Sentence examples for norm standard from inspiring English sources

"We are looking for a higher quality than the normal and what we are getting [so far] is the norm – standard off-the-peg stuff," said Derek Hunnisett, who chairs the Dartford planning committee.

A norm standard was specified in order to determine the degree of proficiency that most German EFL students should reach.

This norm standard was located at the upper half of level B1 (B1.2; cut-off score of 550).

Students who reach the EFL norm standard are very likely to reach at least PISA baseline proficiency.

Figure 6 shows the correspondence of the German NA minimum and norm standard to the PISA baseline and norm proficiency: Of those non-native speakers who attained the German NA norm standard (B1.2 on the CEFR), 61.7 and 90.8% reached norm proficiency and baseline proficiency on the PISA scale, respectively.

The majority of students who achieve the EFL norm standard even reach PISA norm proficiency, which is a key measure for post-secondary educational academic success in an English-speaking context.

A comparison of the verbal skills of native speakers and non-native speakers may lead to very different results than a comparison of reading and confidence in the global participation of EFL students may need to be tempered until there is evidence that students' other language skills also meet an international norm standard.

In terms of proficiency standards for non-native speakers (German NA minimum and norm standard) compared to those for native speakers (PISA baseline and norm proficiency), we found a shift that resembles the one found for proficiency levels as shown in Table 2.