A baseline level of achievement. Commonly defined in the literature as "A standard indicates performance is satisfactory when Ä (etc.)" Meeting a standard performance is the basic re [..]

Standards an individual provider is expected to meet, especially with respect to quality of care. The standards may define volume of care delivered per time period.

Statements that refer to how well students are meeting a content standard; specify the quality and effect of student performance at various levels of competency (benchmarks) in the subject matter; specify how students must demonstrate their knowledge and skills and can show student progress toward meeting a standard.

  Explicit definitions of what students must do to demonstrate proficiency at a specific level on the content standards.

Benchmarks, or specified levels of achievement, of expectations for educational outcomes that provide a basis for measuring learning outcomes. (PA WIN)

What students have to do to show that they can use and apply what they have learned. Performance standards indicate how well a student must read, write, calculate, etc.

Federal, state, or local codified specifications that condition development activities to limit the extent to which a structure or activity may affect the immediate environment.

1. Regulatory requirements limiting the concentrations of designated organic compounds, particulate matter, and hydrogen chloride in emissions from incinerators. 2. Operating standards established by [..]

1. Regulatory requirements limiting the concentrations of designated organic compounds, particulate matter, and hydrogen chloride in emissions from incinerators. 2. Operating standards established [..]

Definitions of what a child must do to demonstrate proficiency at specific content and/or skill levels.

The criteria, often determined in advance, e.g., by an expert committee, by which the activities of health professionals or the organization in which they work, are assessed.

Regulations that permit uses based on a particular set of standards of operation. Performance standards provide specific criteria limiting noise, air pollution, emissions, odors, vibration, dust, dirt, glare, heat, fire hazards, wastes, traffic impacts, and visual impacts.

state the minimum or maximum allowable limit on the effects or characteristic of a use. A building code for example, might specify a performance standard referring to the fire resistance of a wall, rather that specifying the construction materials. Performance standards in zoning might describe allowable uses with respect to smoke, odor, [..]