Third, it goes beyond measuring fitness to recommend physical activity program options that will help students make it into the Healthy Fitness Zones for those areas where they need improvement. The test was developed exclusively by the Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research, which means it's based on a rock-solid foundation of fitness knowledge. It provides everything you need to accurately assess students' fitness levels and identify individualized approaches to improve physical fitness. And it's designed to make your job faster and easier every step of the way. A variety of resources are available as a comprehensive kit or as separate components.
Kit is truly a complete package for conducting fitness testing.
The Test Administration Manual presents teachers with complete instructions for conducting the fitness test plus a detailed user manual for the accompanying software. You'll find it extremely easy to enter data on classes, students, tests, and scores. It's a great motivational tool for the students and a valuable timesaver for the teacher. These assessments were added because of the need to reinforce to students the importance of developing lifetime habits of regular physical activity. While fitness is important, it cannot be maintained, unless students remain physically active as adults.