Tseng says that although the changes in the curriculum are large, the implementation of the integrated curriculum can in fact be seen as an extension of the core concepts of education reform over the last three years, such as "open education" and "the spirit of small class teaching," all of which aim to allow children to study in an atmosphere of diversity and relevance to their lives.
曾憲政認為，儘管課程的改變幅度很大，不過落實在執行面上，「九年一貫」其實可視為過去三年教改中心理念──「開放教育」、「小班教學精神」等概念的延伸，目的都是要讓孩子在多元化、生活化的氛圍中去學習。