2008 National PETE Standards 

• National Standards for Initial Physical Education Teacher Education
• 2008 Advanced Standards in Physical Education Teacher Education

The Initial Standards relate to programs whose candidates will be receiving initial licensure in physical education upon graduation.The Advanced Standards apply to more experienced candidates whose Masters degree in physical education will be post-initial licensure.

NASPE requires that programs collect the following amount of data to provide evidence that candidates graduate with an acceptable level of knowledge, skills, and dispositions.

• Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 - Programs must have at least 1 semester of data on ALL assessments
• Beginning Fall 20110 - Programs must provide data from two administrations of every assessment
  

By Fall 2010 All New Program Reports Must Use the 2008 Standards.