April Oh1, Frank Perna2,

June 27, 2011

1Clinical Research Directorate/CMRP, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI-Frederick, Inc., Frederick, MD 217022 National Cancer Institute, DCCPS, BRP, Rockville, MD 20852

Classification of Laws Associated with School Students

http://class.cancer.gov/‒ Classification system of codified state laws

Includes two systems coding Physical Education/Recess and Nutrition policies:

Physical Education-Related State Policy Classification System (PERSPCS)

School Nutrition Environment State Policy Classification System (SNESPCS)

‒ All 50 states and Washington DC‒ Grade levels: Elementary, Middle and High School

2003-2008 data, tool, and codebook

NOTE: *2010 Data Currently Being

Coded*

C.L.A.S.S. users can select PE or nutrition,

grade level, policy area, and year to

generate customized national maps of

codified state-laws

Please insert PRINT SCREEN OF A PDF PRINTED MAP

CIRCLE BUTTON FOR VIEW/PRINT PDF

Dow

nlo

ad

in

to P

DF

Download Download maps for:maps for:

PowerPoint

Policy reports

Newsletters

‒ KeyState variable

‒ ConsiderPopulation sampled

Sampling methodology

Policy lag

‒ Data SetsSHPPS (School Health Policies and Programs Survey)

U.S. Census

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System/Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBSS/YRBS)

U.S. Department of Educational Statistics

‒ Purpose Examine relationship between state-laws for time spent in school physical education (PE) class and adolescent weight status

‒ National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH)Noninstitutionalized children and adolescents

Ages 0 to 17 years

50 states and the District of Columbia

Cross sectional survey data collected 2003, 2007; oversampled urban areas, telephone survey

‒ Policy Lag and Variables UsedNSCH 2007 – Weight Status

PERSPCS 2005 – PE time requirements

‒ Selected Middle School Students

‒ Results Inverse relationship between weight status (r=- 0.02, p<0.05) and stringency of PE time state laws

Relationship between state law and weight status: Significant among Black students (r=-.03, p<0.001)

Not significant among Whites students (r=-.01, p=0.17)

Perna, Oh, Agurs-Collins, Dodd, Nebeling, Moser, Chriqui, Masse, Atienza

Do schools within states with higher C.L.A.S.S. PE-Time scores report more PE-time than schools within states with relatively lower PERSPCS scores?

Secondary Data Analysis of:PERSPECS Score (2005)

State Law regarding public School PE policy

http://class.cancer.gov/

SHPPS (School Health Policy and Programs Survey) School Level Data (Public Schools) 2006School practices (minutes of physical education)

School demographic characteristics: size, urbanicity, poverty level

http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/shpps/index.htm

SHPPS QuestionsHow many weeks during the school year are _____ graders scheduled to take physical education?

On average, how many days per week are the _____ graders scheduled to take physical education?

On average, how many minutes is each session of physical education scheduled to last?

Dependent Variable: Time Spent in PE

Time = Weeks x Days x Minutes/

36 WeeksDerived from

PERSPECS Score

5

4

3

2

1

0

STRONG LAW: Specific amount of PE required

WEAK LAW: Non-Specific amount of PE required

No LAW: No PE required

0

30

60

90

120

150

No-Law/ Reccomend

Non-Specific Require

Specific-Require

Min

PE/

Wk

PERSPECS Code for School’s State

What is relationship between a State’s C.L.A.S.S. score(s) and:Change in policy scores over time?...weighted by population?

Average student/teacher ratio

Achievement test scores in ES, MS, HS?

Amount spent per pupil on education?

Child poverty rate?

Obesity rate?