Since 2015, the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization has posited physical literacy as a central tenet and pedagogical reform initiative of quality physical education. An assessment of physical literacy is, therefore, becoming an increasingly important aspect of physical education in schools. Internal and external threats to assessment instrument validity are always important considerations in assessment tool development, but this paper identifies why particular attention needs to be paid to the content validity of one such instrument being used by physical educators and researchers. Specifically, this paper interrogates the content validity claims of the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy—Version 2 and discusses why greater attention needs to be paid to the content validity of this instrument if pedagogical reform in physical education is not to be undermined.

自2015年以来，联合国教育、科学及文化组织将体育素养作为优质体育教育的核心宗旨和教学改革举措。因此，体育素养评估正成为学校体育教育中日益重要的一个方面。评估工具有效性的内部和外部威胁始终是评估工具开发中的重要考虑因素，但本文指出了为什么需要特别关注体育教育者和研究人员使用的此类工具的内容有效性。具体来说，