Show 107 hardt have expressed a second word of caution: Under no circumstances should standards be considered static Changing conditions will of necessity modify need and for this reason existing standards must always be checked 3 For efficient purchasing standards of quantity rate as much consideration as standards of variety and Engelhardt and Engelhardt stated that: To facilitate economy in use and an equitable distribution of supplies equipment and other materials provided standards of consumption must be developed Without such standards budgetary preparation and control are very difficult Mort and Reusser support the importance of standards quality I of quantity as follows: It is quite standards of as important that school systems develop as it is that quantity for school supplies Without such of standards formulate quality they standards there is likely to be great variation in the amount of supplies used by various teachers xvithin the school system without any apparent reason for the difference When materials are of the desired quality amount of should be relatively easy to determine the under in-be grade used will item that particular any a given school program The purpose of setting up the a upon limitation to not standards is place these but to set up class used be any by may that supplies estimation the will that simplify of consumption units of needs 5 it a School Public Fred and Engelhardt Engelhardt of Publications Business Administration (New York: Bureau 1927) P 13 j t l Teachers College Columbia University l2fIbid p 659 Mort and Reusser op cit p 315 |