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FITNESSGRAM ® , designated for this purpose by the State Board of Education (SBE).
The FITNESSGRAM ® , developed by The Cooper Institute, provides criterion-referenced
standards to evaluate fitness. These standards represent a level of fitness that offers
some degree of protection against diseases that result from physical inactivity.
Achievement of the fitness standards is based upon a test score falling in the Healthy
Fitness Zone (HFZ) for each of six tasks that measure a different aspect of fitness. The
HFZ represents minimal levels of satisfactory achievement on the tasks. The goal is for
students to achieve the HFZ for all six fitness areas of the physical fitness test.
Senate Bill 896, approved in 1998, required the California Department of Education
(CDE) to compile the physical performance test results by December 31 and to submit
report results to the Governor and Legislature. Statewide data collection is completed
electronically. School districts may submit their data to the CDE through the Internet, by
diskette or CD-Rom, or by e-mail. Physical fitness test results are reported by school,
school district, county, and the state. The results are posted on the Physical Fitness
Testing Web site at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/pf. These reports are available by
gender and race/ethnicity. No individual student data are reported on the CDE Web site.
Schools are required by law to include physical fitness test results in the School
Accountability Report Card (SARC) and to provide students with their individual results
(EC Section 60800). The most recent physical fitness data are to be reported, including
the percentage of students scoring in the healthy fitness zone on all six fitness
standards. Data are reported for the state and for each county, school district, and
school for the purpose of comparison.
For more information regarding the physical fitness test, contact the Standards and
Assessments Division, at (916) 445-9449 or by e-mail at pft@cde.ca.gov. Information is
also available on the Physical Fitness Testing Web site at
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/pf.
California High School Proficiency Examination
The California High School Proficiency Examination (CHSPE) is a program established
by California law (California Education Code [EC] Section 48412). CHSPE provides an
opportunity for eligible persons to prove their proficiency in the basic skills and earn a
legal equivalent of a California high school diploma.
The CHSPE is given three times each year at approximately 75 sites throughout the
state. Registrants must pay an $85 registration fee. Enrollment in high school at the
time the test is given is not a requirement, but at the time the test is taken persons
wishing to take the test must (1) be at least sixteen years of age; (2) have completed
one year of enrollment in tenth grade; or (3) complete one year of enrollment in tenth
grade at the end of the semester during which the next regular administration will be
conducted. There is no upper age limit to take the test.
The State Board of Education (SBE) awards each person who passes the CHSPE a
Certificate of Proficiency, which is equivalent by law to a California high school diploma.
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