RCTC LAWE Cooper Fitness Test

Full name: RCTC LAWE Skills, Cooper Fitness Test (20-point scoring)
Year: 2018
Population: Applicants to the Rochester Community and Technical College Law Enforcement Program; the source populations behind the scoring grids are not disclosed
Study type: Academy scoring document
Link: View study

About this reference

A publicly hosted academy scoring document (filename: LAWE-2018-RCTC-Skills-Cooper-Test.pdf) from Rochester Community and Technical College's Law Enforcement Program. The six-test battery covers vertical jump, 1-minute sit-ups, 300 m run, 1-minute push-ups, 1.5-mile run, and trunk flex. Raw scores are converted to a 1-20 point scale; candidates must score at least one point in each event and at least 42 points overall. The PDF publishes tables for ages 20-59 and gives protocols, but it does not identify the samples or exact normative publications behind its score grids. Its 1.5-mile rows agree with the separately published CCS Cooper Standards grid for ages 20-59 and differ from the scanned 2013 Cooper Institute monograph. Trunk flex uses a Figure Finder Flex-Tester and has no cited normative source.

Known limitations

The document does not identify the samples, collection periods, or exact normative publications behind its score grids
The published scoring tables cover ages 20-59, not the older CCS brackets
Its 1.5-mile values should not be attributed to the different 2013 Cooper Institute monograph table
The 20-point scoring scale and 42-point pass threshold are RCTC conventions, not validated against any outcome measure
Trunk flex uses the Figure Finder Flex-Tester box protocol, which differs from the yardstick protocol used in the sit-and-reach norms hosted on this site; trunk-flex values are not directly comparable to our sit-and-reach percentiles