LWSD Teaching and Curriculum
Teachers, curriculum, standards, and assessment shape the learning experience for students in our district.

Grade Level 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. Of the state Grade Level Equivalents (GLEs), Power Standards are the ones that best represent the key skills, concepts and processes mastered at a given grade level. Power Standards create the framework for teaching and learning.

Testing and Grades
State, district, and teachers look at how a student is doing in different ways. Everyone wants each student in the district to learn. Teachers, administrators, parents, and community members all have the same goal. How can all these groups, and more importantly, students themselves, know if they are learning? That is where grades and testing come in.