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PE Metrics: Assessing the National Standards Article #3 in a 4-part series: The Benefits and Advantages of Nationally Tested Assessments

May/June 2009 this is the third of four articles in the Pe Metrics series related to the value of using national assessments to inform teachers, students, parents, and administrators about student progress at the elementary level toward achieving the National Standards for Physical education (NaSPe, 2004) for Standard 1. the first article focused on the importance of assessing student learning (Fisette et al. 2009a). the second explained formative and summative assessment processes and instructional considerations when implementing the standards (Fisette et al. 2009b). this third article discusses the benefits and advantages of using the assessments that appear in PE Metrics: Assessing the National Standards, Standard 1: Elementary (NaSPe, 2008).