In 1989, the Ministry of Education began to develop new curriculum standards, which had not been revised in 14 years. The new standards were made public in 1993, and implemented in 1996. Today, with textbook destandardization, these standards serve as the basis for the writing of all the new textbooks.
民國七十八年，教育部動工修改已十四年未動的國小「課程標準」，在八十二年公佈、八十五年實施，如今開放的國小教科書，所據以編書的準則，即按照此課程標準。