Monday, November 8, 2010
Fitness Testing- Should we take the weights of students?
Over the past year we've been in transition from administering the Presidential Physical Fitness test to the Fitness Gram. The tests and standards for the tests are different, and the way in which the data is collected/scored is also different. One aspect of the Fitness Gram is that the heights and weights are included in part of the assessment. I teach at two schools. At Pearson we did take the heights and weights of the 3rd-5th graders and at Sweeney we did not. This is one topic of discussion at this point. Some parents/administrators are concerned that doing so is not necessary. One parent explained last year to a teacher at Pearson that taking the weights can be damaging to the students because they are so young. Any thoughts about this?
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That is a tough one. I would say it may be worth asking the parents. Sort of like when you watch a movie that is PG or above. If there parents have been notified and are okay with it, then those students can get weighed. That way the parents who are concerned about it can have that talk with their child about body image, weight etc.
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