{"id":3533,"date":"2025-08-05T13:33:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T18:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/05\/trump-pledges-overhaul-of-school-fitness-tests-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T13:33:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T18:33:13","slug":"trump-pledges-overhaul-of-school-fitness-tests-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/05\/trump-pledges-overhaul-of-school-fitness-tests-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump pledges overhaul of school fitness tests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gettyimages-1172566674-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"An elementary school student concentrates while performing a sit-up during physical education class. (Photo via Getty Images)\u00a0\u00a0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>An elementary school student concentrates while performing a sit-up during physical education class. (Photo via Getty Images)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump is bringing back a physical fitness test to public schools after over a decade, but details of the new test, including timing and implementation, remain to be seen.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump signed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/07\/presidents-council-on-sports-fitness-and-nutrition-and-the-reesetablishment-of-the-presidential-fitness-test\/\" target=\"_blank\">an executive order<\/a> July 31 that reestablished the Presidential Fitness Test \u2014 a source of both fear and achievement among youth \u2014 and committed to revitalizing the \u201cPresident\u2019s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition,\u201d which would develop the test.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cRates of obesity, chronic disease, inactivity, and poor nutrition are at crisis levels, particularly among our children,\u201d the executive order notes. \u201cThese trends weaken our economy, military readiness, academic performance, and national morale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The president designated Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to administer the test.<\/p>\n<figure role=\"group\" class=\"caption caption-drupal-media align-right view-mode--medium\">\n<div class=\"drupal-media-wrapper media--view-mode-medium\">\n<div class=\"blazy blazy--field blazy--view blazy--field-media-image blazy--field-media-image--medium blazy--view--article-feeds-v2-feed-categorized-articles-v2 blazy--view--article-feeds-v2 blazy--view--article-feeds-v2--categorized-articles-v2 field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item\" data-blazy>\n<div data-b-token=\"b-9254689819c\" class=\"media media--blazy media--image media--responsive is-b-loading\">  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media__element b-lazy b-responsive img-fluid\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gettyimages-2196597652_0-scaled.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"264\" alt=\"Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services testifies during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. In addition to meeting with the Senate Finance Committee, Kennedy will also meet with the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee tomorrow. (Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)\" title=\"Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services testifies during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. In addition to meeting with the Senate Finance Committee, Kennedy will also meet with the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee tomorrow. (Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies during a U.S. Senate confirmation hearing on Jan. 29, 2025. (Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The council is tasked with creating \u201cschool-based programs that reward excellence in physical education and develop criteria for a Presidential Fitness Award,\u201d according to a White House\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/fact-sheets\/2025\/07\/fact-sheet-presidents-council-on-sports-fitness-and-nutrition-and-the-reestablishment-of-the-presidential-fitness-test\/\" target=\"_blank\">fact sheet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Expert hopes for \u2018holistic\u2019 revamp<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The order did not provide any details on what the test will look like or how or when it will roll out.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Laura Richardson, a clinical associate professor of kinesiology at the University of Michigan, said she hoped to see an updated version of the test that focused more on level of activity than on a student\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI\u2019m hopeful that maybe it will be reevaluated and revised and really have some tools that don\u2019t just look at how fast you are or how strong you are, but more holistic in the tools we need to get our children to be active in childhood that should then continue through the trajectory into adulthood,\u201d Richardson told States Newsroom.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Richardson added that testing alone would not be sufficient to see improvement in kids\u2019 physical fitness, and called for increasing resources to schools to help students be more active.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSedentary behavior is really widespread \u2014 we\u2019re seeing increasing obesity among all ages,\u201d Richardson told States Newsroom. \u201cWe can test \u2026 but if we\u2019re not giving the tools to the teachers and the students and the parents, we may continue to see the same data.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Bill would codify test<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rep. Jeff Van Drew\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vandrew.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1887\" target=\"_blank\">announced last week<\/a> that he will introduce a bill to codify Trump\u2019s executive order.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In a statement, the New Jersey Republican said he coordinated with the administration, including Kennedy, when writing the bill.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cEvery parent wants their kid to grow up strong and healthy,\u201d he added. \u201cThis bill is about making sure they are given the tools to do just that.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Latest version of test<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Presidential Fitness Test dates back to President Dwight Eisenhower, who set up the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/documents\/executive-order-10673-fitness-american-youth\" target=\"_blank\">President\u2019s Council on Youth Fitness<\/a> in 1956 following\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2015\/4\/24\/8489501\/presidential-fitness-test\" target=\"_blank\">alarming findings<\/a> on the state of youth fitness in the United States compared to youth in European nations.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The test initially included sit-ups, a mile run, a shuttle run, pull-ups or push-ups and a sit-and-reach, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.harvard.edu\/exercise-and-fitness\/taking-the-presidential-physical-fitness-test\" target=\"_blank\">Harvard Health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Since then, the test has seen several versions. The most recent major revamp was in 2012, when President Barack Obama\u2019s administration replaced the Presidential Fitness Test with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fitness.foundation\/presidential-youth-fitness-program-2\" target=\"_blank\">Presidential Youth Fitness Program<\/a>, which aimed for a more individualized and health-focused approach.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The program, which came after criticism of the Presidential Fitness Test and concerns about its psychological effects on youth, aimed to minimize \u201ccomparisons between children and instead supports students as they pursue personal fitness goals for lifelong health,\u201d according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/odphp.health.gov\/pcsfn\/programs-awards\/presidential-youth-fitness-program\" target=\"_blank\">Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion<\/a> within the Department of Health and Human Services.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">President John F. Kennedy, an uncle of the current HHS secretary, expanded on Eisenhower\u2019s efforts. In a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/the-soft-american-kennedy\/The%20Soft%20American%20-%20Kennedy_djvu.txt\" target=\"_blank\">1960 essay<\/a>, \u201cThe Soft American,\u201d the president-elect at the time described physical fitness as a \u201cvital prerequisite to America\u2019s realization of its full potential as a nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">According to HHS\u2019\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/odphp.health.gov\/pcsfn\/history-council\" target=\"_blank\">Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion<\/a>, President Kennedy also promoted \u201ctaking the 50 mile hikes previously required of U.S. Marine officers\u201d in a national public service advertising campaign.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">President Lyndon B. 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