The Physical Fitness Assessment Initiative (PFAI) is a program designed to gather physical fitness data from Texas students for analysis to determine if there is any correlation between student academic achievement, attendance, obesity, disciplinary problems and school meal programs.
Why PFAI Was Created
The Texas Education Code (TEC) mandates that the Texas Education Agency complete the following objectives:
Annually assess the physical fitness of students enrolled in grades 3 through 12.
Adopt an assessment instrument to be used by school districts.
Compile the results of the physical fitness assessment captured by school districts and provide summary results to the Texas Education Agency (TEA).
Analyze the results received for each school district to determine whether a relationship exists between student academic achievement, attendance, obesity, disciplinary problems and school meal programs.
Provide a report to the legislature no later than Sept. 1, 2008.
