Stoller Pacer

Stoller Pacer Proficiency Devastates Students

The sound of a beep echoes throughout the gym, feet are pounding against the newly polished wood floor, it’s the sound of the annual Stoller Pacer test. The white board in the center of the East wall displays the amount of beeps it takes to be proficient for the boys which is 44 and for the girls which is 33. For the girls, highly proficient is 51 but for the boys it’s a whopping 83. Most boys were shocked by this and complained to the PE teachers: Mr. Gus and Mr. Pox about the great range difference of the proficient score range which is a 39 beep difference, and the girls also had a big but not as dramatic beep difference of 18. We interviewed Mr. Gus about this and he claims that the National scores determine the scores for proficiency. Most girl students that we interviewed said that the pacer was ‘not hard’, and for the boys, ‘hard’. Most boys didn’t like the scores because they couldn’t even come close to highly proficient.

There are many schools that have to take the Beep Test, the Beep test is mainly used to test good stamina and endurance by trying to run between two lines exactly 30 yards apart for a certain amount of time indicated by two separate beeps which get faster as you progress through the test. The more beeps, the harder it gets. Many students dread the annual beep test and they are supposed to exceed their previous beep test result to get a better grade and show improvement. Highly proficient is very difficult to achieve and only a few people actually got highly proficient. Most of the student got around 55 beeps which is a rough estimated average through Stoller Middle School.

Alex C. struggling to get past his 57th beep

At first it was very slow so it was very easy, but right when you get to 50 the pace gets faster and harder to run. Many people were very tired after the pacer and if the person had asthma they could get seriously hurt. We believe that the scores should be lowered due to lack of fitness towards both genders, until we improve, the scores should be lowered.

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Josh K.

Kevin H.