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summarize framework development procedure china national assessment education quality physical education health 2015 cnaeqpeh 2015 authoritative evidencebased national surveillance protocol developed ministry education peoples republic china grade 4 grade 8 students framework cnaeqpeh 2015 included test battery physical fitness health outcomes selfreported questionnaires regarding facilitators barriers physical fitness health school settings family status completed students teachers principals qualified standardized responsible work procedure generated provide insights quality data collection supervision largescale schoolbased physical fitness testing implementation measure development stratified unequal probability sampling implementation included working procedure first circle cnaeqpeh conducted june 18 2015 111173 grade 4 students 4015 elementary schools 72243 grade 8 students 2461 middle schools along principals n 6447 physical education pe teachers n 11418 sampled probability proportionate size pps across 323 counties china results provided detailed information regarding students physical fitness outcomes learning lifestyle educational environment cnaeqpeh 2015 largescale assessment physical fitness health outcomes helps provide opportunities understand physical fitness health status chinese grade 4 8 students study correlations physical fitness health well relationship educationrelated indicators academic performance