establish standards
set standards

Before you move on, you've got to set a standard for the next person.

Above all he set a new standard for foreign service.

He set a high standard in his last few days.

So, the standard was set pretty high for being true to what you want to do.

She set high standards for herself and expected the same from others.

The quality of the film set new standards in the industry.

"The federal government needs to come in and set national standards."

She had no right to set standards for the woman.

We're going to set high standards for teachers and students.

The first part is to set new, higher standards to be expected of every student.