Collocations for yardstick - noun

good, useful | common

have
We don''t have a common yardstick by which to compare the two cases.

apply, use | give sb, provide (sb with), serve as | measure sth against/by

against a ~
The new test provides a yardstick against which to measure children''s learning.

by a ~
By any yardstick, that''s a large amount of money.