Fit Family Task Force Project - Rockford Public Schools
Fit Family Task Force Project - Rockford Public Schools
Fit Family Task Force Project - Rockford Public Schools
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Discovery Center Data Analysis (Including Control Groups)<br />
The <strong>Fit</strong> Families Curriculum was taught as an after-school program at the<br />
Discovery Center Museum for four local elementary schools (Gregory, Spring<br />
Creek, Summerdale, and Lathrop) in <strong>Rockford</strong>, IL, serving an at-risk population<br />
(90% poverty). In late September and early October, 2008 the Discovery Center<br />
staff administered a pre-test covering material that was to be taught by the FIE<br />
curriculum for each of these 4 elementary schools. The curriculum was then<br />
taught over the school year as an after-school program administered by the<br />
Discovery Center staff, trained in FIE. In early March of 2009, a post-test (similar<br />
to the pre-test) covering the material that was taught by the FIE curriculum was<br />
given to students once again at each of the 4 schools. Data analysis from<br />
comparing the pre and post test scores for students who completed the FIE<br />
curriculum at the Discovery Center was analyzed by medical student Prateek<br />
Sanan with advice from Drs. Demas and Greenlaw and is explained below.<br />
In all, 43 students (14 from Gregory, 8 from Spring Creek, 9 from Summerdale,<br />
and 12 from Lathrop) took both the pre and post tests that measured knowledge<br />
of the FIE curriculum. In reality each of the schools had more than the given<br />
numbers of students participate in the curriculum because many students were<br />
not present on both the days the pre and post tests were given. These students<br />
who participated but did not take a pre and post test could not be included for<br />
the analysis. Therefore, only students who took both the pre and post test could<br />
be used to analyze this data set.<br />
The pre and post tests were initially designed to be out of 29 points. However,<br />
some questions were thrown out for the Discovery Center Museum testing<br />
because they seemed to be too complicated for the verbal and written abilities of<br />
the students. After this editing of the test was completed, the test was redefined<br />
to be out of a total of 20 points. This new scoring system could allow for a<br />
maximum of 22 points with 2 bonus points, but a maximum of only 20 points
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