Alabama has changed how it evaluates public school students' physical fitness

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Ala. revamps school fitness

DOTHAN, Ala. — Alabama has changed how it evaluates public school students' physical fitness, hoping that the new Alabama Physical Fitness Assessment will allow P.E. teachers and students to better focus on ways to improve health and fitness.

The new fitness assessment, which replaces the old President's Challenge Fitness Test, is narrower than past standards, measuring four areas of physical fitness: aerobic cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength and endurance, abdominal strength and endurance and flexibility.