Programmes may require candidates to demonstrate readiness for postgraduate study through a specific standard of achievement.

From time to time even the mopers and union spoilsports will cheer for young people who have dedicated themselves to the highest standards of achievement.

It means demanding higher standards of achievement in math and science of high school and college graduates, and of teachers.

The decade of accumulative awards were eventually recognized as one of the highest standards of achievement in choreography throughout the entertainment industry.

After this, the pendulum began to swing back to standards of achievement being used as a basis for making academic appointments, rather than political considerations.