The standards represent the combined five-year effort of the Washington State Association (WSASL) and the Washington Department of Audiovisual Instruction (WDAVI). The national school library and educational media standards were considered in preparation of these quantitative standards which are presented in phases for minimum, good and excellent learning resources programs in the elementary and secondary schools of the state. The purpose of the document is to improve these programs and to establish a basis for continual evaluation of these programs. Each district must develop a program consistent with its own educational objectives and librarians and media specialists must act, with the teacher, as co-directors of learning. (AB)