain in place for the 2022-23 school year, including:
- All students in grades 5, 7, and 9 will participate in physical fitness using the FITNESSGRAM assessments and their results recorded.
- There will be no submission of student-level data. Participation information will be collected and reported on the School Accountability Report Card (SARC).
- Information related to calculating a student’s body mass index (height, weight, gender, birthday, etc.) should not be collected.
- Healthy Fitness Zones (HFZs) should not be used.
- Students with disabilities are to be given as much of the test as their condition will permit.