Abstract: The reform of academic quality evaluation of physical education courses in universities under the guidance of core literacy is an important lever to implement the fundamental task of cultivating morality and talents, and to promote the high-quality development of physical education in universities. This article takes the cultivation of core competencies in physical education disciplines in universities as the core perspective, analyzes the problems of lagging evaluation concepts, single evaluation content, and fixed evaluation methods in the current evaluation of academic quality in physical education courses in universities, and then proposes targeted optimization strategies, focusing on the three-dimensional evaluation core content of“sports ability, healthy behavior, and sports morality”, proposing innovative evaluation concepts, and establishing a competency oriented education concept; optimize evaluation content and methods, and construct a diversified evaluation model; improve the implementation of evaluation and promote the effective implementation of the evaluation system; establish a sound security system and build an optimized path for evaluating the long-term foundation of reform.

Key words: Core competencies, Universities, Physical education curriculum, Academic quality evaluation, System optimization, Practical path