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This document provides fitness assessment guidelines that focus on health-related fitness components to promote life-long physical activity & well-being. The introduction addresses the need for a change in the approach to fitness development and presents the learning continuum within which fitness assessment is to be administered. Section 2 includes definitions & determinants of physical fitness, outlines the principles of fitness development, and suggests effective strategies for the development of health-related fitness components. Section 3 presents guidelines & administrative suggestions for health-related fitness assessment. Section 4 provides instructions & protocols for a variety of assessment tasks that can be used to measure health-related physical fitness components, including muscular strength, endurance, and body composition. The appendix lists the fitness management learning outcomes identified for kindergarten to senior 4 physical education/health education.