standards
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Standards are benchmarks for measuring quality, achievement, or behavior.
A product meets safety standards; a school maintains academic standards.
The word implies expectations that should be upheld: She has high standards for herself.
A standard can also be a flag or banner, especially one that rallies troops or represents authority.
As an adjective, standard means typical or widely accepted: standard procedure, standard English.
Thirty-six-inch ruler
- baselineStandard for comparison
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
- metricStandard of measurement
- measureUnit of quantity
gauge · indicator · barometer · threshold · target · criterion · parameter · specification
Outstanding quality or merit
- specificationsStated requirements and parameters
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- ISOGlobal standards body
- complianceAdhering to requirements
inspection · assurance · control · consistency · precision · accuracy · durability · reliability
Accepted social practices
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- expectationsBeliefs about future outcomes
- protocolsEstablished codes of conduct
- practicesRepeated training sessions
traditions · etiquette · mores · taboos · conformity · behavior · propriety · decorum
Right and wrong principles
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
- conscienceInternal moral sense
virtue · honor · honesty · decency · righteousness · uprightness · rectitude · probity
Promoting knowledge or skill
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
- academicRelating to education or theory
- coreCentral essential portion
- testingExamining to evaluate
assessment · achievement · competency · outcomes · proficiency · literacy · numeracy · benchmarks
yardstick
Thirty-six-inch ruler
measure · gauge · indicator · barometer · threshold · target · criterion · parameter · specification · tolerance
excellence
Outstanding quality or merit
- specificationsStated requirements and parameters
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- ISOGlobal standards body
compliance · inspection · assurance · control · consistency · precision · accuracy · durability · reliability · conformance
conventions
Accepted social practices
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- expectationsBeliefs about future outcomes
- protocolsEstablished codes of conduct
practices · traditions · etiquette · mores · taboos · conformity · behavior · propriety · decorum · rules
morality
Right and wrong principles
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
conscience · virtue · honor · honesty · decency · righteousness · uprightness · rectitude · probity · scruples
educational
Promoting knowledge or skill
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
- academicRelating to education or theory
- coreCentral essential portion
testing · assessment · achievement · competency · outcomes · proficiency · literacy · numeracy · benchmarks · accountability
- valuesvalue, honesty, worth, fairness, morals
- normsnorm, norms, social norms, rule, custom
- rules & ethicsethics, honor code, bylaws, guidelines, protocol
- Social Standardsnorms, conventions, customs, etiquette, manners
- standardsnorm, norms, criterion, criteria, specification
- Academic Standardspeer review, research ethics, thesis defense, dissertation, rubrics
standardssubstandard
Below required quality
laxity · sloppiness · mediocrity · shoddiness · poor quality
standardsexceptions
Cases not following rules
deviations · specials · irregularities · anomalies · variations
standardsabnormalities
Deviations from standard patterns
aberrations · departures · unconventionality · nonconformity · eccentricities
- double standardUnequally applied moral code
- high standardsDemanding criteria for quality
- up to standardMeeting expected quality
- gold standardMeasure of ultimate quality
- standardized testExam with fixed scoring
- environmental standardsRules governing ecological impact
standard, substandard, standardize, standardized, standardization, nonstandard, standardizing, standardise, standardised