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AppendicesSELECTION OF STRATEGIES AND SCORINGThe strategies were chosen based on a review of evidence and recommendations from major health or physical activityorganizations such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Association for Sport and PhysicalEducation (a full listing of references used to select strategies can be found in the appendix). The 17 strategies were thenincluded in a 25 question survey completed by schools prior to the project and again near the end of the project. Thequestions were scored on a graduated scale based on the degree of implementation for the strategies.Assigning a point value to each strategy used available evidence or a panel of experts to quantify the impact ofeach strategy using a formula of reach ‘X’ dose. Dose is how much of a given strategy is occurring (e.g., minutes ofactivity), with 10 minutes identified as one dose. Reach is what percent of the targeted population is being affected or isparticipating in the strategy. Scoring is based on research on participation levels and likely dose in minutes/week. Themaximum dose for any strategy was set at 40 and the scale was prorated from that maximum. An example of scoring forthe Active Classrooms strategy is outlined below:If you are an elementary or middle school, do you have activeclassrooms where students are physically active in classes otherthan physical education?Maxr No%mintotalx230r Yes, for an average of