Control for Reliability

Reliability was controlled in this test by keeping score of the number of laps each student ran and comparing it to meeting or not meeting the healthy level (determined by the fitnessgram). If the test is given a number of times, the students should be classified as either meeting or failing to meet the standard each time. If the tests are spread out through out the school year, the students should have an improvement on the number of laps completed each time they take it.

How did the class perform?

Males:
Healthy - 2 students
Needs improvement - 5 students
Unable to test - 5 students

Females:
Healthy - 6 students
Needs improvement - 8 students

Average ( # of laps completed ):
Females - 33.85
Males - 51.85

Standard Deviation ( # of laps completed) :
Females - 14.2
Males - 18.36

The reason there is a great number of students who need improvement on the
Pacer is due to the fact that it is still early in the school year and have been
unable to do many activities to help prepare for the test yet.

Ms. Toto's Pacer Test

Welcome to my Class!!
Dr. Albert Einstein Academy
On October 25th you will be taking your first assessment on:
The Pacer

The Pacer stands for The Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run, and is an Aerobic Capacity Test which will help you learn the skill of pacing. The test is set up so that you will progressively increase the speed of your running with the help and guidance of an Audio guide. It is easy at the beginning and gets harder at the end.

It is important to work on Aerobic Capacity and Pacing yourself while running so that you can gradually increase your levels, which will help reduce the risk of high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, obesity, diabetes, some forms of cancer, and other health problems in adults.