Table tennis has been incorporated into physical education courses in most colleges and universities in China; establishing evaluation standards in the reform of public physical education elective courses is an effective measure. Taking the establishment of evaluation standards for elective courses of table tennis as an example, the standards are as follows: (i) In the evaluation indicators system of table tennis elective course, the first level indicators include general physical fitness and table tennis skills. The second-level indicators include sit-ups for girls and push-ups for boys, and forehand and backhand serve, forehand stroke, and backhand stroke. (ii) Use the deviation method to develop five-level evaluation criteria to evaluate the eight third-level norms, namely, excellent, good, medium, lower, and poor. Establishing evaluation standards for table tennis elective courses significantly promotes students' physical literacy by systematically enhancing their physical fitness, technical skills, and confidence in movement through a structured, multi-level assessment framework.