In 2010, the North Carolina Legislature signed a House Bill requiring the state school board to create guidelines for fitness testing in grades K-8. Our district's elementary, middle, and high school students have their fitness levels assessed through health-related fitness testing. Four assessments are given to students. Students are assessed on cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance, muscular strength, and flexibility using the pacer test (or mile run in middle/high school), push-up and curl-up tests, and sit-and-reach tests. These assessments occur yearly to see if changes and improvements have been made to a student's health-related fitness level.

Our district uses WELNET, a platform through Focused Fitness, for recording fitness measures and setting SMART goals.  

• WELNET® is designed to provide physical educators with a tool to gather student fitness data and communicate results. WELNET®'s modules offer a variety of tracking and assessment tools, including measuring the five components of fitness, checking students' understanding of fitness and health concepts, tracking students' health-related habits and behaviors, supporting student goal setting and producing reports in each module to analyze trends, improve instruction and achieve program goals and outcomes. 

View the NC Essential Standards in Physical Education for Health-Related Fitness.