Standards-based assessment

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In an educational setting, standards-based assessment^[1] is assessment that relies on the evaluation of student understanding with respect to agreed-upon standards, also known as "outcomes". The standards set the criteria for the successful demonstration of the understanding of a concept or skill.^[2]