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Mosier, Brian – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2012
The first national youth fitness evaluation conducted in the United States was in 1958. Since that time, schools have continued to administer fitness evaluations using a variety of tests with no national-level assessment of youth fitness [Institute of Medicine (IOM), 2012]. However, in September 2012, the Presidential Youth Fitness Program (PYFP)…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Program Effectiveness, Disease Control, Physical Education
Brown, Joyce V. – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2010
The current educational reform agenda requires that stakeholders in the school community help all students graduate. The U.S. Department of Education's "A Blueprint for Reform: Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act" sends all stakeholders a clear message to take action that results in every student completing high school…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Developmental Studies Programs, Comprehensive Guidance, Comprehensive Programs
Ruzzi, Betsy Brown; Kraemer, Jacqueline – National Center on Education and the Economy (NJ1), 2006
This paper, second in a series of papers on alternative education, examines the academic programming in alternative education programs by reviewing the literature specifically focused on the academic programs in alternative education and summarizing a survey of fifteen alternative education programs. It suggests options for further research on…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Literature Reviews, Educational Environment, Curriculum Evaluation