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Praxis physical education and health tests

ETS has two Praxis physical education tests. Content Knowledge (5091) is 120 multiple-choice questions in 2 hours, $130. Content and Design (5095) is 90 multiple-choice and 2 written questions in 2 hours, $156. For health there’s Health and Physical Education: Content Knowledge (5857) and Health Education (5551).

What’s on the Praxis physical education tests?

Category50915095
Content Knowledge and Student Growth and Development30%23%
Management, Motivation and Communication25%19%
Planning, Instruction and Student Assessment25%19%
Collaboration, Reflection and Technology20%14%
Instructional Design (2 written answers)-25%

On 5095, ETS suggests about 90 minutes for the multiple-choice questions and 30 for the written ones; they aren’t timed separately.

Health tests

Health and Physical Education: Content Knowledge (5857) has 130 questions in 130 minutes, $130: 58 on health and 72 on physical education. Health Education (5551) has 120 questions in 2 hours, $130, covering health as a discipline, promotion and prevention, relationships and mental health, community health and advocacy, and health teaching.

State notes

Tennessee accepts Content and Design (5095) if taken by August 31, 2024, through August 31, 2027. New Jersey lists health education among the fields exempt from a Subject Assessment. ETS’s median scores for 5091 are on our difficulty page.

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