Why Do We Test Middle Schoolers' Fitness?

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Why Do We Test Middle Schoolers' Fitness?

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Dec 4, 2018

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From the outdated Presidential Fitness Test to today's FITNESSGRAM, Americans have been giving standardized fitness tests to middle school kids for decades. Learn the past and present of these exams in today's episode of BrainStuff. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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Dec 4, 2018

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