Deconstructing standards can help teachers identify what knowledge, skills, and dispositions students need to know and be able to do. This can help teachers write clear, student-friendly learning targets using verbs and nouns. For example, teachers can identify knowledge targets, which are facts, vocabulary, or rules, and reasoning targets, which are mental processes like predicting, comparing, or analyzing. 

Deconstructing standards can help teachers understand the level of cognitive demand, or rigor, required by the standard. This can help teachers identify prerequisite skills, academic vocabulary, and instructional practices. 

Deconstructing standards can help teachers instruct and assess more appropriately, which can lead to more confident and motivated students. Teachers can build classroom instruction and assessment around the deconstructed learning targets. Activities and assessments should also align with the learning objectives.