One of every six children in the United States is so weak, uncoordinated, or generally inept that he or she is physically underdeveloped by the standards of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. This booklet outlines diagnostic tests that can identify physical difficulties or shortcomings in children between the ages of 9 to 17…

This document is designed to assist physical education teachers in addressing deficiencies found in Michigan students when they were tested on physical education performance objectives. The objectives included are: (1) locomotion--run, hop, skip; (2) body projection--horizontal and vertical jump; (3) rhythm--move to an even beat; (4) object…

Paper describes two assessment projects that provide examples of how preservice physical educators design, implement, and understand assessment, focusing on formative assessment. A volleyball project occurred in a middle school where students had physical education twice weekly. A gymnastics project occurred in an elementary school where teachers…