BTEC International Level 3 Sport

Unit 28: Fitness Testing — assessment criteria

Learners gain an understanding of fitness testing and the importance of health screening and health monitoring tests.

Internal60 GLH14 criteria3 learning aims
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Assessment criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the Pearson specification — the same grid the assignment brief carries. A unit grade is the highest band where all criteria in that band (and every band below it) are met.

Pass

7 criteria
A.P1Describe the purpose and function of tests for each area of fitness.
B.P2Prepare an appropriate health screening questionnaire.
B.P3Devise appropriate health screening procedures.
B.P4Safely administer health screening procedures.
B.P5Select and safely administer six different fitness tests for a selected individual.
C.P6Interpret general levels of fitness against normative data from health screening and fitness tests.
C.P7Give feedback to participants following fitness testing and health screening, describing the results.

Merit

5 criteria
A.M1Compare fitness tests for physical fitness.
B.M2Justify the design of health screening questionnaire and procedures.
B.M3Justify the selection of fitness tests commenting on suitability, reliability, validity and practicality.
C.M4Outline the strengths and areas for improvement based on information from health screening questionnaires and health monitoring tests.
C.M5Compare the fitness test results to normative data and identify strengths and areas for improvement.

Distinction

2 criteria
A.D1Evaluate the benefits and disadvantages of fitness tests for different types of fitness in relation to the needs of individuals.
BC.D2Evaluate the health screening questionnaires and health monitoring test results and provide recommendations for lifestyle improvement and activities.

Command verbs in this unit

The verb decides the depth expected — that is what separates Pass from Merit and Distinction work on the same learning aim.

EvaluateDescribeComparePrepareDeviseSafelySelectJustifyInterpretGiveOutline
Pearson's ladder runs Identify → Describe → Explain → Compare / Analyse → Evaluate / Justify / Assess. A Merit or Distinction criterion on the same aim always implies the Pass beneath it: an “evaluate” answer that never first “explains” fails, however polished it reads. Hover a verb for what it demands.

Learning aims

  • A. Examine a range of laboratory-based and field-based fitness tests
  • B. Use health screening techniques and fitness tests for a specified purpose
  • C. Interpret the results of fitness tests and health screening techniques for a specified

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