They saw how their students were doing against real standards.

The new techniques help teachers to assess students against set standards, she said.

If you don't support him on free schools, then you must be against innovation and standards.

That writing will then be evaluated by the teachers against grade-level standards.

They are measured against standards that are the same for all.

The new qualifications are marked against objective standards rather than relatively.

But these deficiencies should be evaluated against historical rather than ideal standards.

Nice to see the Times take a stand against transparency, standards and democracy though.

I am against double standards being applied to human rights.

I am against standards being based on the principle of the lowest common denominator.