Tips, guides, and updates for physical education professionals
This is the eFit Software physical education technology blog, written for the people who actually run gyms, activity courses, and kinesiology programs. Every guide here is built around the work on your desk: grading policies that hold up when a parent calls, online courses students finish, student fitness data handled the way your district expects, and program numbers you can hand to a dean. Start with the grading guide, then follow whichever topic you need this week.
• 17 min read
PE grading scales explained, what a PE grade means, and how to build a fair grading system with a weighted rubric, participation policy, improvement scoring, and policy language you can copy.
Read ArticleRead the grading guide first. It walks through weighted categories, a participation policy you can defend, improvement scoring, and the records that settle a grade dispute in ninety seconds. Then see how eFit keeps those records for you.
• 13 min read
Learning outcomes, a grading breakdown, weekly activity targets, a week-by-week schedule, journal prompts, and course policies you can copy.
• 14 min read
Test selection, timing, the Rockport walk test formula, growth scoring, and matched pair reports for program review.
• 15 min read
What the pooled research says about tracker motivation, and the seven mechanisms that turn it into a gradeable PE course.
• 12 min read
The one requirement a PE course has, six selection criteria for a school setting, and the phone-only path for students with no wearable.
• 12 min read
Which program assessment data actually proves effectiveness, and how to brief a dean with one page of charts.
• 10 min read
Choice based units, self referenced goals, and class ideas that raise participation with digital native students.
• 10 min read
Accountability, weekly module design, activity verification, grading, and a four week starter syllabus.
• 13 min read
How student fitness data is protected, what to ask a vendor before students create accounts, and how to document your choices.
• 8 min read
How artificial intelligence is changing PE, from personalized workout plans to intelligent assessment tools, and what it means for teachers.
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