Study: New P.E. Curriculum Improves Students' Fitness

A study by researchers at UCLA found that a physical education program that places fitness equipment in underserved schools and implements a curriculum based on boosting confidence and making fitness participation more enjoyable dramatically increases students’ performance on California’s standardized physical fitness test.

The study was published in the July issue of the Journal of Education and Training Studies. In the study, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, a professor of urban planning and the associate dean in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, reported the curriculum, called the UCLA Health Sound Body Sound Mind, tripled the percentage of students who passed the state Fitnessgram test in schools where the program was used. The average pass rate went from 20 percent prior to the use of the curriculum to an average pass rate of 60 percent following the completion of the program.

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