ABSTRACT
Teachers know what to assess, surely this is not an issue? However ‘what can teachers assess in PE?’ is not as simple a question as it seems. Life in classrooms, sports halls and playing fields is complex. Generally PE teachers do know what to assess for teaching purposes, but most of the objectives of PE raise issues in practical terms when it comes to their achievement and pupils’ assessment. Extrapolating different skills, personal qualities and the varying elements and contributions within a performance and from each other, and providing evidence for them, is not an easy matter.
