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NCT Number: NCT05509803

PE Audit and Feedback Pilot Study

School physical education (PE) is one of the most valuable tools for increasing physical activity and fitness among youth of all backgrounds; however, compliance with existing PE laws is low (and differential by school race/ethnic and family-income composition, contributing to health disparities), and best practices for increasing compliance remain unknown. This study proposes to examine a novel approach for increasing PE law compliance by testing a PE audit and feedback tool (adapted from a tool used by the New York City Department of Education) in Oakland, California schools to determine the effectiveness, adaptability, and scalability of this potential cost-effective approach for increasing PE law compliance and student physical activity.

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Key information

Conditions

Physical Inactivity Behavior Cardiovascular Diseases Sedentary Behavior

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

UC Berkeley

Berkeley, California, 94720, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Elementary school in the Oakland Unified School District
  • >50% of students in the school qualify for free or reduced-price meals
  • >80% of students non-white

Exclusion criteria

  • Having a PE program known by the PE Director to be well-established and/or meet/exceed district expectations for PE

Treatment and study plan

PE Audit and Feedback Tool

Behavioral

The intervention consists of a Physical Education (PE) Audit and Feedback tool, which was adapted from work done through the PE Works program in the New York City Department of Education. A district-level PE program leader in Oakland Unified School District will deliver the tool, which consists of auditing the current status of PE in intervention schools, providing feedback on the status to help improve PE, and providing technical assistance to bring schools up to code and ensure support for PE programming.

Primary outcomes

  1. Scheduled Minutes of Physical Education/Week

    Time frame: Change from baseline (spring of year 1) to follow-up (spring of year 2)

    Linear mixed effects models with random effects for school and grade were used to determine within group difference in change between baseline and follow up in scheduled minutes of physical education/week

  2. Estimated Minutes of Physical Education/Week

    Time frame: Change from baseline (spring of year 1) to follow-up (spring of year 2)

    Linear mixed effects models with random effects for school and grade were used to determine within group difference in change between baseline and follow up in estimated minutes of physical education/week based on data collected with the System for Observing Fitness Instruction Time

  3. % of PE Lesson Time in Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity

    Time frame: Change from baseline (spring of year 1) to follow-up (spring of year 2)

    Linear mixed effects models with random effects for school and grade were used to determine within group difference in change between baseline and follow up in proportion of PE class time in MVPA based on data collected with the System for Observing Fitness Instruction Time

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of California, Berkeley

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Increasing Compliance With Physical Education Laws to Reduce Health Inequities

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Aug 22, 2022
Registry last updated
Mar 27, 2026

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