California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 1 - California Department of Education › Chapter 2 - Pupils › Subchapter 4 - Statewide Testing of Pupils and Evaluation Procedures* › Article 2 - Physical Performance Testing Programs › Section 1040 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
For the purpose of the physical performance test required
						by Education Code section
						60800, and
						also referred to as the Physical Fitness Test (PFT), the following definitions
						shall apply:
(a) "Accommodations"
					 means any variation in the assessment environment or process that does not
					 fundamentally alter what the test measures or affect the comparability of
					 scores.
(b) "Annual assessment
					 window" begins on February 1 and ends on May 31 of each school year.
(c) "Block schedule" is a restructuring of
					 the school day whereby pupils attend half as many classes, for twice as
					 long.
(d) "District Physical
					 Fitness Test Coordinator" is an employee of the school district designated by
					 the superintendent of the district to oversee the administration of the PFT
					 within the district.
(e)
					 "FITNESSGRAM®," November, 2005, excluding the Body Composition component,
					 and all Healthy Fitness Zone® (HFZ) performance standards, is the
					 California Physical Fitness Test designated by the State Board of Education
					 (SBE), a document incorporated by reference.
(f) "Grade" for the purpose of the PFT means
					 the grade assigned to the pupil by the school district at the time of
					 testing.
(g) "Modification" means
					 any variation in the assessment environment or process that fundamentally
					 alters what the test measures or affects the comparability of scores.
(h) "Pupil" is a person in grades 5, 7 or 9,
					 enrolled in a California public school or placed in a non-public school through
					 the individualized education program (IEP) process pursuant to Education Code
					 section
					 56365.
(i) "Results," as used in Education Code
					 section
					 60800,
					 subdivisions (b) and (d), is the percent of students, by subtest component and
					 grade level, who participated during the annual assessment window. "Results,"
					 as used in Education Code section
					 60800,
					 subdivision (c), is the raw score a student receives when participating in a
					 specific FITNESSGRAM" component.
(j) "School district" includes elementary,
					 high school, and unified school districts, county offices of education, any
					 charter school that for assessment purposes does not elect to be part of the
					 school district or county office of education that granted the charter, and any
					 charter school chartered by the SBE.
(k) "Test administration manual" is the
					 Updated Third Edition FITNESSGRAM®/ACTIVITYGRAM®, a document
					 incorporated by reference. A copy is available for review from CDE staff in the
					 Assessment Development and Administration Division.
(l) "Test examiner" is an employee of the
					 school district who administers the PFT.
(m) "Variation" is a change in the manner in
					 which a test is presented or administered, or in how a test taker is allowed to
					 respond, and includes, but is not limited to accommodations and
					 modifications.
1.
						Repealer filed 9-25-69; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 69, No.
						39).
2. New NOTE filed 9-23-77; effective thirtieth day thereafter
						(Register 77, No. 39).
3. Amendment of section heading, new section
						and amendment of NOTE filed 7-31-2006; operative 8-30-2006 (Register 2006, No.
						31).
4. Amendment of subsections (e) and (h), new subsection (i),
						subsection relettering, amendment of newly designated subsections (k) and (m)
						and amendment of NOTE filed 2-4-2022 as an emergency; operative 2-4-2022
						(Register 2022, No. 5). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL
						by 8-3-2022 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the
						following day.
5. Amendment of subsections (e) and (h), new
						subsection (i), subsection relettering, amendment of newly designated
						subsections (k) and (m) and amendment of NOTE refiled 7-27-2022 as an
						emergency, including further amendment of subsections (e), (i) and amendment of
						subsection (j); operative 8-3-2022 pursuant to Government Code section
						11346.1(d)
						(Register 2022, No. 30). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL
						by 11-1-2022 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the
						following day.
6. Amendment of subsections (e) and (h), new
						subsection (i), subsection relettering and amendment of newly designated
						subsections (k) and (m) refiled 10-24-2022 as an emergency; operative 11-
						1-2022 pursuant to Government Code section
						11346.1(d)
						(Register 2022, No. 43). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL
						by 1-30-2023 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the
						following day.
7. Certificate of Compliance as to 10-24-2022 order,
						including further amendment of subsection (e), transmitted to OAL 11-10-2022
						and filed 12-28-2022; amendments effective 12-28-2022 pursuant to Government
						Code section
						11343.4(b)(3)
						(Register 2022, No. 52).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  33031,
						  Education Code. Reference: Sections
						  60603,
						  60608 and
						  60800,
						  Education Code.