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Objectives of the study. This study aimed to obtain the criterion referenced and norm referenced agreement between the Mile Run/Walk Test, One-and- a-Half Mile Run/Walk Test and the PACER Test among male and female students aged 13, 14, and 15 years. Firstly, the findings of this research would determine the percentage of male and female secondary school students aged 13 years, 14 years, and 15 years in the state of Perak who passed the PACER Test, the Mile Run/ Walk Test, and the Body Mass Index based on the FITNESSGRAM Standard (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al., 2003). Secondly, the findings of this study would determine the percentage of male and female secondary school students aged 13 years, 14 years, and 15 years in the state of Perak who passed the One-and- a-Half Mile Run/Walk Test according to the American College of Sports Medicine standards (ACSM, 1999). Thirdly, the findings of this study would provide feedback on the reliability of the PACER test, which is the 20-metre multistage stage shuttle run. Fourthly, this was to determine the reliability of the Mile Run/Walk Test, One-and-a-Half Mile Run/ Walk Test, and the PACER Test so as to determine which test is the most suitable to measure the cardiovascular endurance among students depending on age and gender sex. Fifthly, the findings of this study would provide useful feedback to Sports Education and sports ecience teachers in Perak on the appropriateness of tests to measure cardiovascular endurance among students depending on age level and gender sex. Sixth, the findings of this study could be used by the Malaysian Ministry of Education, teacher education division, curriculum development centre, and state education departments as useful feedback to improve the sports education and sports science curricular. A study on the criterion referenced and norm referenced agreement between the Mile Run/Walk Test, One-and-a-Half Mile Run/Walk Test and the PACER Test among male and female secondary school students aged 13 years, 14 years, and 15 years in the state of Perak was conducted to achieve the following objectives. Firstly it was to test the test-retest reliability of the PACER Test, the 20 metres multistage stage shuttle run. Secondly, it was to test the similarity in reliability of the Mile Run/Walk Test, One-and-a- Half Mile Run/Walk Test, and the PACER Test based on the norm referenced and criterion referenced framework. Therefore, this was a study to find out if subjects could be classed as pass or fail when compared with the criterion reference for the Mile Run/Walk Test and the PACER Test using the standards set in the FITNESSGRAM (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al., 2003) and the One-and-a-Half Mile Run/Walk Test based on the standards set for the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM, 1999). Thirdly, this study was to determine the norm referenced reliability for the PACER and the correlation between the Mile Run/Walk Test, One-and-a-Half Mile Run/Walk Test and the PACER Test in order to determine which test was the most suitable to be used in order to measure the cardiovascular endurance among students depending on age and gender sex.