Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule establishes the physical fitness
recognition plan for public elementary, middle, and high school
students.
(1) For the purposes of
Cade's Law, the following terms shall mean:
(A) Team is defined as a group of two (2) or
more students participating in a class, course, or grade level during the
regular school day and school year as defined by the school's official start
and ending dates or summer school;
(B) School includes all Missouri public
schools; and
(C) Eligible student
is defined as a student who is enrolled in a physical education class and does
not have an exemption for taking the physical fitness assessment.
(2) Local Education Agencies
(LEAs) collect and report data on aerobic capacity, muscular strength,
endurance, and flexibility for all eligible elementary students in grade five
(5), middle school students in grade seven (7), and high school students in
grade nine (9) who are enrolled in a physical education class for any part of
the traditional school year as identified by each LEA's beginning and ending
date or summer school. Public schools are encouraged to assess fitness at all
grade levels.
(A) Fitness assessments must be
administered by a teacher certified in Physical Education by the state of
Missouri.
(B) LEAs shall use
recommended protocols and ranges to ensure consistency and to measure the
components of fitness for students, teams, and schools. Schools may access
these resources and materials from the Department of Elementary and Secondary
Education (department) website.
(C)
Schools shall use the alternative assessment as recommended by the department
for students with disabilities.
(3) Individual, team, and school-wide
performance are recognized.
(A) Schools are
encouraged to recognize students and teams in meeting fitness goals.
1. Students scoring within the healthy range
of a fitness area are determined to have met the standard for that
area.
2. When the average of a team
score in a fitness area fits within a healthy range, that team is determined to
have met the standard in that area.
3. Ninety-five percent (95%) of eligible
students in the reporting grade span must participate in each assessment for a
school to be eligible for department recognition.
4. When the average score of the students in
a reporting grade fall within a fitness range, that school is determined to
have met that fitness range for the grade level.
5. For the 2014-2015 school year, schools in
which twenty-five percent (25%) of eligible students have met three (3) of four
(4) fitness ranges shall be recognized by the department. In subsequent years
recognition is based on aggregated school fitness data reported to the
department.
(B) The
department recognizes local education agencies when every school in the LEA
meets the school recognition criteria during a school year.
(4) Schools are encouraged to
review and use the free resources and materials, including assessment protocols
and scoring guides for each fitness component, found on the department's
website.
