Framework Component
Changes - Multi-SectorIndicator Description
This indicator represents high-level school policies and systems implemented at a state level and achieved through the work of a number of diverse organizations, of which SNAP-Ed will have been one-sometimes in a highly significant way, other times as part of a coalition or collaborative.Background and Context
This indicator is significant because of the power that a state-level policy decision implies for increased student exposure to physical activity opportunities and heathy eating and concurrent reduced contact with unhealthy eating experiences and sedentary behavior. For example, states with a specific time requirement for physical education reported significantly more weekly PE time than those with a non-specific time requirement at the elementary (over 27 min.) and middle school (over 60 min.) levels or than those with no time requirement, 40 more and 60 more min./week, respectively.1 Success with this indicator reduces the amount of individual effort at the school level spent on attaining these policies, that can instead be directed towards monitoring as well as exploring additional PSE change interventions.Outcome The desired benefit, improvement, or achievement of a specific program or goal. Measures
| MT9a. | Number of low-income schools that require K-12 students receive physical activity instruction totaling 150 minutes per week at the elementary level and 225 minutes per week at the secondary level (middle and high school) |
| MT9b. | Number of low-income schools that require K-12 students to be moderately or vigorously physically active for at least 50 percent of time spent in PE classes |
| MT9c. | Number of low-income schools that require a formal written agreement between schools and communities or organizations that allows access to school's recreational facilities outside of school hours (joint use) |
| MT9d. | Number of low-income schools that integrate nutrition education into K-12 academic standards |
| MT9e. | Number of low-income schools that prohibit the sale or service of food through school-based, on-campus fundraisers or limits it to Classification of Laws Associated with School Students (C.L.A.S.S.) School Nutrition Environment State Policy A written statement of an organizational position, decision, or course of action. guidelines |
| MT9f. | Number of low-income schools that prohibit the sale or service of a la carte (individual, non-entrée) food outside the reimbursable school meal programs, during the service of meals in the cafeteria, or limits it to C.L.A.S.S. School Nutrition Environment State Policy A written statement of an organizational position, decision, or course of action. guidelines |
| MT9g. | Number of low-income schools that require free access to potable drinking water at all access points at all meal times during all times of the day |
| MT9h. | Estimated number of students in the target population who have increased access to or benefit from the educational policy or intervention
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What to Measure
First identify which PSE changes are being met at the state level by using the secondary data state database to identify changes in meeting MT9a-MT9h from the 2-year period before; then use the most current data your state has available to identify the number of schools that qualify as SNAP-Ed eligible (at least 50% free and reduced price (school) meals (FRPM)).
Report data separately for elementary, middle, and high schools.