But it provided no figures for the vast majority of hospitals within national norms.

For much of America's history, written English established the national norm.

Overall, the city's health does not depart greatly from national norms.

The average case takes 245 days from arrest to final disposition, a period that is twice the national norm.

Last year's test scores were compared with 1991 national norms.

This year's test scores were compared with 1996 national norms.

The school is deemed failing, with only 12 percent of its 1,000 students reading at national norms.

Republicans, traditionally the states' defenders, have backed national norms for both.

The students in this unit often achieve above the national norms.

But those New York jobs pay considerably better on average than the national norm.