It has been assumed by many individuals that children and youth in the United States are not as active nor as healthy as many believe they should be. The lack of youth fitness and health has been believed to be due to many children and youth not receiving adequate amounts of exercise in physical education classes. Not only has lack of physical activity been noted as a problem, but the lack of knowledge among adolescents is to blame as well. That true, it is imperative to determine if physical educators themselves are knowledgeable and fit enough to be effective teachers. The general purpose of this study was to determine what physical education majors know and can do. More specifically, this study sought to understand what physical education majors know about fitness education and what they can do on fitness tests. The subjects for this study were male (n=24) and female (n=12) seniors attending higher education institutions in eastern North Dakota. All of the subjects were physical education teaching majors who were enrolled in a 400 level physical education class at their respective schools. Two types of fitness assessments were administered. The Fitnessgram assessment was used to test the fitness levels of the participants and consisted of the PACER test, push-ups, curl-ups, sit & reach, and, the BMI. The FitSmart assessment, a National Health-Related Physical Fitness Knowledge test intended for high school seniors, was used as a cognitive assessment to determine the extent to which the participants possess fitness knowledge. Results were calculated as mean and percentage scores via the Fitnessgram and FitSmart computer software programs. Data analysis reported that the participants were not as fit nor as knowledgeable as some might have hoped. The overall passing percentage, set at the 20th percentile, for the FITNESSGRAM was 68%. The curl-up and pushup assessments were the strongest for all participants, 100% and 94.44% passing rates respectively. Lower passing rates occurred in the BMI, sit & reach, and PACER assessments (72.22%, 66.67%, and 16.66%). The average score for the FitSmart test was 69.44%. Participants as a whole scored best on the Exercise Prescription component of the assessment (85.92%). The three greatest weaknesses were the Components of Physical Fitness (63.89%); Nutrition, Injury Prevention, and Consumer Issues (64.51%); and Scientific Principles of Exercise (65.28%). The female participants scored higher than the males on both the Fitnessgram (80% and 61.7%) and FitSmart assessments (71.3% and 68.5%). Keyword(s): curriculum development, measurement/evaluation, professional preparation