This Praxis 5857 cheat sheet squeezes ETS's Health and Physical Education: Content Knowledge test into a printable rundown of the facts examiners lean on most, across both the health and physical education halves. It's a premium cheat sheet built by Capital Prep — the one premium prep we trust — and it's yours free. Pair it with the rest of your free Praxis 5857 toolkit: the practice test, study guide, and flashcards.
Praxis 5857 exam at a glance
- Questions: 130 selected-response (58 health, 72 physical education)
- Time: 130 minutes
- Passing score: 100–200 scaled; cut score set by each state (commonly ~150–160)
- Cost: $130 registration fee; retake after a 28-day wait
What’s on the Praxis 5857 cheat sheet
- Health Education as a Discipline (~20%) — coordinated school health (WSCC), behavior-change theories, needs-based planning, and the 8 National Health Education Standards.
- Health Education Content (~25%) — the six dimensions of health, MyPlate and macronutrients, communicable vs. noncommunicable disease, substance abuse, mental and sexual health, and first aid — the heaviest category.
- Content Knowledge & Growth (~17%) — motor development and the three learning stages, energy systems, health- vs. skill-related fitness, FITT and overload, and basic biomechanics.
- Management, Motivation & Technology (~22%) — gym management that maximizes activity time, intrinsic motivation and mastery climate, reflective practice, and using tech to individualize.
- Planning, Instruction & Assessment (~16%) — SHAPE-aligned curriculum, Mosston's spectrum, TGfU, differentiation, and formative vs. summative assessment with FitnessGram.
How to use it in your final week
- Memorize the two fitness lists cold: five health-related components (cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, body composition) versus the six skill-related (agility, balance, coordination, power, reaction time, speed).
- Give the health half real time — categories I and II are 45% of the test and often the weaker subject for PE-minded candidates, so front-load whichever subject you know less.
- Rehearse the pedagogy default: on any 'what should the teacher do' item, pick the developmentally appropriate, skills-based, keep-everyone-active answer with a mastery climate.
- Read the sheet the morning of the test for one last pass on the memory hooks — FITT, the six dimensions of health, the three motor-learning stages, and check-call-care first aid.
The cheat sheet is your review layer — your Praxis 5857 practice test drives the exam-readiness ring at the top of this page. Download it, review, then take a full practice exam (or drill with the study guide and flashcards) to see where you stand.
Praxis 5857 cheat sheet FAQ
Yes — the Praxis 5857 cheat sheet downloads as a PDF with no account and no sign-up. It sits alongside Career Employer's free Praxis 5857 practice test, study guide, and flashcards, so your entire prep stack costs nothing.
It condenses the highest-yield health and physical education facts into a fast reference: the six dimensions of health, MyPlate and macronutrients, the FITT and overload principles, the five health-related fitness components, the stages of motor learning, and the pedagogy patterns ETS rewards — organized by the five scored content categories.
The 5857 is scored on a 100-to-200 scale and each state sets its own cut score, commonly around 150 to 160, so the sheet points you to your state's requirement rather than a single number. Confirm the exact passing score for the state where you seek licensure before test day.
No — the sheet is a review and last-week cram layer, not a full curriculum for two subjects in 130 questions. Use it to lock in facts, then work timed practice questions so you build pacing at roughly one minute per item across both the health and PE halves.
Tap the download button or the preview card at the top of this page and the PDF opens instantly. Bookmark the page so you can pull it up again for a final skim the morning of your exam.
References
- 1.ETS. “Health and Physical Education: Content Knowledge (5857).” praxis.ets.org, 2026. ↑
- 2.ETS. “The Praxis Study Companion — Health and Physical Education (5857).” praxis.ets.org. ↑
- 3.SHAPE America. “National Standards & Guidelines for K-12 Health and Physical Education.” SHAPE America. ↑
- 4.ETS. “Praxis State Requirements and Passing Scores.” ets.org. ↑
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