EDUCATION IN THE U.S. IS 
                 “STATE” DRIVEN, NOT ”NATIONAL”
                        -   NH IS THE FIRST STATE IN THE U.S. TO FULLY 
                        INTEGRATE A COMPETENCY-BASED LEARNING AND 
                                         ASSESSMENT SYSTEM
                   -  THIS STATE MANDATE HOWEVER, IS DESIGNED TO BE 
                     DEVELOPED FROM THE GROUND UP OVER A FIVE-YEAR 
                                                  PERIOD
                   -   THE NH DEPT. OF ED. HAS NOT PROVIDED SCHOOLS 
                       WITH ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES FOR HEALTH OR PE 
                      SUBJECTS (THEY HAVE FOR OTHER SUBJECTS SUCH AS 
                                                 HISTORY)
      PREVIOUS GRADING WAS ON AN A-F SCALE 
      TRADITIONAL ASSESSMENTS WERE USED, 
      SUCH AS WRITTEN TESTS, SKILLS TESTING 
       AND SUBJECTIVE GRADING RELATED TO 
        THINGS SUCH AS PREPAREDNESS, 
        PARTICIPATION AND SPORTSMANSHIP
       NEW GRADING WILL BE ON A 0-5 BASIS
      SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES ARE ADDRESSED 
       AND ASSESSED VIA STANDARDS AND 
      OUTCOMES THAT LEAD TO STUDENT SELF-
       ASSESSMENT ‘I CAN’ STATEMENTS. AN 
       EXAMPLE: ‘I CAN THROW A LEAD PASS 
       ACCURATELY TO A MOVING TEAMMATE.’
        TEACHER-BASED ASSESSMENTS ARE 
       MAINLY VIA RUBRICS AND CHECK LISTS.
      IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETENCY-
       BASED ASSESSMENT MODEL VARIES 
                   WIDELY
     • Some schools have barely started, and some PE teachers are 
      vowing to retire before they will engage in this. 
     • Most schools are in the development phase, but teachers are 
      not given any ‘release’ time to fully develop it.
     • Some schools have the system in place (Standards, 
      Competencies, and ‘I Can’ statements established for each 
      grade level and sport/game/activity) and are assessing 
      students using this new model.
                   CURRENT PE TEACHERS ARE CONCERNED 
                   ABOUT THIS NEW ASSESSMENT SYSTEM – 
                           THEY ARE LOOKING FOR HELP
                 - SOCIETY FOR HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATORS 
                     (SHAPE, 2014) BOOK PROVIDES NATIONAL 
                 STANDARDS AND GRADE LEVEL OUTCOMES K-12
                - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (PD) WORKSHOPS
                             - NH STATE HPE CONFERENCE
                     -   GRADUATE-LEVEL SUMMER COURSES
                 -   VERY VALUABLE FOR TEACHERS TO SHARE IN 
                                    THEIR EXPERIENCES
               -   HARD FOR MANY OLDER PE TEACHERS TO MOVE 
                           AWAY FROM SUBJECTIVE GRADING