Approaches for Development of Criterion-Referenced Standards in Health-Related Youth Fitness Tests

Youth fitness testing in the U.S. has a rich history of over 50 years. Key developments and changes include the development of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (AAHPER) Youth Fitness Test, the birth of the health-related fitness construct, and changes in evaluation...

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Published inAmerican journal of preventive medicine Vol. 41; no. 4; pp. S68 - S76
Main Authors Zhu, Weimo, PhD, Mahar, Matthew T., EdD, Welk, Gregory J., PhD, Going, Scott B., PhD, Cureton, Kirk J., PhD
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.10.2011
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Body Mass Index
Body Weight
Child
Childbirth
Exercise Test - standards
Female
Fitness
Health
Humans
Internal Medicine
Male
Physical education
Physical Exertion
Physical Fitness
Program Development
Reference Standards
Reproducibility of Results
ROC Curve
Young people
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Summary:Youth fitness testing in the U.S. has a rich history of over 50 years. Key developments and changes include the development of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (AAHPER) Youth Fitness Test, the birth of the health-related fitness construct, and changes in evaluation and awards. The transitions from performance-related fitness to health-related fitness and from norm-referenced standards to criterion-referenced (CR) standards are noteworthy since they influenced how fitness is assessed and interpreted. The current paper reviews historical trends in fitness testing and explains the advantages of a CR framework. Methods used for establishing CR standards are described, providing a background for the subsequent articles in this supplement to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. [Copyright American Journal of Preventive Medicine; published by Elsevier Inc.]
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ISSN:0749-3797
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DOI:10.1016/j.amepre.2011.07.001