Riding License: Peer-Run Skills Test

Students are tested on basic bike or scooter skills on a course they set up themselves, and classmates do the scoring. It works as the unit's final assessment.

How to play

1. Explain the five tests and the scoring sheet with clear criteria (5 min).
2. Teams set up the route: start with check, slalom, look back and signal, stop sign, and braking box (8 min).
3. Round one: half the class takes the test while the other half scores in pairs (12 min).
4. Round two with roles swapped (12 min).
5. License handout: each student gets their sheet with two strengths and one thing to redo (5 min).
6. Take down the course and suggest improvements to it (3 min).

Rules

• Sheets are filled in with observable criteria, not opinions.
• Nobody fails: anyone who misses a test retakes it at the end.
• Helmet and pre-ride check are part of the test.
• Only one rider per section of the course.

Variations

Adaptations

• Students with a visual impairment: adapted test with sound guidance and tasks on foot with the bike.
• Students with limited mobility: test in a wheelchair, or with an expanded theory and bike-check section.
• Students with test anxiety: get one unscored practice run first.

Learning goals

• Show basic safety skills on wheels.
• Assess with objective criteria and respect.
• Identify strengths and areas to improve.

Equipment for a class of 25

• bicycles: 12
• kick scooters: 6
• helmets: 30
• cones: 30
• chalk: 6
• scoring sheets: 30
• pencils: 15

Teacher tip

Build the sheet with yes/no boxes per criterion (for example, 'looks back without drifting more than a wheel width'). Students bring bikes with a signed permission slip, or borrow them from the city or local police; if you are short, pairs take turns.

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