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title: NIST AI RMF - Measure
description: Measure function subcategories for NIST AI RMF 1.0
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# NIST AI RMF - Measure

The Measure function covers TEVV activities that evaluate trustworthiness, robustness, and bias-related risk.

## Measure subcategories

| ID      | Description                                     |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------|
| MS-1    | Methods and metrics selection                   |
| MS-1.1  | Risk-based metric selection                     |
| MS-1.2  | Metric appropriateness assessment               |
| MS-1.3  | Independent assessors engaged                   |
| MS-2    | Trustworthiness evaluation                      |
| MS-2.1  | TEVV tools and documentation                    |
| MS-2.2  | Human subject evaluations                       |
| MS-2.3  | Performance evaluation in deployment conditions |
| MS-2.4  | Production monitoring established               |
| MS-2.5  | Validity and reliability demonstration          |
| MS-2.6  | Safety evaluation                               |
| MS-2.7  | Security and resilience evaluation              |
| MS-2.8  | Transparency and accountability assessment      |
| MS-2.9  | Explainability and interpretability evaluation  |
| MS-2.10 | Privacy risk assessment                         |
| MS-2.11 | Fairness and bias evaluation                    |
| MS-2.12 | Environmental impact assessment                 |
| MS-2.13 | TEVV process effectiveness review               |
| MS-3    | Risk tracking                                   |
| MS-3.1  | Risk identification and tracking approaches     |
| MS-3.2  | Difficult-to-assess risk tracking               |
| MS-3.3  | End user feedback and appeal mechanisms         |
| MS-4    | Measurement efficacy feedback                   |
| MS-4.1  | Deployment context connection to measurements   |
| MS-4.2  | Domain expert validation of measurements        |
| MS-4.3  | Performance improvement and decline tracking    |

## Source attribution

This reference compiles the Measure subcategories from the NIST AI RMF 1.0 structure for RAI planning use.
