View Physical Education Standards

There are six comprehensive health and physical education standards, each of which has a number of lettered strands. The strands are an organizational tool allowing teachers to locate specific content and skills. Related cumulative progress indicators (CPIs) are clustered together at each grade level so that a teacher can easily identify what should be taught about a specific subset of health and physical education, such as movement skills, nutrition, or safety. The knowledge and skills outlined in the revised standards are cumulative; that is, the progress indicators begin at a foundational or basic level and increase in complexity as the student matures, requiring more complex interaction with the content. Since the indicators are cumulative, students at succeeding grade levels are responsible for the knowledge and skills taught in previous grade level clusters as well as that of their current grade. Smaller grade level bands, increased specificity, and content strands allow teachers to focus on developmentally appropriate content and skills.