Dear Oak Valley Families:

California State Fitness Test

Grade 5, 7 and 9

Each year students in grade 5, 7 and 9 throughout the state participate in the California State Fitness Test. The test will be administered in the Poway Unified School District in regular P.E. class during the months of March, April or May.

The fitness test consists of three components: 1) aerobic capacity, 2) body composition, and 3) muscular strength, endurance, and flexibility. To ensure thorough measurement of all three components, the Fitnessgram test, a nationally recognized test publish by Human Kinetics, assesses the following six major fitness areas, with several performance task alternatives for each area:

Aerobic Capacity	Body Composition
Abdominal Strength	Trunk Flexibility
Upper Body Strength	Overall Flexibility

All students in grades 5, 7 and 9 take the physical fitness test, whether or not they are currently enrolled in a physical education class. Students who are physically unable to take all parts of the physical fitness test will be given as much of the test as their conditions permit.

For more information regarding the fitness test, visit the state web site at:

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/pf/.Test results for the State of California and reports for all California public schools can be found at http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/.