"exam standard" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the level of performance expected on a particular examination, or on exams in general. For example, "Sally worked hard to ensure she met the exam standard in her Maths class."
In this paper we investigate the impacts of an increase in the exit exam standard in Florida.
We also obtained the following clinical information: history, physical exam, standard laboratory values, imaging studies, COHb, and hospital outcomes.
Participants (12 paediatricians attending an exam standard setting workshop) saw 28 clips at one of four image qualities, with all qualities being seen at least once for each clip across all four groups (a cross-over design to avoid confounding results by repeated clip viewing).
Establish an independent body responsible for the curriculum and exam standards.
What is needed is not a mad tinkering with exam standards, relating them to birthdays.
Pike hopes this will open up a national debate on exam standards.
The exam standards watchdog is to probe claims that GCSEs and A levels too easy, the BBC reports.
I want parents, universities, employers and young people themselves to be confident that exam standards are being maintained".
Studies by the QCA say exam standards are being maintained despite year-on-year increases in the pass rate.
The panel said the schools should be exempt from the Regents exam standards, at least for the first few years, but the commissioner rejected that advice.
The DfE's official response hinted that the new A-level would fail to receive approval to be taught in schools from Ofqual, the exam standards regulator.
