TExES Physical Education EC–12 258 Study Guide 2026–2027 | 200 Practice Questions

Prepare for the TExES® Physical Education EC–12 (258) exam with a complete study guide built on the current official framework: five domains and thirteen competencies. Every chapter maps to a tested competency and turns what the exam measures into clear explanations, summary tables, labeled diagrams, worked calculations, and Exam Focus boxes.

This 242-page digital guide is written for the current 258 exam, which replaced the 158 test. It covers the 90 selected-response questions and the constructed-response question, and finishes with two 100-question practice tests of exam-level, scenario-based questions.

What's Inside

• An overview of the exam: 90 selected-response questions plus 1 constructed-response question, 5-hour appointment, 100–300 scale with a passing score of 240, domain weights, fee, registration, and the Texas retake rules
• Domain I, Movement Knowledge and Skills: motor development, perceptual-motor development, motor learning, practice and feedback, fundamental movement skills, movement concepts, biomechanics, individual, dual, and team sports, game tactics, rhythms and dance, and outdoor pursuits
• Domain II, Health-Related Fitness: body systems, fitness components, training principles and personal fitness plans, cardiorespiratory fitness and target heart rate, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility and contraindicated exercises, nutrition and hydration, stress management, and health literacy
• Domain III, The Physical Education Program: planning from the TEKS, instructional models and teaching styles, assessment and FitnessGram, motivation, class organization, personal and social responsibility, program evaluation and advocacy, legal liability, safety, first aid, CPR, and AED
• Domain IV, Educating All Learners and Professional Practice: universal design for learning, differentiation, IDEA and Section 504, adapted physical education, the Texas educators' code of ethics, behavior management, emergent bilingual students, assessment literacy, and Response to Intervention
• Domain V, Constructed Response: how the question is scored, a step-by-step method, a response template, and an annotated sample task with score-4 and score-2 responses
• 19 labeled diagrams, including the phases of motor development, lever classes, projectile paths, blood flow through the heart, energy systems, heart-rate zones, the spectrum of teaching styles, the elements of negligence, and the Response to Intervention tiers
• Worked examples for the calculations the exam uses: target heart rate by percent of maximum and by heart rate reserve, pulse counts, cardiac output, and energy balance
• Final review checklist, study schedules, FAQs, test-taking strategies, and recommended resources
• 2 practice tests (200 questions) weighted like the exam's selected-response domains, with a separate answer key explaining every answer
• 4 constructed-response practice tasks, from kindergarten to high school, each with a full-credit sample response

Format

• Instant digital download (PDF), 8.5 × 11 in
• Clickable table of contents
• Print it or study on a tablet, laptop, or phone

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