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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of standardize.
  • adjective designed or constructed in a standard manner or according to an official standard

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective brought into conformity with a standard
  • adjective capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability

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Examples

  • Well, he says he is an IT professional and he said that we can subject ourselves to voter fraud because the U.S. doesn't have what he calls a standardized electronic voting platform.

    CNN Transcript Nov 3, 2008 2008

  • I term standardized mechanisms that support all three functions (identify, negotiate and select) "adaptability standards."

    Planet XML 2008

  • According to the National Science Board, in standardized tests involving students from 30 nations, American 14-year-olds rank 25th in mathematics and 21st in science.

    Jennifer Bogo: Sunday Night Innovation: Why Scientists Should Be the Real Role Models Jennifer Bogo 2010

  • He took nervous infants of nervous mothers — babies who in standardized newborn testing were already jumpy themselves — and gave them to especially nurturing “supermoms.”

    The Science of Success 2009

  • And for those who believe that subjects like the arts must wait until students have made enough progress in standardized tests, which according to a 2008 GAO report is precisely what's happening, we are creating a caste system that denies many of the very things that make school culture rich, rewarding, and ultimately successful across a wide range of outcomes.

    Richard Kessler: Waiting for all the Superheroes Richard Kessler 2010

  • According to the National Science Board, in standardized tests involving students from 30 nations, American 14-year-olds rank 25th in mathematics and 21st in science.

    Jennifer Bogo: Sunday Night Innovation: Why Scientists Should Be the Real Role Models Jennifer Bogo 2010

  • The evaluations, carried out five times during the school year, are also linked to each schools performance in standardized tests.

    Barry D. Wood: A Bittersweet DC Farewell for Michelle Rhee Barry D. Wood 2010

  • And for those who believe that subjects like the arts must wait until students have made enough progress in standardized tests, which according to a 2008 GAO report is precisely what's happening, we are creating a caste system that denies many of the very things that make school culture rich, rewarding, and ultimately successful across a wide range of outcomes.

    Richard Kessler: Waiting for all the Superheroes Richard Kessler 2010

  • Student achievement has lagged for years, although there has been some improvement recently in standardized test scores.

    Education reform on tap for next Baker 'listening' session Miranda S. Spivack 2010

  • Qin standardized the ‘Chinese Writing’ and undertook gargantuan projects.

    Han Statue | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

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