I dont think it his to be his specific PE teacher. USNA just says it has to be a Prep or High School phys ed teacher. My Phys ed teacher from ninth grade(last PE class) left the school, so I just asked one of the other Phys Ed teachers that I didnt personally know and they administered it for me.
CFA Administrator Question
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When my son was preparing for the CFA we looked at the different rules for each Academy, and thought that someone could possibly game the system. Although really there is no advantage, since the test is the same for all, and frankly, you are just as likely to get a PE teacher who is biased towards the candidate as any other source, and every Academy accepts a PE teacher to give the CFA.
My son was kind of stuck with only one PE teacher, who is a strict hard-A, but he knew that while he was training, so he practiced with perfect form on everything. But I am certain there can be a huge difference between different testers.
There are also other interpretation issues for the CFA that we weren't sure how the teacher would score. The bb throw: would he measure the total distance the ball went if it was not straight? My son's tester did not. He marked the line, and if it was on an angle, distance was lost. My son said it didn't really matter because he threw it pretty straight, but things like that can be relevant.
At this point of the process I would not rely on one Academy getting scores to another Academy. Everything goes way too slow in those offices. Even posting ACT scores that are sent to the schools takes forever. Just have the tester submit scores to each school.
My son was kind of stuck with only one PE teacher, who is a strict hard-A, but he knew that while he was training, so he practiced with perfect form on everything. But I am certain there can be a huge difference between different testers.
There are also other interpretation issues for the CFA that we weren't sure how the teacher would score. The bb throw: would he measure the total distance the ball went if it was not straight? My son's tester did not. He marked the line, and if it was on an angle, distance was lost. My son said it didn't really matter because he threw it pretty straight, but things like that can be relevant.
At this point of the process I would not rely on one Academy getting scores to another Academy. Everything goes way too slow in those offices. Even posting ACT scores that are sent to the schools takes forever. Just have the tester submit scores to each school.
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Actually, the way the basketball throw was measured is the correct way. How to measure it is clearly stated in the USNA CFA instructions. There is some interpretation that goes on, but most of it is straightforward and not hard to judge...such as the chin crossing the plane of the pull up bar, 90 deg on the push-ups (obviously the administrator isn't using a protractor to measure)...so there is judgement built in that might differ ever so slightly. Also agree with PE teacher bias...which is why I made the comment about limiting the administrators to BGOs and/or officers/CPOs.
Any prep/HS PE teacher is acceptable!
Any prep/HS PE teacher is acceptable!
You can go to USMA's website and pull the CFA instructions. There you will find averages for USMA. That will give you ballpark.