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What are Power Standards?
At the core of lesson and unit planning are Power Standards
Power Standards help teachers focus and prioritize what is most important for students to know and be able to do in the time available for teaching and learning. Lake Washington School District teachers looked at the state’s Grade Level Expectations (GLEs), or what the state expects students to learn at each grade. Teachers asked themselves which of these GLEs best represent the key skills, concepts, and processes mastered at a given grade level. The teachers thought in terms of readiness for further study, leverage, and endurance.
  1. Readiness for Further Study: Students should have an opportunity to master skills, concepts and processes that will provide the necessary foundation for being successful in their studies.
  2. Leverage: Students should study skills, concepts and processes that have wide applicability to other areas of study.
  3. Endurance: Students should study skills, concepts and processes that they will likely draw on throughout their lives.

 

Power Standards are a subset of the complete list of standards for each grade and for each subject. They represent the “safety net” of standards every teacher ensures all students learn.

Most grade level content areas have developed power standards. Others are still in development and will be available soon.

 Power Standards (PS)
  Reading Writing Mathematics Science Social Studies Technology
Kindergarten PS PS PS PS PS *
First Grade PS PS PS PS PS *
Second Grade PS PS PS PS PS *
Third Grade PS PS PS PS PS *
Fourth Grade PS PS PS PS PS *
Fifth Grade PS PS PS PS PS *
Sixth Grade PS PS PS PS PS *
Seventh Grade PS PS CMP7 PS
Algebra PS		 PS PS *
Eighth Grade PS PS CMP8/Algebra PS
Geometry PS		 PS PS *
Ninth Grade PS PS Algebra PS
Geometry PS
Adv.Algebra PS		 PS PS *
Tenth Grade PS PS Algebra PS
Geometry PS
Adv.Algebra PS		 Biology PS
Chemistry PS
Physics PS		 PS *
Eleventh Grade PS PS Algebra PS
Geometry PS
Adv.Algebra PS		 Biology PS
Chemistry PS
Physics PS		 PS *
Twelfth Grade PS PS Algebra PS
Geometry PS
Adv.Algebra PS		 Biology PS
Chemistry PS
Physics PS		 PS *

* = Power Standards will be available at a later date.
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