Textbook standards under the nine-year integrated curriculum, however, are very general, providing nothing but general syllabus guidelines and attainment targets. Textbooks compiled under these standards will naturally differ quite a bit, which makes parents and students nervous that standardized tests might require knowledge of something not covered by a given publisher's textbook.
然而九年一貫課程只有籠統的「綱要」和「能力指標」，據此而編的教科書也會出現各行其是的多元樣貌。