Abstract
Purpose: to work out criteria, permitting assessment of physical education in higher educational establishments. Material: theoretical analysis and generalization of scientific methodic literature and documents; method of experts’ assessments. As experts, 26 professors and associate Professors of higher educational establishments of different profile were invited (13 doctors of science and 13 candidates of science). Results: we have generalized the data about effectiveness criteria of physical education, present in program normative documents. We have presented criteria, permitting to quantitatively assess the correspondence of physical education, in higher educational establishments, results to its purposes and tasks. Conclusions: the most acceptable method of physical education quality control is regular monitoring of indicators of students’ physical condition. Individual target of every student shall be indicators of academic trainings’ quality. Analysis of optional lessons’ attendance is also very important indicators of quality of students’ physical condition.