What are the standards in Education?

Learning standards are concise, written descriptions of what

students are expected to know and be able to do at a specific
stage of their education. Learning standards describe
educational objectives—i.e., what students should have
learned by the end of a course, grade level, or grade span.
all states now use standardized assessments designed to
evaluate academic achievement in relation to a set of learning
standards.
While learning standards vary in content, purpose, and design from state to state, most standards systems in
the United States share a few common attributes

Subject areas: Learning standards are typically organized by

subject area
Learning progressions: In each subject area, standards are
typically organized by grade level or grade span—
consequently, they may be called grade-level expectations or
grade-level standards—and the sequencing of standards
across grades or stages of academic progress is called a
“learning progression
Educational goals: Many sets of learning standards also
include overarching, long-term educational goals—i.e., what
students should be able to do when they have completed their
public-school education
Content: While each set of learning standards is unique,
there is often a great deal of commonality from system to
system or state to state