Living standards for the young and those with children fell even more.

The standards of primary and secondary public education have been falling over the past decades.

If standards are falling, just dumb down the tests a bit more.

An officers report to Monday's committee says standards have fallen over a number of years.

Used to go there with my family regularly and just watched the standards fall.

Almost 30 percent of the ordinary public thinks that living standards will fall over the next five years.

With fewer people at work to support everyone else, living standards could fall.

It could be said, of course, that standards have always been falling.

Absolute standards of poverty can fall short in other ways.

As a result, the standard of education provided is falling across the board.