"against this standard" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are referring to a certain standard, rule, or precedent: For instance, the Employee of the Month award should only be given to those who meet or exceed the expectations against this standard.
How does Mr. Bush's lawsuit stack up against this standard?
Every spectacular goal has been held against this standard ever since.
Measured against this standard, Mr. Obama's change of heart on same-sex marriage seems significant but not especially valiant.
Legions of ambitious photographers, from Stephen Shore to Thomas Struth, have tested themselves against this standard, taking pictures all over the place that highlight the world's strange ordinariness.
The UK housing industry is under pressure to deliver 'zero carbon homes' from 2016 and it will be useful to monitor the performance of the WikiHouse against this standard.
Against this standard, New York is doing well, according to the new study, especially in math, where 63 percent of the charter schools studied outperformed their traditional district schools and only 14 percent performed worse.
When measured against this symptomatic standard, my considerations regarding selfhood are generally inapplicble.
By fighting against this NYC standard -- this notion that we're all angry hunchbacks -- and opening my heart to new people and opportunities, I've also learned how to open my mind, how to stay focused and optimistic, even when it seems impossible to do so.
Against this gold standard, BAL PCR exhibited better sensitivity and specificity than BAL AFB smear (100%/91% versus 54%/85%).
Relatively few studies have directly compared other measurement techniques against this gold standard in ICU patients [ 22].
When a gold standard or benchmark score is available, it is recommended that sensitivity and specificity calculations of each examiner are undertaken and measured against this gold standard (or benchmark score) [ 63].
