Several years ago, the Idaho State Department of Education developed a set of Power Standards, those content standards which were identified as most critical at each grade level. Though the way the State Department and State Board have structured the content standards as since changed, the previously chosen Power Standards can be a valuable resource for teachers, helping teachers to focus on the most crucial standards and objectives that the students in their classroom need to learn and for which they will be held accountable.

The Idaho Falls School District #91 developed the following series of documents to help teachers recognize the Power Standards and related vocabulary which may be most important to include in their classroom instruction: